[Code of Federal Regulations]

[Title 22, Volume 1]

[Revised as of April 1, 2006]

From the U.S. Government Printing Office via GPO Access

[CITE: 22CFR50.50]



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                       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]