What happens to a person when he denounces his/her citizenship?

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What happens to a person when he denounces his/her citizenship?

Asked on March 7, 2012 under Accident Law, New York

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Answered 12 years ago | Contributor

If a person formally renunciates his or her citizenship via written documents filed with this country's Secretary of State or other stated process, he or she loses his or her citizenship in this country and unless that person has citizenship in another country, that person may be "stateless". This would affect a person to travel internationally and set up residence in another country. See section 349(a)(5) of the Immigration and Nationality Act.


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