The first full quarter of the $450 fee to renounce American citizenship produced 1,331 names on the IRS expatriation list, down 25%, though 2026 still runs 16% ahead of 2025.
Pending nationality applications rose by more than a third in a year, and Americans who move now can’t apply until they’ve lived in Portugal for a decade.
Mexico's ban on dual nationals in top executive offices became law Oct. 7, and two US-born senators are taking opposite paths on their American citizenship.
Argentina citizenship by investment will cost Americans and other foreigners $350,000 or an $800,000 bond, with applications expected to open in late 2026.
European citizenship changes could extend waits for Americans already abroad. Ireland proposes eight years; Sweden and Portugal have enacted longer waits.
British citizenship applications from Americans fell to 2,041 in the second quarter, down 23% from a record first quarter and 9.6% year over year.
Ali Younes, a Jordanian-American journalist, faces sedition charges and a travel ban in Jordan, where US consular protection does not reach dual citizens.
Portugal missed the Aug. 16 deadline to update its citizenship law regulations, leaving Americans without clear procedures on the new civic and financial tests.
The IRS expatriation list carried 1,781 names in the second quarter of 2026, up 68% from a year earlier, weeks after the renunciation fee fell to $450.
The Internal Revenue Service published 1,462 names on its latest quarterly list of U.S. citizenship renunciations for the first quarter of 2026. That's up 13.8% from the same quarter a year earlier and marks the second-highest quarterly total in the past year. The increase is notable because it occurred before the government lowered the fee to renounce U.S. citizenship.
British citizenship for Americans drew 2,654 applications in the first quarter of 2026, the highest quarterly count in 22 years of Home Office records.
Argentina revised its naturalization requirements by executive decree under President Javier Milei in 2025, imposing stricter conditions on the path to citizenship. The most significant change affects residency clock continuity: a single trip abroad can reset an applicant's accrued residency to zero, a consequence that may not become apparent until after travel has already occurred.
Dominica citizenship by investment starts at a $200,000 donation, but the program offers no US E-2 access and no public count of American buyers.
Argentina is moving toward launching South America's first golden visa, with an executive director appointed in late April 2026 and a second-half launch date in view. The program, authorized under Decree 524/2025, would offer a direct route to an Argentine passport with no residency requirement attached.
