State Department jacks up passport fees, imposes $450 fee to renounce US citizenship -
U.S. citizenship is priceless to some, worthless to others. But now the U.S. State Department has a dollar figure: U.S. citizenship is worth $450.
At least that’s what it will cost to renounce it.
New consular fees took effect Thursday. According to the Federal Register, the cost to process a formal renunciation of U.S. citizenship went from free to $450.
The State Department does not say how or why it calculated the cost. Citizenship is free for most Americans who are accorded the privilege at birth. The department says only that it “has decided that the renunciant should pay this fee at the visit during which he or she swears the oath of renunciation.”
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http://www.thespec.com/news/world/article/665185--state-department-jacks-up-passport-fees-imposes-450-fee-to-renounce-us-citizenship
U.S. citizenship is priceless to some, worthless to others. But now the U.S. State Department has a dollar figure: U.S. citizenship is worth $450.
At least that’s what it will cost to renounce it.
New consular fees took effect Thursday. According to the Federal Register, the cost to process a formal renunciation of U.S. citizenship went from free to $450.
The State Department does not say how or why it calculated the cost. Citizenship is free for most Americans who are accorded the privilege at birth. The department says only that it “has decided that the renunciant should pay this fee at the visit during which he or she swears the oath of renunciation.”
Read more -
http://www.thespec.com/news/world/article/665185--state-department-jacks-up-passport-fees-imposes-450-fee-to-renounce-us-citizenship
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