N.R. Lines⁷ (she/her): Which is why I put off becoming a citizen. I'll always be Canadian.

*lowers voice* As others have pointed out, you cannot necessarily even emigrate to Canada, your neighbour, if you are disabled or have evidence of 'undue' healthcare spending, for example (real life example unfortunately) receiving treatment in the adult psychiatric care system... involuntarily. 🙃

There is an American exceptionalism embedded in the idea that y'all think you can just pick up and leave and go wherever you want. It's cute you think you'd be welcomed. Americans aren't exactly popular in the world.

I'm a Canadian ex pat who is disabled and hope to god the country doesn't decide to not let me come back. My spouse is very able bodied but American. Moving back will be ... complicated.

We are in our fifties. lolsob

If you didn’t renounce we have to take you. And your spouse comes along.

I didn't renounce. Bit for estate planning purposes I need to become a us citizen and that gets sticky

Then you should be okay. 30 years ago you would have had to choose (because America didn’t allow dual).

Which is why I put off becoming a citizen. I'll always be Canadian.

Unfortunately if you do come back you have to file double taxes now.

Oh I am aware. I do hate the taxes thing.

It used to be why I never got my dual but now I have…more reasons.

My reason is from an estate planning perspective. As a non citizen if my spouse dies first and our investments and home and life insurance are here I sultans to lose a lot

Makes sense.

It would be nice if the US didn't demand foreign taxes from ex pats tho.

*stand

As a citizen estate taxes would be far far less

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