[Code of Federal Regulations]
[Title 22, Volume 1]
[Revised as of April 1, 2003]
From the U.S. Government Printing Office via GPO Access
[CITE: 22CFR50.50]

[Page 253]
 
                       TITLE 22--FOREIGN RELATIONS
 
                     CHAPTER I--DEPARTMENT OF STATE
 
PART 50--NATIONALITY PROCEDURES--Table of Contents
 
                     Subpart C--Loss of Nationality
 
Sec. 50.50  Renunciation of nationality.

    (a) A person desiring to renounce U.S. nationality under section 
349(a)(5) of the Immigration and Nationality Act shall appear before a 
diplomatic or consular officer of the United States in the manner and 
form prescribed by the Department. The renunciant must include on the 
form he signs a statement that he absolutely and entirely renounces his 
U.S. nationality together with all rights and privileges and all duties 
of allegiance and fidelity thereunto pertaining.
    (b) The diplomatic or consular officer shall forward to the 
Department for approval the oath of renunciation together with a 
certificate of loss of nationality as provided by section 358 of the 
Immigration and Nationality Act. If the officer's report is approved by 
the Department, copies of the certificate shall be forwarded to the 
Immigration and Naturalization Service, Department of Justice, and to 
the person to whom it relates or his representative.

[31 FR 13537, Oct. 20, 1966, as amended at 61 FR 29653, June 12, 1996]