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If a US-born citizen (as opposed to naturalized US citizen) renounces their citizenship, can they claim it again afterwards? Or is it forever gone?

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The State department website on it says that the renunciation is final unless it meets certain guidelines, which basically means that if you did it at age 18+, you're going to have to go through the immigration process just like every other non American.

http://travel.state.gov/law/citizenship/citizenship_776.html

That's correct. Once you have renounced U.S. citizenship you are like all the other billions of people on the planet--if you qualify to re-enter the USA and apply for citizenship, you can do so.

The tax rules for giving up citizenship have specific provisions fully expecting people to give up citizenship twice. :-)

Disclaimer: I am a lawyer, and I do lots and lots of expatriation cases.

Presumably rules regarding American parents transmitting citizenship could come into play.

It's right there in the article, in the interview with the guy who did just that.

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