U.S. State Department

The State Department has cut the fee to renounce U.S. citizenship from $2,350 back to $450 — the level first set in 2010 — via a final rule published in the Federal Register Friday that took effect immediately, reversing a 2015 increase made amid a surge in renunciations tied to new expatriate tax reporting. The department says $450 is below actual processing costs and estimates about 4,661 applications annually, while the change — projected to reduce federal collections by roughly $8.9 million and whose proceeds go to the U.S. Treasury — was praised by the Association of Accidental Americans, which has sued over the fee and says at least 8,755 people paid $2,350 after a 2023 announcement.