sparkee

joined 2 years ago
[–] sparkee@lemmy.world 26 points 7 hours ago (1 children)

No, marriage to a U.S. citizen does not automatically make someone a U.S. citizen. Marriage to a U.S. citizen makes the spouse eligible for U.S. lawful permanent residence through a process with a lot of paperwork and waiting. After 3 years of lawful permanent residence they become eligible for citizenship if the couple remains married.

[–] sparkee@lemmy.world 12 points 2 months ago

Thank you for giving up your family time to keep your community safe and healthy.

[–] sparkee@lemmy.world 38 points 4 months ago (1 children)

This could be the intro to a Chubbyemu vid.

[–] sparkee@lemmy.world 4 points 5 months ago (1 children)

Many people in The US who are trying to save for retirement attempt to have fewer dividends since that becomes taxable income. They would prefer just a higher stock value and pay the taxes later when presumably they are retired and in a lower tax bracket. That premise is probably good but you never know how the government is going to change up tax rates in the future.