Submitted 1 year ago by zlatiah@lemmy.world to nostupidquestions@lemmy.world
Since this wasn’t apparent the last time I asked… no, I’m actually not a US citizen or green card holder (permanent resident). Just happened to be in this country for a long time due to career reasons.
Make sure your last permanent address is where you wanna be voting. Absentee ballots will all be for whichever district you lived in last.
Don’t think they can vote if they’re not a citizen, no?
oh right missed that part
Imagine a collateral 😩
Borrow a lot of money and then declare bankruptcy. If you’re feeling generous, buy up people’s medical debt for pennies on the dollar.
Take sometime to learn about what you will do with your 401k if have one.
Turn the lights out
drop kick B Shapiro due north
Olympic national park is the crown jewel of your country
Pee on Kissinger’s grave?
shit on Donald’s face.
Shoot a gun
Take me with?
Get an FBI background check, and get it apostilled. Easy to do from your local post office in the US, difficult and expensive to do outside the us, and you will need it for many things you might want to do in other countries
Why would you need an FBI background check outside of the US?
Actually the only time I’ve ever needed one is outside of the country. You need a police report from anywhere you lived for more than six months to apply for residencies, get teaching jobs, etc etc. the only authority in the US that can do this and provide a report acceptable outside the country is the FBI.
you need it if you apply for citizenship in some countries. they’ll ask for full criminal records in all the countries you’ve lived.
This is a pretty important step!
Pinned for future reference, thank you!
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Sir, this isn’t reddit
He self modded
Yosemite
Grand Canyon
Yellowstone
Avenue of the Giants
Add to this list any national parks you were thinking about visiting. After this administration, they may not be around anymore.
I’m just imagining them filling up Grand Canyon just because.
Vandalise something
Take me with you!!
Close the door firmly after you leave.
So others can’t get out? So others still can’t come in? So we don’t let out all the AC?
Find out next time on: Puzzling Commentary!™
this has been a Desilu presentation.
I assumed for closure, to put it behind you after you leave.
Get a few public library cards. Then abroad you can use it to borrow ebooks and audiobooks for free.
I have to renew mine in person every 3 years or so.
Mine are 95 percent county funded in a blue zone. State is already trying to lay down the law only to discover they don’t give much in the way of funds. No bucks no leverage. Only law they passed got overturned.
Libraries are not a US only thing.
Libraries with access to the enormous amount of English language content are usually only found in English speaking countries, though.
Good luck finding more than a few books on niche topics in, say, Dutch (ask me how I know).
I deeply regret not hanging onto my US library card.
Those libraries won’t be around much longer, unless heavily curated and basically useless.
Mine are 95 percent county funded in a blue zone. State is already trying to lay down the law only to discover they don’t give much in the way of funds. No bucks no leverage. Only law they passed got overturned.
Open as many credit cards as you can and spend all the money and don’t worry about paying it back it’s all good
I mean the banks most likely gonna carsh in a few years anyway.
Years? Maybe for for all of them to fold but I wouldn’t be shocked for several to start shuttering this year
Go to a country which is better than the US. So skip North Korea, Somalia, Palestine. Then you’re good.
just go to rUSsia. Won’t even see the difference.
Both the gulags and the front look nice this time of year.
North korea is way better than the US.
Turn the lights off.
Buy some non US-based cloud storage and copy all your sensitive data to it, and delete said data from personal devices before leaving the country, so you can safely allow customs access to devices if required.
Retrieve data from the cloud when you arrive in the destination country.
Has anyone seen customs ever actually search an electronic device before? I travel internationally nearly every month and have never seen this before, even in China.
According to CBP’s own stats they conducted 42725 basic and 4322 advanced searches of electronic devices at US ports of entry last year (so before any new policies of the current administration took effect)
“Under a basic search, a border agent physically inspects your phone and reviews what they can, while an advanced search means the agent can potentially download all of your files using an external device.”
or just encrypt it, in case you have the technical knowledge to do that reliably.
Yes but you could be compelled to decrypt devices, and detained for failing to do so
This is true, however you can still be targeted for extra checks by both customs (CBP) and immigration (ICE) if they have a reason to suspect you, even when departing the US. Both CBP and ICE have access to departing passenger lists.
For example you are required to declare larger sums of cash being carried out of the country (over $10k). You are supposed to go to customs and fill out a form, but many people do not know this, often legal immigrant workers taking cash back to their home countries. CBP uses dogs trained to smell cash and patrols departure lounges in airports, and if they pick you out, you can be searched, and any undeclared cash will simply be seized if found.
It’s easy to imagine with the current administration they could start targeting people based on social media posts or some kind of previously compiled political profile or “enemies” list or whatever, if they aren’t already.
Yet
Yeah, fucking over some wageslave by making them clean that up really sends a message to the country. TF, man.
Please tell me this isn’t what I think it is 👀
This isn’t what you think it is. (It is)
Last dinner must be at five guys
I can’t tell which way this comment is going, but Five Guys is the most I’ve spent for the worst French fries I’ve ever had in my life, and the burger is “meh” grade. Burger King does a better burger and fries faster and cheaper.
I spent £17 on a burger and chips at five guys due to peer pressure. I still haven’t mentally recovered.
Alternatively you can just have your last dinner with five guys
Would probably cost the same
Why not both?
Or hear me out
Last lunch at five guys with five guys
Spend the night having Wendy’s at Wendy’s (not the restaurant)
Currently in the same boat, though I’m a citizen
Figure out your car and drivers license stuff. Some countries let you swap one for the other.
Mail forwarding. Either forward your mail to someone you trust or pay for an international forwarding service. You’re still gonna be getting mail afterwards, like credit card renewals.
You’ll likely have to do the same for finances
Go through everything you own and trim down. Whatever you don’t get rid of, you’ll have to deal with customs.
Cash travels, sell your non -heirloom stuff.
Doesn’t need to be a lawyer, relocation companies are amazing at this stuff. They can help with taxes, government registration, all of it
Don’t forget to have fun and be yourself.
Yes. But im not allowed to say it. But you most definitely should
Mario sees you
Someone needs to
Set it on fire & dip. Jk… unless?
It being the entire country?
California: “way ahead of you bro”
FundMECFSResearch@lemmy.blahaj.zone 1 year ago
If you have the money to leave. Buy a couple people on the street loaves of bread or a sleeping bag or something.