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Relocating to the USA
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Strange thread.
All of my friends are trying to get the $#@% out of the US right now.....
All of my friends are trying to get the $#@% out of the US right now.....
It's easier to come from certain countries than others. I believe England is one of the easier ones for reasons that cannot be discussed here.
The top bracket was briefly, in the late 1960s, 90%, but it was progressive, so you'd pay less than 90% in total. It fell to 75% in 1971, then 60% in about 1980, and it's 45% now.
Yes, Germany changed the law which allows my wife to potentially gain German citizenship via one route (her mother) only in August last year. Her other route was due to WW2 events, but there was a lack of records. If we lived in Germany she'd probably be able to get it within a year via a third route.
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I didn't know Lemmy lived in the USA. A friend of mine knew him, and she lives in the USA but used to live in the UK, so I'd assumed she knew him from the UK.
Keith Emerson lived in the USA. Peter Frampton lives there too and is essentially unknown as a musician in the UK. Jeff Lynne is another. Steve Jones as well as John Lydon (which I presume is what his passport says
).
Keith Emerson lived in the USA. Peter Frampton lives there too and is essentially unknown as a musician in the UK. Jeff Lynne is another. Steve Jones as well as John Lydon (which I presume is what his passport says
).
:laughs from Spain:
The Netherlands forbids dual/multiple citizenship.
To get Dutch citizenship, you have to commit to renouncing any former citizenship(s), except where the laws of a country don't allow for renouncing it. If they do check up and you haven't done it within some reasonable period, you lose Dutch citizenship. At the least, it'll get sticky when you apply to renew your passport.
I was working towards this until recently, so I had a vested interest in knowing how it worked.
A few options:
Just go to Mexico and walk the border, don't forget to fill your drink bottle.
be adopted as a Ukrainian orphan.
come over to visit a forum member for a jam, then assume their identity and wear their skin.
Just go to Mexico and walk the border, don't forget to fill your drink bottle.
be adopted as a Ukrainian orphan.
come over to visit a forum member for a jam, then assume their identity and wear their skin.
Road signs, beer, dimensions of houses, instrument scale lengths. Those are the main uses.
If someone said something was 60km away I would have to think about it. If someone says their bass action is 5/32" I have to convert it to mm to understand it.
In 1971 the Rolling Stones moved their business to Amsterdam. It is estimated they only paid 1.6% taxes.
No taxes on royalties in the Netherlands.
In 2006 U2 followed their example.
Here is the office of both bands (watch the lips and tongue on the nameplate):
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In the early 70s I was in a California band with a British Bassist/singer/songwriter who played a Hofner (no, it wasn't the guy you're thinking of). He and his three brothers grew up in England with a British father and American mother which made it fairly easy for them to relocate and stay in the US. After coming to California in the late 60s he and one of his brothers got a record deal with some heavyweight music industry figures of the time and released an album which failed to do anything but has become collectible (I have a copy). Bite It Deep: Jammë - Jammë (1970)
In the early 80's I was in a band with a British guitarist/singer who was in an up and coming band that released several albums and had a few minor FM radio hits in the late 70s. They were touring America as support act for Foreigner when they had problems with support from their record companies (Arista in the US and Polydor in the UK) leaving them with no money so he and the keyboard player left the band and moved to California. They both had Green Cards so they were able remain in the US for the time being. The keyboard player went on to write a well-known book on synthesizers and was considered an authority on the subject. The guitarist took a gig with an Orange County cover band, which I later joined, while attending cosmetology school with the goal of becoming a hairdresser. He always had worries about being deported but living with his American girlfriend helped keep him under the radar. One night after a gig in Hemet, Ca the police came to our door for some reason I can't remember and hearing his British accent checked out his credentials. Fortunately they didn't pursue any action although they probably could have. Last I knew the guitarist didn't become a hairdresser and remains in California owning a cabinet shop in Laguna Beach. The keyboardist moved back to England and played with Steve Hackett and Anderson, Bruford, Wakeman, and Howe among others. Charlie (band)
For most of the last twenty years I have been in a band with an Irish-born singer. He came to the States at a young age so no worries about being deported. He currently holds US and Irish Passports. The Irish Passport allows him to work in England and European countries and stay for extended periods. He did a European tour in 2001 as vocalist with The Animals II featuring original members of The Animals.
In the early 80's I was in a band with a British guitarist/singer who was in an up and coming band that released several albums and had a few minor FM radio hits in the late 70s. They were touring America as support act for Foreigner when they had problems with support from their record companies (Arista in the US and Polydor in the UK) leaving them with no money so he and the keyboard player left the band and moved to California. They both had Green Cards so they were able remain in the US for the time being. The keyboard player went on to write a well-known book on synthesizers and was considered an authority on the subject. The guitarist took a gig with an Orange County cover band, which I later joined, while attending cosmetology school with the goal of becoming a hairdresser. He always had worries about being deported but living with his American girlfriend helped keep him under the radar. One night after a gig in Hemet, Ca the police came to our door for some reason I can't remember and hearing his British accent checked out his credentials. Fortunately they didn't pursue any action although they probably could have. Last I knew the guitarist didn't become a hairdresser and remains in California owning a cabinet shop in Laguna Beach. The keyboardist moved back to England and played with Steve Hackett and Anderson, Bruford, Wakeman, and Howe among others. Charlie (band)
For most of the last twenty years I have been in a band with an Irish-born singer. He came to the States at a young age so no worries about being deported. He currently holds US and Irish Passports. The Irish Passport allows him to work in England and European countries and stay for extended periods. He did a European tour in 2001 as vocalist with The Animals II featuring original members of The Animals.
Dave Wakeling of the (English) Beat moved to California despite many scathing comments about the USA in the 1980s. Thomas Dolby moved to the USA but came back.
There have been a few examples of the reverse trip such as Suzy Quatro, Katrina (of the Waves), Chrissie Hynde, the guy from The Fun Loving Criminals, Meatloaf at times, and David Soul in the early 80s (he lived near my grandparents and they really disliked him), and I think he's now a British citizen, and Rich Hall part of the time. And I am sure there are others.
There have been a few examples of the reverse trip such as Suzy Quatro, Katrina (of the Waves), Chrissie Hynde, the guy from The Fun Loving Criminals, Meatloaf at times, and David Soul in the early 80s (he lived near my grandparents and they really disliked him), and I think he's now a British citizen, and Rich Hall part of the time. And I am sure there are others.
It's still the mechanisms I'm curious about as if felt like living in the USA I couldn't just move. How much work would I have to put into my playing for the world to be my oyster (not that I like oysters, but there's no expression 'for the world to be my nice, moist fruit cake').
When i was working in NW Florida I worked with two guys from Great Britain and one from Italy. All were husbands of USAF officers they married while those officers were stationed in Europe. Since the job required a security clearance and that clearance required one be a US citizen i assumed they had all their legal ducks in a row regards citizenship status.
