Data and Analysis of US Govt Statistics on Number of Renunciants

Thanks to Eric for his research, analysis and writing of these posts.

These are listed in reverse chronological order.  If you are not familiar with the FBI/NICS list, the 9 February 2013 post is a good introduction to it.

November 2017

01: 1,376 published expatriates in Q3 2017 Federal Register list of people giving up US citizenship

August 2017

02: 1,759 published expatriates in Q2 2017 Federal Register list

May 2017

09: 1,313 published expatriates in Q1 Federal Register honour roll; 1,484 renunciants added to NICS for same period

February 2017

08: 2,365 names of ex-U.S. citizens in latest published expatriates list

November 2016

09: Federal Register lists 1,379 people who didn’t want to wait for U.S. election results

July 2016

28: More than two thousand renunciants added to NICS in Q2 2016, but only 509 names in Federal Register list

May 2016

04: Federal Register undercounts people giving up U.S. citizenship again: 1,158 published expatriates for Q1 2016

March 2016

23: Homeland Security enforced Reed Amendment twice in 14 years; banished two ex-citizens who mentioned tax motivations

19: Nine hundred thousand new FBAR filers since 2009, proving that FinCEN is grossly incompetent, can’t do basic math, and ignores comments from people who can

February 2016

05: Nearly $13 million in renunciation fees last year, and they can’t even compile a simple list of our names

September 2015

02: Was State Department right? FBI data shows 78% year-on-year growth in renunciations since fee hike

August 2015

04:  FBI NICS data disproves WSJ claim that U.S. citizenship renunciations are “leveling off” (13)

July 2015

30: Q2 Federal Register expatriates list shows 460 renunciants plus relinquishers; NICS added 1,471 renunciants

April 2015

08: Americans at least three to five times as likely as Pakistanis to renounce citizenship

July 2014

29:  The Federal Register:  timeliness, date of filing, and date of publication

May 2014

01: 1,001 names in latest Federal Register “name-and-shame” list

April 2014

03: FBI did not add any renunciant records to NICS in March 2014

January 2014

10: More than 3,100 Americans renounced citizenship last year – FBI

October 2013

04: FBI withholds monthly NICS citizenship renunciation statistics due to government shutdown

September 2013

04: FBI reverses one denial of renunciant’s firearms purchasing privileges

August 2013

05: FBI: nearly twice as many renunciations in first seven months of 2013 as in same period last year

July 2013

02: FBI: 413 renounced U.S. citizenship in June 2013

June 2014

04: FBI: 374 renounced citizenship in May 2013

May 2013

07: Q1 2013 Federal Register list of ex-citizens published; numerous names missing

07: FBI releases April 2013 NICS report; January through April renunciations up by 78% against same period last year

April 2013

04: FBI reports renunciations for Q1 2013 nearly doubled against Q1 2012

03: FBI did not add any renunciant records to NICS in March 2014

March 2013

04: FBI statistics say 478 renounced U.S. citizenship in February 2013

February 2013

13: FBI says three thousand renounced US citizenship last quarter, but IRS claims it was just 45

09: FBI statistics say three thousand renounced U.S. citizenship in September and October 2012