# Renouncing US citizenship to get a bank account **URL:** \ **Category:** Factual Questions\ **Created:** [October 30, 2013, 9:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/renouncing-us-citizenship-to-get-a-bank-account/672691 "2013-10-30T21:38:08Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 1\ **Showing post:** 128
**Author:** ![Desert\_Nomad](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/desert_nomad/32/177_2.png) [@Desert\_Nomad](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Desert_Nomad)\ **Post date:** [November 10, 2013, 9:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/renouncing-us-citizenship-to-get-a-bank-account/672691/128 "2013-11-10T21:45:29Z")
> [@Dewey\_Finn](#): > > Not directly related to the question in the OP, but I’m curious. From previous threads, I gathered that the reason that **Desert Nomad** lived overseas was that a preexisting condition prevented him from buying individual health insurance in the US. As I believe that issue was addressed in the Obamacare legislation, have you considered moving back to the States? Based on this thread, I take it the answer is no. So at this point are you just happier living in Europe and the Middle East? You are correct about my health situation (both before and now with Obamacare). However, given the US pushing to make my life as difficult as possible overseas, I see no reason to give in and move back to the USA. In fact I have since lost my residency status in the Czech Republic (with a change of rules recently in the visa requirements). Therefore I have to currently live as a perpetual tourist and move countries every 90 days as I did from 2002-2005. I have few assets in the USA, but it would be hard to live without a passport. I’d have to seek refugee status somewhere. --- _[View the full topic](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/renouncing-us-citizenship-to-get-a-bank-account/672691)._