State Department cuts fee to renounce US citizenship by 80% to $450

The State Department has cut the fee Americans must pay to renounce their U.S. citizenship by roughly 80%, lowering the cost from $2,350 to $450 under a new rule that took effect Friday.

The new fee, first announced in 2023 but not previously implemented, returns the cost to the same level the government charged when it first began requiring payment for citizenship renunciations in 2010.

The State Department said in the rule that it lowered the fee as a policy decision to reduce the...