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Just to clarify - depreciation is something you claim yearly against the income from the rental, so this can't wait until you sell them. Your tax advisor will help you use the correct depreciation schedule and apply it yearly, it is complicated enough for US rental income, and worse for foreign... -
If you get a CPA they'll help, but don't forget to take the proper depreciation on the rental properties - the day he sells the properties IRS will automatically assume he's taken the depreciations and assess the depreciation recapture accordingly even if he never claimed any depreciations.
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Oath Ceremony Questions
NorthByNorthwest replied to futurecoloradogrl's topic in US Citizenship General Discussion
My ceremony had people in jeans and shirt, suits, sweaters, the whole spectrum. Totally up to you. If you have traveled outside the US since you filed the N-400 you may want to bring the details of those trips. I had two trips, but the officer already saw those on her computer and added them as we were speaking. -
Dulles International Airport (IAD)
NorthByNorthwest replied to Gary Rich's topic in Working & Traveling During US Immigration
Is this a trip for them to enter the US on K-1? If it is it could either be smooth sailing where the initial officer handles everything, or she could end up sent to secondary screening even if the entry is just a formality. That can easily eat up an hour or more in the morning when many APAC flights get in. Personally, 2 hours is the shortest layover I'd consider for myself even traveling in business class (getting off the plane first) with Global Entry, knowing the layout of the airport, and being familiar with the process of retrieving and rechecking luggage. I would not recommend it for inexperienced travelers. -
I visited the US on ESTA (for work) the week before my scheduled K-1 interview in Tokyo, zero issues. If anything, having that interview scheduled was a pretty compelling reason for me to go back, but it didn't even come up. By then I had a total of 20+ visits to the US on ESTA, they might have more questions for a beneficiary with very few or no prior US visits, but I don't see why they'd throw up roadblocks for someone that has gone through the hoops up to that point.
