meme21
New Member
Good Day All
What an amazing Forum to be part of. I have spent in access of 4 weeks just reading through so many threads and information on here and then today I finally registered and can be part of this great and informative community of people.
I would firstly like to find out:
1. I read on here and another forum that DV2016 lottery might not take place? Or atleast the lottery will be stopped. Is there any trith to this?
2. I know I am thinking way in advance, considering I haven't even entered the lottery yet, but I choose to remain postive . If I win the lottery I would love to go to the USA and activate my greencard and then return to my home country to work for another year or so. Cause I know moving over there without a job, can be very difficult. So I would rather work for a period of time in my country and once I have my SS number I can maybe start applying for jobs online and see how that goes. Now my question is, should I decide to go that route I believe once you activate your greencard in the USA you have to register for Tax with the IRS in the USA, this is mandatory. I heard that I therefore will be taxed on my income earned in my home country by the USA government, unless your country and the USA have a Tax treaty. I checked and it seems my country do have a tax treaty with the USA, so how will this affect my above situation? Like I said I read alot of info on this forum and another forum aswell. So I just want to confirm these findings?
Then also still on the matter of tax, should you keep a property in your country and then move to the USA, will I be taxed on the rental income earned from this property?
3.Have any of you guys that won the lottery and moved to the USA any regrets about your decision? In retrospect was it worth it?
4.What is the overall job situation like in the USA? How many months on average would you struggle to find employment?
Thank you for your imput and interest.
What an amazing Forum to be part of. I have spent in access of 4 weeks just reading through so many threads and information on here and then today I finally registered and can be part of this great and informative community of people.
I would firstly like to find out:
1. I read on here and another forum that DV2016 lottery might not take place? Or atleast the lottery will be stopped. Is there any trith to this?
2. I know I am thinking way in advance, considering I haven't even entered the lottery yet, but I choose to remain postive . If I win the lottery I would love to go to the USA and activate my greencard and then return to my home country to work for another year or so. Cause I know moving over there without a job, can be very difficult. So I would rather work for a period of time in my country and once I have my SS number I can maybe start applying for jobs online and see how that goes. Now my question is, should I decide to go that route I believe once you activate your greencard in the USA you have to register for Tax with the IRS in the USA, this is mandatory. I heard that I therefore will be taxed on my income earned in my home country by the USA government, unless your country and the USA have a Tax treaty. I checked and it seems my country do have a tax treaty with the USA, so how will this affect my above situation? Like I said I read alot of info on this forum and another forum aswell. So I just want to confirm these findings?
Then also still on the matter of tax, should you keep a property in your country and then move to the USA, will I be taxed on the rental income earned from this property?
3.Have any of you guys that won the lottery and moved to the USA any regrets about your decision? In retrospect was it worth it?
4.What is the overall job situation like in the USA? How many months on average would you struggle to find employment?
Thank you for your imput and interest.