# How do I go about renouncing my U.S. citizenship?

**URL:** <https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-do-i-go-about-renouncing-my-u-s-citizenship/438689>\
**Category:** Cecil's Columns/Staff Reports\
**Created:** [February 22, 2008, 4:24am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-do-i-go-about-renouncing-my-u-s-citizenship/438689 "2008-02-22T04:24:24Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 6\
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**Author:** ![colonial](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/34f0e0/32.png) [@colonial](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/colonial)\
**Post date:** [November 5, 2012, 8:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-do-i-go-about-renouncing-my-u-s-citizenship/438689/21 "2012-11-05T20:48:57Z")

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Thanks again.

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**Author:** ![colonial](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/34f0e0/32.png) [@colonial](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/colonial)\
**Post date:** [November 6, 2012, 3:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-do-i-go-about-renouncing-my-u-s-citizenship/438689/22 "2012-11-06T15:07:06Z")

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Again redux.

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**Author:** ![colonial](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/34f0e0/32.png) [@colonial](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/colonial)\
**Post date:** [November 11, 2012, 12:50am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-do-i-go-about-renouncing-my-u-s-citizenship/438689/23 "2012-11-11T00:50:24Z")

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Again trifecta.

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**Author:** ![C\_K\_Dexter\_Haven](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/b2d939/32.png) [@C\_K\_Dexter\_Haven](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/C_K_Dexter_Haven)\
**Post date:** [November 11, 2012, 1:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-do-i-go-about-renouncing-my-u-s-citizenship/438689/24 "2012-11-11T13:20:06Z")

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**colonial** : I don’t get what you’re doing here. Bumping threads once because you’re hoping for more response, OK, that’s fine. Bumping threads over and over in the hope that some dead threads (to which no one is posting) will replace live threads (to which people are posting) from the front page… just because you don’t like that topic? That strikes me as pretty close to being a jerk.

Do not do this again.

Of course, I realize that my posting has bumped the thread yet again, but this is the last time. And my post does have content: it is a friendly reminder to you that the ice here is very, very thin.

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**Author:** ![Elendil\_s\_Heir](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/7cd45c/32.png) [@Elendil\_s\_Heir](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Elendil_s_Heir)\
**Post date:** [November 15, 2013, 4:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-do-i-go-about-renouncing-my-u-s-citizenship/438689/25 "2013-11-15T16:16:23Z")

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> [@Elendil\_s\_Heir](#):
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> Looks like there’s an uptick in American expats seeking to do so: [http://www.nytimes.com/2010/04/26/us/26expat.html?emc=eta1](http://www.nytimes.com/2010/04/26/us/26expat.html?emc=eta1)

And even more last year: [Stock Portfolio Management & Tracker - Yahoo Finance](http://www.dailyfinance.com/on/more-americans-renouncing-us-citizenship/?icid=maing-grid7%7Cmain5%7Cdl3%7Csec1_lnk3%26pLid%3D406378#!slide=985185)

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**Author:** ![Elendil\_s\_Heir](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/7cd45c/32.png) [@Elendil\_s\_Heir](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Elendil_s_Heir)\
**Post date:** [February 18, 2014, 2:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-do-i-go-about-renouncing-my-u-s-citizenship/438689/26 "2014-02-18T14:24:59Z")

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And yet again!: [3,000 Americans ditch their passports](http://money.cnn.com/2014/02/17/pf/taxes/citizenship-taxes/index.html?hpt=hp_t2)

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