I wanna know what the candidates have to say on the OUTBOUND immigration platform? 🤔 ..... 1. Citizenship-based taxation for Americans ✅ 2. Right of exit-ability from the USA (repeal (8 USC 1185) ✅ 3. Right to renounce U.S. citizenship (put it in a #mobilityamendment) ✅ 4. Relief from onerous financial reporting requirements (FBAR) ✅ 5. Warrantless searches and seizures of at the U.S. border ✅ 6. FATCA - which makes Americans abroad pariahs of banking, mortgage, and financial services.✅ ..... Exit-ability is as important of a right as enter-ability. The two combine to make up freedom of movement, which can be more succinctly described as just freedom. Every American has an interest in establishing and clawing back the rights that constitute their freedom of movement. #mobilityamendment #Americansabroad #Americansoutbound

All law is still interpreted, applied and practiced by HUMANS. Never forget that it all runs through the lens of messy human personalities, biases, blind spots, temperaments, and fallibility.

Consider for a moment the absurdity of your inability to prove your legal identity without ongoing permission from the state, in the form of a valid government issued ID.

#mobilitymeme Monday

The longer it takes you to exercise a benefit of a mobility asset, the less that mobility asset exists for you. —> Citizenships, semi-citizenships, residencies, visas, passports, substitute travel documents.

Getting a second citizenship means you can get: ✅Immediate, highest right of entry in a second country ✅Immediate, highest right of residency in a second country ✅ Another passport ✅ Another set of visa-free access ✅ Another government-issued national ID ✅ Another set of foreign consulates that can help you ✅ Access to another country's bilateral treaties ✅ Another soft national identity you can use ✅Another country in which you can apply for immigration benefits in third country consulates (the friendlier consulate springboard) ✅ Access to another set of countries for advantaged entry or residency terms (if the citizenship is part of the EU, CTA, MERCOSUR, or other freedom of movement bloc). Freedom of movement through #multiplecitizenship is the answer.

10 Freedom of Movement & Self-Sovereignty Actions 🎬for Americans Here are 10 actions you can pay a professional to do for you to immediately position yourself for better mobility and Plan B options (or DIY yourself, with possibly mixed effectiveness): 1. Find and order 3 certified copies of your important vital documents (BC, MC, DC). Apostille one certified copy of each. Store them in plastic sleeves in a Sovereignty Binder (I'll write more about the "Sovereignty Binder" later). 🎬 2. Research your family ancestry and get yourself and your family screened for citizenship by descent eligibility by a professional. 🎬 3. Get your FBI background check (identity history summary). See what's on it. Check that the information (name, birth date, citizenship, criminal information) is accurate. 🎬 4. Apply for a U.S. passport card. 🎬 5. Apply for a second U.S. passport. 🎬 6. Apply for a Palau digital residency & ID.🎬 ..... If you have any criminal record, including misdemeanors!.... 7. Get 3 certified copies of the final dispo./minute order. Apostille one certified copy.🎬 8. Get screened for post-conviction relief eligibility (expungement, vacatur, sealing, expunction, etc.). If you qualify for any post-conviction relief, get it done. 🎬 9. Update your FBI background check (identity history summary) to reflect any post-conviction relief you've obtained (if applicable). 🎬 Note: THESE UPDATES TAKE TIME AND DO NOT USUALLY HAPPEN AUTOMATICALLY. Finally... 10. Book a consultation with a mobility lawyer to discuss your preferences, goals, eligibility issues, price-range and what citizenships & residency options are available and appropriate for you. 🎬🎬🎬

“The strength of a bureaucracy is measured by its ability to resist giving anyone special treatment.” -Citizen X

People don’t know they’re in a cage until they try to move without permission.

The guys out there with cameras doing #firstamendment auditing in the face of police intimidation are civil rights heroes in my book.

From the perspective of exposure to a country's laws... Light opt-in --> Travel to a country Heavy opt-in--> Get permanent residency or citizenship Light opt-out --> Leave a country Heavy opt-out--> Renounce residency/citizenship #freedomofmovement #extraterritorialjurisdiction

#mobilitymeme Monday

he "Titanic" is single sovereign dependence, whether in LATAM, U.S. or Germany. The focus should be from a mindset of moving from 1 to 1 to a mindset of moving from 1 to many (residency options). From high heel to snowshoe.

9 Common Immigration Predicaments for a U.S. Citizen with a Foreign Spouse "Mixed citizenship" couples have some unique issues that arise, such as: 1. How to bring the Foreign Spouse Permanently to the U.S. (Consular Processing vs. Adjustment of Status) 2. How to Deal with Non-U.S. Domicile of Sponsoring U.S. Citizen Spouse? 3. U.S. Citizen Needs to Spend 1-3 Years on Assignment in the U.S. How to make sure the Foreign Spouse Can Visit? 4. How to Determine if Child Born Abroad Will Acquire U.S. Citizenship at Birth? 5. How to Register Child's Birth Abroad (CRBA)? 6. How to Maximize Chances Foreign Spouse Can Visit the U.S. While Immigrant Petition (I-130) Is Pending? 7. How to Obtain and Apostille Vital Documents & FBI Report of U.S. Spouse Applying for Residency or Citizenship in Foreign Spouse's Country? 8. U.S. Citizen & Foreign Spouse Green Card Holder Spend 6-12 Months Continuously Outside of the U.S. How to Overcome Continuous Residence Challenge in Foreign Spouse's Forthcoming U.S. Naturalization Application? 9. U.S. Citizen & Foreign Spouse Green Card Holder Spend 6-12 Months Continuously Outside of the U.S. How to Deal U.S. CBP Challenging Foreign Spouse's Green Card? I'm going to break down some of the ways of dealing with each of these predicaments. I'll post them as stand alone threads in the coming days, and link them to this master thread. #citizenship #residency #greencard #dualcitizenship #freedomofmovement

Noah built the arc before the rain. #dualcitizenship

Dear American Citizens, ❌You're not allowed to leave the U.S. without a valid U.S. passport or substitute besides under limited exceptions (8 USC 1185; 22 CFR 53.2) ❌And the executive has fairly wide discretion to deny you a U.S. passport (Haig v. Agee). That's a nasty combination. ✅You'd be well justified if learning of this mobility vulnerability shocks you and pisses you off. Regards. #mobilityamendment

Old grandpa with his theories. #mobilitymeme Monday

What's the difference between a CITIZEN and a NATIONAL? Answering that question requires an inquiry into statehood, conquest and colonialism. To that end, I recommend anyone interested in this topic, especially in the U.S. context, check out: "How to Hide an Empire: A History of the Greater United States." by historian Daniel Immerwahr The book explores how Filipinos, Puerto Ricans, Hawaiians, and others were all U.S. nationals (but not citizens) at one point. Also why do so many Americans remain hazy, if not, outright uninformed on this point? Some of those U.S. nationals were entitled to, and GOT U.S. passports. Also that phenomenon of a "non-citizen U.S. national" still exists today for those born in American Samoa, Swains Island and U.S. Minor Outlying Islands. Those modern day U.S. nationals also get U.S. passports, despite not being U.S. citizens (another reason to be sharp in the distinction between concepts of "citizenship" and "passport"). Anyway, check out the book. #citizenship #nationality #USA #empire #colonialism

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The magic of a 2nd #passport isn’t the addition of visa-free access. It’s the new extinguishment of any one country’s monopoly on your ability to travel internationally.

So I go to Iran and I announce “I’m back - I’m here to help with your brain drain problem.” They say “Help? You just made it worse.” I tell ya I get no respect.