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Can US citizenship be renounced?

Asked on Oct 22nd, 2012 on Immigration - Minnesota
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My son is British and was born in the UK. He has US citizenship from his US mother. Can he renounce his US citizenship as he no longer wishes to be a be a dual national. He is currently in the US in prison.
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Yes, but apparently he would have to wait until he can return to the UK and accomplish the process there.  Here is an article in Wikipedia with more information: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Renunciation_of_citizenship#United_States
Answered on Oct 23rd, 2012 at 1:12 PM

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