DangerMouse
Thinks s/he gets paid by the post
One thing that you need to take into account would be death duties in the locations you desire. ARe you thinking you will renounce your US citizenship? I think death duties are quite steep in the UK. They are zero in Australia, as they did away with taxes on estates a good 20 years ago and there has been no talk of them returning.
Alan, we are just doing the switch from E3 to H1 to faciliate the green card process. We will go to the Consulate in Sydney when we are in Oz in July. We had the option of sending our passports to US Immigration to have them stamped, but we are just not that brave as who knows when we would see them again. Last time when we were on an E2, if we did the extension in country we had to send our passports away for 4 months. With our green card application, when it comes does to the final stage we are going to go the consulate route as they seem more competent than they are in country.
Alan, we are just doing the switch from E3 to H1 to faciliate the green card process. We will go to the Consulate in Sydney when we are in Oz in July. We had the option of sending our passports to US Immigration to have them stamped, but we are just not that brave as who knows when we would see them again. Last time when we were on an E2, if we did the extension in country we had to send our passports away for 4 months. With our green card application, when it comes does to the final stage we are going to go the consulate route as they seem more competent than they are in country.