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What Does “Renounced Citizenship” Mean?

Learn what renouncing citizenship means and how it affects your ATF registration eligibility.

Updated over 2 months ago

Renouncing citizenship means that an individual has formally given up all rights and claims to their citizenship with a particular country.

For ATF purposes, anyone who has renounced U.S. citizenship is not eligible to register or possess NFA items.

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