Overview
- A State Department notice published March 13 in the Federal Register reduces the renunciation consular fee from $2,350 to $450 starting April 13.
- The change reverses a 2015 price hike and returns the charge to the level first set in 2010.
- The notice cites anecdotal evidence of tax-related difficulties faced by U.S. nationals abroad as a factor in the decision.
- The Association of Accidental Americans welcomed the move and continues a lawsuit arguing there should be no fee to give up citizenship.
- Since a 2023 signal that a cut was coming, at least 8,755 people still paid the $2,350 fee, according to the association, which also notes the process involves in-person attestations, a formal oath, and risks such as potential statelessness.