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British Citizenship and Good Character/Criminality

In December 2012, the UK Border Agency (UKBA) changed the rules relating to good character when applying for naturalisation. Previously, convictions spent under the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act need not be disclosed. However, it is now the case that all convictions or character issues must be disclosed on the application form.

US Expat Taxes and FATCA: To Disclose or Not to Disclose

Back in 2009, the global financial tycoon, UBS, made a payment of $780M to the IRS and forever changed the security of Swiss banking by reporting American Citizens with offshore accounts.  Since then, additional international banks have come forward with information about American Citizens and Green Card Holders maintaining foreign accounts which had not been reported to the Department of Treasury as mandated by (link is external)

Still Time to Register and Vote Absentee (Infographic)

There is still time for overseas citizens to register to vote absentee and request your ballot, but time is beginning to run out.

North American Indie Films at Raindance 2012, London

The Raindance Film Festival, Europe’s leading independent film festival and the only such event in the UK at which films can gain Oscar nominations, returns to London between the 26th September and 7th October!

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