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1997. Q2 1998. Ljubica Acevska. Diplomat. Naturalized. Republic of Macedonia. A native of Capari in the former Yugoslavia, Acevska came to the United States with her family in 1966. [ 5 ][ 6 ] She relinquished U.S. citizenship in 1995 to become the first Macedonian Ambassador to the United States. [ 7 ] N/A.
In the 1990s, a large proportion of individuals relinquishing citizenship were naturalized citizens returning to their countries of birth; for example, the State Department indicated to the JCT that many of the 858 U.S. citizens who renounced in 1994 were former Korean Americans who returned to South Korea and resumed their citizenship there ...
Haupt, Hans Max and Erna (née Froehling) Nazism: Parents of Herbert Hans Haupt (naturalized American citizen executed in 1942 after being convicted of spying on U.S. soil for Nazi Germany). Hans Max and Erna (Froehling) Haupt were stripped of their United States citizenship and deported.
Reed Amendment author Jack Reed. The Reed Amendment, also known as the Expatriate Exclusion Clause, created a provision of United States federal law ( 8 U.S.C. § 1182 (a) (10) (E)) attempting to impose an entry ban on certain former U.S. citizens based on their reasons for renouncing U.S. citizenship. Notably, entry can be denied to persons ...
The State Department estimated in 2007 that annually, 2,298 people file Form DS-4079 to relinquish their United States citizenship. [29] Finally, the IRS estimated in 2012 that Notices 97-19 and 98-34, which "provide guidance regarding the federal tax consequences for certain individuals who lose U.S. citizenship" or "cease to be taxed as U.S ...
During the 18th and most of the 19th centuries, the United States had limited regulation of immigration and naturalization at a national level. Under a mostly prevailing "open border" policy, immigration was generally welcomed, although citizenship was limited to “white persons” as of 1790, and naturalization subject to five year residency ...
Immigration and Nationality Technical Corrections Act of 1994. The Immigration Act of 1990 (Pub. L. 101–649, 104 Stat. 4978, enacted November 29, 1990) was signed into law by George H. W. Bush on November 29, 1990. [1] It was first introduced by Senator Ted Kennedy in 1989. It was a national reform of the Immigration and Nationality Act of 1965.
United States nationality law details the conditions in which a person holds United States nationality. In the United States, nationality is typically obtained through provisions in the U.S. Constitution, various laws, and international agreements. Citizenship is established as a right under the Constitution, not as a privilege, for those born ...