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Cake day: June 8th, 2023

  • I have UK and US dual citizenship (I was born in the UK and married an American, naturalized about a year ago).

    Advantages:

    • Easier entry into both countries, and countries with appropriate treaties with one or the other. This is somewhat important to me under the current US administration.
    • Will allow my wife to get UK citizenship more easily should she want to.
    • I can vote in elections in both countries. Also important with the current US administration.

    Disadvantages:

    • US citizens have to file/pay taxes no matter where in the world they live. I believe the US is the only country that does that - although this does apply to all American citizens, regardless of dual citizenship; I only mention it because dual citizens can more easily move out of the US.
    • I need to keep track of two passports, especially when traveling, although I only need to show one at a time.

  • I’m currently in a production support role in the US, and I’d never consider it: I work too closely with production operatives that they’d smell it on me. My last couple of role involved programming automated forklifts, so it was strictly forbidden.

    Ten years ago I was doing an internship an engineering firm in the UK, and a few times we went out for a beer with lunch. It wasn’t exactly common, but it did happen.