Lives and trains mostly in the U.S.A. He’s engaged to marry an American woman. It’s cold in Scotland.
Should Josh Kerr apply for American Citizenship?
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Just because you're from Scotland doesn't mean you can just waltz in and be an American.
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Only if he plans to remain after running.
Otherwise, being a US citizen outside the US complicates your life with Byzantine FACTA requirements for bank accounts, and global taxation. And what do you get for that? Bloody F-all.
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plenty of angry drunks already wrote:
Just because you're from Scotland doesn't mean you can just waltz in and be an American.
Just fly to Mexico. Walk across the border and bam. Ya get a free hotel room in NYC and money for food.
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Like a dog after hot chips.
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No thanks. We don't need to dope like all so called American "greats".
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Idk what's gonna be harder to make in the next few years, the British or US 1500m team. GB has 2 World champs, and a handful of sub-3:30 guys. The US has a 20 year old, a 22 year old, and a 24 year old all between 3:43-3:48. Hocker and Nuguse have gone 6th-5th in global championships. Then there's guys like Teare, Waskom, Green, Houser, who are young, 3:50-3:52 guys. Any of them could take a step up (I've been bullish on Waskom and he hasn't let me down yet). That's without the guys like Colin Sahlman, who are poised to have a breakout year, and we just have to see how it pans out for them (I think he breaks 3:30 by 2028).
All that to say, I don't think so. Maybe this year it'd be an easier team to make, but he wouldn't get citizenship till next year at the earliest. I'll take Nuguse over Kerr, and I think Kessler is a bigger talent than Hocker or Nuguse, so that doesn't leave much room. At best it's a wash, so why put in the effort?
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Gloryhole Attendant wrote:
Only if he plans to remain after running.
Otherwise, being a US citizen outside the US complicates your life with Byzantine FACTA requirements for bank accounts, and global taxation. And what do you get for that? Bloody F-all.better dental care
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TMADDDHASFNE wrote:
Lives and trains mostly in the U.S.A. He’s engaged to marry an American woman. It’s cold in Scotland.
He will first need to apply for a Permanent Resident Card (Permanent Residency, aka "Green Card") after he gets married to a US citizen/Permanent Resident Card holder. After a few years he can then apply for citizenship. Of course, being an elite athlete he could get fast tracked to citizenship so that he can represent the USA.
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plenty of angry drunks already wrote:
Just because you're from Scotland doesn't mean you can just waltz in and be an American.
Why would a Scott want to downgrade in the first place?
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TMADDDHASFNE wrote:
Lives and trains mostly in the U.S.A. He’s engaged to marry an American woman. It’s cold in Scotland.
Apparently he's in the green card process now.70 -
TMADDDHASFNE wrote:
Lives and trains mostly in the U.S.A. He’s engaged to marry an American woman. It’s cold in Scotland.
Is it Legal for Runners to Kiss as a Strategy?
It's an off-season question, but I'm serious. Lets say that it's the last 100 of the 2025 World Championships 1500. If Kerr starts kissing Jakob, not a single runnerr will be watching the inside lane, leaving Hocker open for an easy win. Would Kerr and Jakob be called for a techical, or would the win count? The rules say technical fouls relate to unsportsmanlike behavior, but I don't see how this is unsportsmanlike, it's just the most uncharacteristic thing ever. What say you guys?
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A Scotsman can be allowed to become an American, but we have to be sure he is not half English or something.
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Stan is not a man. wrote:
plenty of angry drunks already wrote:
Just because you're from Scotland doesn't mean you can just waltz in and be an American.
Just fly to Mexico. Walk across the border and bam. Ya get a free hotel room in NYC and money for food.
No he's white so he can just walk in from anywhere...bonus if he has felonies cause trump will pardon and praise!
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via aw wrote:
TMADDDHASFNE wrote:
Lives and trains mostly in the U.S.A. He’s engaged to marry an American woman. It’s cold in Scotland.
Apparently he's in the green card process now.Quote from A W.
"For the moment, Kerr is unable to travel too far given his application for a Green Card. That suits him fine, though, and allows the base building on America’s west coast to continue. A 10,000m track time trial is in his near future as he and the Brooks Beasts team, led by coach Danny Mackey, plot their next moves. It’s noticeable that, when speaking about his work, Kerr regularly refers to “we” rather than “I”, preferring to speak of the collective.
“It’s such a team effort and, in a three-" etc ..42 -
plenty of angry drunks already wrote:
Just because you're from Scotland doesn't mean you can just waltz in and be an American.
If he’s married to an American, has a green card, and lives in the country for the requisite number of years, it’s not a particularly complicated process. The English test alone is laughable if you’re a native speaker. Most Americans would fail the civics test, but it’s still only a set number of questions that can be studied in advance. Country of origin is pretty irrelevant, but it doesn’t surprise me that most people don’t know how naturalization actually works.
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I stepped outside the mall and somebody exclaimed to me, "Jawwwwsh." I said, "I think you have the wrong guy, I'm not Josh Kerr. He said, "who TF is Josh Kerr?" And I was like, "Josh MF Kerr." And he was like, "never heard of the guy."
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Wanting to live in future nazi america is borderline collaboration at this point
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via aw wrote:
TMADDDHASFNE wrote:
Lives and trains mostly in the U.S.A. He’s engaged to marry an American woman. It’s cold in Scotland.
Apparently he's in the green card process now.And that's where it will probably end. No sane person would choose to remain in the US if they had a modern alternative, like the UK. It's much easier to give up a Green Card than a passport.
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do you know how citizenship laws work wrote:
plenty of angry drunks already wrote:
Just because you're from Scotland doesn't mean you can just waltz in and be an American.
If he’s married to an American, has a green card, and lives in the country for the requisite number of years, it’s not a particularly complicated process. The English test alone is laughable if you’re a native speaker. Most Americans would fail the civics test, but it’s still only a set number of questions that can be studied in advance. Country of origin is pretty irrelevant, but it doesn’t surprise me that most people don’t know how naturalization actually works.
Likely a 50 percent failure rate in language and 80 percent failure rate in civics for people born and raised in America.
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