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by someguydave
1637 days ago
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my learning level is about the same, it seems the process is governed by https://www.law.cornell.edu/uscode/text/8/1481 The gist is that the us gov pretty much has full discretion to “not believe” your renunciation if they desire. In practice the us gov seems to be unwilling to officially entertain renunciations except through very narrow processes. |
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The important quote is this: “ For all the acts listed above, it is not enough to appear to commit the act—even voluntarily—to lose U.S. nationality; the person must also commit the act in order to relinquish the nationality.”
It seems US gov policy is to interpret the law linked in the parent comment such that nearly no one (even traitors and rebels!) have the intent to renounce US citizenship and furthermore it is almost impossible to unambiguously prove that intention.
Since no other nation is going to presume to tell the US gov who its citizens are (not), there is very little recourse or due process available.