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Challenge & Update Your FBI Background Check After a California Expungement
If you’ve been convicted of a California misdemeanor and had that conviction expunged (per California PC § 1203.4), we can likely get your F

Parviz Malakouti-Fitzgerald, Esq.
Jul 1, 20246 min read


The Basics of an FBI Background Check (Identity History Summary)
In this article, we’ll go over the basics of what exactly the FBI IdHS is, the information it contains, who houses the records...

Parviz Malakouti-Fitzgerald, Esq.
Apr 2, 20238 min read


How Many People Are Really Renouncing U.S. Citizenship? (Mass Media is Wrong)
Every year, when the topic of Americans renouncing citizenship makes its rounds in the financial press, you will find the same statistic cited in Forbes, CNN, Yahoo, and dozens of other outlets. The number almost inevitably comes from the same source. And the interpretation of that number is wrong.

Parviz Malakouti-Fitzgerald, Esq.
Jul 85 min read


Vanuatu Just Threw Its Own Citizens by Investment Under the Bus
On June 29, 2026, Vanuatu and Australia signed the Nakamal Agreement, a bilateral security and economic cooperation treaty. Buried inside it is a sentence that should worry anyone holding, or considering, Vanuatu citizenship by investmen

Parviz Malakouti-Fitzgerald, Esq.
Jul 62 min read


Eight Bitter Mobility Truths For the Sovereign Individual in 2026
Here are eight bitter mobility truths that will catch a significant number of people off guard over the coming years.
Understanding them now is the difference between learning the easy way and acting prophylactically or learning the hard way through a hard fall.

Parviz Malakouti-Fitzgerald, Esq.
Jul 55 min read


Why You Want a “Gray” 2nd Citizenship
People pursuing 2nd citizenship for safety and security of their family can learn from survivalist concepts. One of those concepts is the “gray man” - the idea that in tough times, you want to be able to disappear into a crowd when necessary. All other things being considered equal, you want as gray of a 2nd citizenship as possible, especially if you’re getting that citizenship by investment

Parviz Malakouti-Fitzgerald, Esq.
Jul 14 min read


How to Review Your FBI Identity History Summary (For Foreign Citizenship or Residency)
In this brief article, I'm going to tell you the most important items to check on your FBI IdHS and how to do it.

Parviz Malakouti-Fitzgerald, Esq.
Jun 296 min read


Foreign Criminal Information Showing on your FBI Background Check (IdHS)?
Jeffrey Epstein's old FBI background check illustrates a little-known fact - foreign criminal information can indeed show up on your FBI Identity History Summary.

Parviz Malakouti-Fitzgerald, Esq.
May 262 min read


Palau Digital Residency ID - To Request a Nevada Birth Certificate? (Field Report #31)
I tried to use the ID to obtain a Nevada birth certificate online through vitalchek.

Parviz Malakouti-Fitzgerald, Esq.
May 181 min read


Palau Digital Residency ID - To Obtain a SECOND California Notarization? (Field Report #30)
I tried to use the ID to obtain a California in-person notarization at a UPS store in Los Angeles for a second time (Link to first attempt).

Parviz Malakouti-Fitzgerald, Esq.
May 61 min read


How Elderly Green Card Holders Can Address the "Continuous Residence" Naturalization Problem
Then the dreaded “Notice of Continuance” letter arrives. It arrives not because of a criminal record, a ground of inadmissibility or material misrepresentation, but because of a long trip you took to visit family two years ago.

Parviz Malakouti-Fitzgerald, Esq.
Feb 266 min read


Palau Digital Residency ID - To Check in to Medical Imaging Center? (Field Report #29)
I tried to use the Palau digital residency ID to check in to a Steinberg Diagnostic Medical Imaging Center (SDMI) in the Las Vegas area.

Parviz Malakouti-Fitzgerald, Esq.
Jan 131 min read


Palau Digital Residency ID - To Purchase Alcohol from Smith's Grocery Store a Second Time? (Field Report #28)
I tried to use the Palau ID to purchase delicious holiday themed alcohol from a Smith’s Food and Drug store in the Las Vegas area a second time (first attempt report here) with a different checkout cashier

Parviz Malakouti-Fitzgerald, Esq.
Jan 121 min read


Palau Digital Residency ID - To Verify Identity to Ship a Package Internationally via DHL? (Field Report #27)
I tried to use the Palau ID to verify my identity to ship a package internationally from the United States to Slovakia via DHL.

Parviz Malakouti-Fitzgerald, Esq.
Dec 19, 20251 min read


6,615 Certificates of Loss of Nationality were Approved in Fiscal Year 2023 by U.S. State Department According to FOIA Request
According to the U.S. Department of State, 6,615 U.S.Certificates of Loss of Nationality (“CLN”) were approved in fiscal year 2023 (October 1st, 2022 to September 30th, 2023).

Parviz Malakouti-Fitzgerald, Esq.
Dec 13, 20251 min read


4,798 Certificates of Loss of Nationality were Approved in Fiscal Year 2022 by U.S. State Department According to FOIA Request
4,798 U.S. citizens were issued Certificates of Loss of Nationality (“CLN”) in fiscal year 2022 (October 1st, 2021 to September 30th, 2022).

Parviz Malakouti-Fitzgerald, Esq.
Dec 13, 20251 min read


Palau Digital Residency ID - To Purchase Alcohol from Smiths Grocery Store? (Field Report #26)
I tried to use the Palau ID to purchase delicious holiday themed alcohol from a Smith’s Food and Drug store in the Las Vegas area.

Parviz Malakouti-Fitzgerald, Esq.
Nov 8, 20251 min read


Palau Digital Residency ID - To Open a Crypto Account on Bitstamp Exchange? (Field Report #26)
I tried to use the Palau ID to account registration and verification on Bitstamp crypto exchange.

Parviz Malakouti-Fitzgerald, Esq.
Sep 15, 20251 min read


Five Springboards to the U.S. Provided by Argentine Citizenship
In this article, we’re narrowly focusing specifically on five springboards to the United States of America provided by Argentine citizenship.

Parviz Malakouti-Fitzgerald, Esq.
Aug 31, 20254 min read


Palau Digital Residency ID - To Request Criminal Case Records from Ventura County Courthouse? (Field Report #25)
I tried to use the Palau ID to request criminal case records from the Ventura County Courthouse in California for one of my clients.

Parviz Malakouti-Fitzgerald, Esq.
Jul 11, 20251 min read
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