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[[File:Certificate_of_Loss_of_Nationality_of_the_United_States.jpg|thumb|An example of a Certificate of Loss of Nationality]]

The '''Certificate of Loss of Nationality of the United States''' ('''CLN''') is form DS-4083 of the [[Bureau of Consular Affairs]] of the [[United States Department of State]] which is completed by a consular official of the United States documenting [[relinquishment of United States nationality]]. The form is prescribed by the [[United States Secretary of State|Secretary of State]] under the [[Immigration and Nationality Act of 1952]].<ref>{{cite news |last1=Deb |first1=Sopan |title=Former Americans Who Gave Up Their Citizenship Want Their Money Back |url=https://www.nytimes.com/2023/10/06/us/american-citizenship-fee-lawsuit.html |access-date=7 August 2024 |work=[[The New York Times]] |date=6 October 2023 |quote=The process to obtain what is known as a certificate of loss of nationality, which included taking an oath of renunciation after several months on a waiting list,}}</ref>

A CLN is used only to document a loss of U.S. nationality and it does not affect the loss of U.S. nationality itself. However some provisions of U.S. regulations require a CLN be issued in order to recognize a person as a non-U.S. national even if as a matter of law that person is already probably not a U.S. national. One example of this are [[Foreign Account Tax Compliance Act|FATCA]] provisions as currently adopted in the US Code of Federal Regulations.<ref>[https://www.law.cornell.edu/cfr/text/26/1.1471-4#c_5_iv_B_2_ii CFR 26 § 1.1471-4(c)(5)(iv)(B)(2)(ii)]</ref>

CLNs are applied for and issued at a U.S. consulate or embassy. Persons lacking an alternate nationality or refusing to declare one at the time of application may be listed as being [[Statelessness|stateless]] on their CLN. Unlike other countries, the United States allows persons to renounce their [[citizenship]] even when that person would become stateless upon loss of United States nationality.

==See also==
* [[United States person]]
* [[Citizenship of the United States]]
* [[Non-citizen US national]]

==References==
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==External links==
*[https://2009-2017.state.gov/documents/organization/81609.pdf Official CLN]
*[https://www.law.cornell.edu/uscode/8/1481.html US law on the relinquishment of US nationality]
*[https://fam.state.gov/FAM/07FAM/07FAM1210.html State Department instructions to consulates; what to expect on your date of renunciation]

[[Category:United States nationality law]]
[[Category:Government documents of the United States]]

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