Summary
Germany updated its travel advice for the US after three German nationals were detained despite holding valid visas or entry waivers.
The Foreign Office clarified that holding a US visa or ESTA approval does not guarantee entry, as border authorities have the final say.
Recent detentions include a green card holder held at Boston airport and two others detained at the US-Mexico border.
Germany investigates whether these cases reflect a broader policy shift under Trump’s tighter immigration policies.
As a dual EU/US citizen, I cannot get over how fucking dumb this whole thing is.
As a US citizen, I can’t get over how envious I am of your EU citizenship.
For those looking to emigrate away, just remember that you’re not expected to pay US Taxes as a resident of another nation under several very specific circumstances such as spending 330 full days during any period of 12 consecutive months in a foreign country, but you may otherwise be expected to.
One method to avoid the attention of the IRS which might seem enticing is to renounce US Citizenship, which is intentionally not an easy task, but there are plenty of foreign earned income exemptions you could claim instead.
It’s absolutely wild they expect you to pay taxes when you don’t live there, and I’m pretty sure not widly practiced by other countries.
As a US citizen, I cannot get over how fucking dumb this country is.
As an American citizen I wish so badly to get citizenship somewhere else.
Some countries have a grandparents rule if that’s any use to you. Ireland is one.
Unfortunately, I was adopted (possibly government kidnapped given recent news) from SoKo and have zero info on family relatives.
I’ve been looking at Germany since I could get a job there pretty easily and it seems relatively easy to get into. But it’d be a stepping stone.
If you need information from a German citizen, feel free to contact me
Any chance you could help me make a German style resume?
I can try, yes.