The Reed Amendment: Q. Does Renunciation of US Citizenship Mean That You Will Be Barred From Entering The United States? A. Not likely

<p>July 15, 2020 - Participants Include:</p> <p>Virginia La Torre Jeker - <a href='http://www.twitter.com/vljeker'>@VLJeker</a></p> <p>John Richardson - <a href='http://www.twitter.com/expatriationlaw'>@Expatriationlaw</a></p> <p>_________________________________________________________________________</p> <p>In 1996 Congress amended the Immigration and Nationality Act to include a provision which <a href='https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Reed_Amendment_(immigration)'>reads</a>:</p> <p> </p> (E) Former citizens who renounced citizenship to avoid taxation <p>Any alien who is a former citizen of the United States who officially renounces United States citizenship and who is determined by the Attorney General to have renounced United States citizenship for the purpose of avoiding taxation by the United States is inadmissible.</p> <p>Note that this law applies to those who "renounce" and does not appear to apply to those who relinquish US citizenship in another way. Furthermore, note the large number of conditions that must be met by IMMIGRATION officials before the law could be applied.</p> <p>I have had a number of inquiries from people asking if this law really applies.</p> <p> The short answer is that:</p> <p>1. There is almost no evidence that the US Government is attempting to apply this law (only two cases from 1996 - 2015, were identified in a <a href='https://web.archive.org/web/20160322190133/https://www.dhs.gov/sites/default/files/publications/Departmental%20Management%20and%20Operations%20%28DMO%29%20-%20Policy%20-%20Inadmissibility%20of%20Tax-Based%20Citizenship%20Renunciants_0.pdf'>2015 Report From The Department Of Homeland Security</a>); and</p> <p>2. It is very difficult for the law to be applied.</p> <p>By the far the best summary of information on this topic comes from a <a href='http://isaacbrocksociety.ca/2016/03/23/homeland-security-enforced-reed-amendment-twice-in-14-years-banished-two-ex-citizens-who-mentioned-tax-motivations/comment-page-1/#comments'>post at the Isaac Brock Society</