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After getting a visa, can you walk across the US-Canada border whenever you want?
If a holder of a US passport legally enters Canada and obtains a visa, can s/he then walk across the border whenever s/he wants?
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Is FATCA really reciprocal?
Question is obviously for non-US persons. E.g German living in Germany with a US bank account
FATCA is supposed to be reciprocal but I've seen reports that it is not.
https://www.irs.gov/businesses/...
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What is the copyright status, in the US, of the old USSR textbooks?
The textbooks published in the USSR had their copyright listed as "The Ministry of Education of the USSR." I am not interested in the "author rights." I am only interested in the ...
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Does the federal government of USA have any powers over functioning of ICANN
Since the very inception of the internet, as we know it today, USA had a pivotal role to play including in the management of DNS (Domain Name System). However internet evolved to be more free.
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Who has jurisdiction on an International flight in international airspace in a sexual assault case?
This question relates to a recent sexual assault case of a passenger on an airline from Newark, NJ to London, England as published at the Daily Mail.
No details are available in this article as to the ...
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Can the US somehow "claw back" or otherwise recover some of the $35 billion in over-billing by a Singapore-based firm founded by a Malaysian national?
The BBC's US Navy officer 'bribed by cash and prostitutes' begins:
Information Commander Stephen Shedd provided to the firm helped it defraud the navy of $35 billion (£26.1bn).
The plea is the latest ...
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What happens if a refugee continues to be threatened in their host country?
Suppose a person seeks asylum in a new country, like the US or in Europe. But after they get there they find that the people who were threatening them in their home country, for example as part of a ...
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If somebody anonymously falsely reports that somebody on a given address has child porn, do the cops actually get a search warrant?
Let's say that Joe hates John. Joe knows that John is security-aware and has encrypted all of his hard disks and storage devices. John keeps the decryption phrase in his head.
Joe makes an anonymous ...
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Do ACAT transfers of stock positions between brokers clarify as gross amount of US source income paid or credited to account?
This will probably be a bit tricky.
Let's say a non-US person holds 100 US stock ETFs in US Broker A.
Then does ACAT transfer of those 100 US stock ETFs to US Broker B.
Then doesn't do anything else (...
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Authority of opposite decision on international law of other U.S. court of appeals in state court in instant circuit court
Say the U.S. Court of Appeals for the 9th Circuit decides that the provision of a self-executing, ratified-by-the-U.S. international treaty which provides for an individual right does not provide such ...
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Is there any other jurisdiction where a government-devised scheme similar to civil forfeiture for crime prevention exist other than the U.S.?
In the U.S., many states adopted laws that allow law enforcement to appropriate property that is liquid or easily liquidated (in practice predominantly cash) not only in cases where past criminal ...
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Did the constitution authorize other states besides the original 13 to join the union?
When reading the Constitution I came across this SECTION. 10.
1 No State shall enter into any Treaty, Alliance, or Confederation; grant Letters of Marque and Reprisal; coin Money; emit Bills of ...
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International shipping question
Suppose that a private individual (A) who is resident outside the US sends a prescription drug to USA (nothing narcotics or can be abused ) for someone who can't afford the current US prices. Suppose ...
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"diamond" ♦ moderators and the law of agency
Are our moderators (♦) legally considered agents of Stack Exchange, Inc. from the standpoint of other non-moderator community members?
I've reviewed the moderator agreement, and note it says:
I ...
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Can non-US citizens outside the US commit information sharing crimes under ITAR?
Wikipedia states of ITAR (International Traffic in Arms Regulations):
US persons (including organizations; see legal personality) can face heavy fines if they have, without authorization or the use ...
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