If you have trouble with the soaking, black beans do very well with a “quick soak”.

1. Cover them with water about twice the depth of the beans. Add about 1 teaspoon (~5 ml or 5-7 g) salt.

2. Bring to a boil and keep it boiling for 2 minutes. Then cover and turn off the burner/hob. Let soak for 1-2 hours.

3. Add any extra seasonings now (but nothing acidic). Then bring back to a boil and then simmer until soft. Adjust seasoning and you’re done.

They should take much less time than cooking from dry. How long will depend on the beans. Older beans can take much longer, but most should be soft in 1 hour or so.

It’s bread, too. Try a bacon sandwich sometime. Delicious!

Not when you change residency, but if you relinquish your citizenship: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Expatriation_tax#United_States or your residency has been revoked.

So if you remain a US citizen you owe normal annual tax (minus a credit for foreign taxes paid).

Process Explorer (the sysinternals tool) will show you which process has the handle open to the file.