@thumper1 - Usually people with green cards have to spend a certain amount of time each year in the US. However, given that the dad is the citizen, the OP could get a green card again pretty easily if he/she were to fall out of status. I don’t know the details of how that would work, but I expect any half-way competent immigration lawyer could fix it speedy-quick.
Another question…if his dad is a U.S. citizen living abroad, is there a requirement for him to file income taxes here in the U.S?
There is, but his father might not make enough. There is almost a $100k/yr exemption on foreign earnings.
It doesn’t affect status if your parent doesn’t pay taxes. Father’s either. They don’t take away citizenship for non payment of taxes.
Oh I KNOW he might not owe any taxes…but does that exempt him from filing…as a citizen abroad?
This story has some holes in it.
I think the OP needs to clarify his green card status…and his own citizenship lineage.
But why would it matter if the father owed taxes or didn’t file? He’s still a citizen, child’s status doesn’t depend on the taxes.
It might not matter right NOW…but it will matter if this student applies for financial aid. If his oarent is a U.S. citizen living abroad, he will need to file taxes for 2015 (or whatever year the student’s tax year is for FAFSA purposes).
Regardless…the answer to the OPs question…he will be considered an out of state resident everywhere because as he wrote himself…he has no ties to any state. None.
And what happened to the OP?