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- The U.S. State Department will reduce the fee to renounce U.S. citizenship from $2,350 to $450, effective April 13, 2026.
- The change ends a lengthy legal battle and returns the fee to the original amount set in 2010.
- The renunciation process remains complex, requiring multiple confirmations and interviews with consular officials.
- The France-based Association of Accidental Americans opposed the 2015 increase and welcomed the new decision.
