{"id":2167,"date":"2015-03-15T12:30:37","date_gmt":"2015-03-15T17:30:37","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/thepassportoffice.com\/blog\/a-record-3415-americans-ditch-their-passports\/"},"modified":"2022-02-11T13:14:27","modified_gmt":"2022-02-11T18:14:27","slug":"a-record-3415-americans-ditch-their-passports","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.thepassportoffice.com\/blog\/a-record-3415-americans-ditch-their-passports\/","title":{"rendered":"A record 3415 Americans ditch their <b>passports<\/b>"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>A record 3415 Americans ditch their <b>passports<\/b><\/strong><br \/>\nOf course, some Americans giving up their passports could very well be fat cat tax cheats, fleeing to known tax havens to preserve their wealth. But it&#39;s illegal to renounce your U.S. status to escape paying taxes, and giving up your citizenship now &#8230;<br \/>\n<i>Read more on <a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener noreferrer\" href=\"http:\/\/money.cnn.com\/2015\/02\/12\/pf\/americans-expat-citizenship-passports\/\">CNNMoney<\/a><\/p>\n<p><\/i><\/p>\n<p><strong><b>Post<\/b> offices add another open Sunday<\/strong><br \/>\nOn the three consecutive Sundays, all types of retail business &#8212; including buying money orders, renting postal boxes and applying for passports &#8212; can be conducted, in addition to mailing items, according to Christine Dugas, a United States Postal &#8230;<br \/>\n<i>Read more on <a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener noreferrer\" href=\"http:\/\/www.ctpost.com\/news\/article\/Post-offices-offer-Sunday-servive-5938746.php\">CT Post<\/a><\/p>\n<p><\/i><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>A record 3415 Americans ditch their passports Of course, some Americans giving up their passports could very well be fat cat tax cheats, fleeing to known tax havens to preserve their wealth. 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