WASHINGTON (AP) -- U.S. citizenship is priceless to some, worthless to others. But now the State Department has a dollar figure: U.S. citizenship is worth $450.
That's what it will cost you to renounce it.
New consular fees took effect Thursday. According to the Federal Register, the cost to process a formal renunciation of U.S. citizenship skyrocketed from $0 to $450.
The State Department doesn't say how or why it calculated the cost. Citizenship is free for most Americans.
In addition, the department will now charge $82 -- up from nothing -- to add new pages to your passport, to cover costs.
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