#citizenship-renunciation

#citizenship-renunciation

After significant deliberation, taking into account both the affected public's concerns regarding the cost of the fee and the not insignificant anecdotal evidence regarding tax-related difficulties many US nationals residing abroad encounter, including in part because of FATCA, the Department made a policy decision... to propose alleviating the cost burden for those individuals who decide to request CLN services by returning to the below-cost fee of $450.

British dual nationals living abroad have told of their disgust, fury and distress over new UK border rules that mean they could risk be denied boarding on a flight, ferry or train. The new rules, which come into force on 25 February, have caught many by surprise and require British dual nationals to present a British passport or a certificate of entitlement, which costs 589, to visit the UK on their non-British passport.

I got an offer for you before we move on. If I were to give you your $2,350, which is the cost to renunciate your citizenship, and I paid you your first class, you know, flight to whatever communist country and $20,000, would you give up your [American] citizenship?, Bet-David asked. Name me a communist country, responded Allannah, the flannel-wearing anti-capitalist he was debating. Whichever communist country you want to go to.