In Part 1 we covered why people consider renouncing US citizenship. The reasons range from philosophical identity issues to brutal financial realities like $330,000 annual tax bills. Now Henderson walks us through how renunciation actually works, what it costs, and what life looks like on the other side.
After four chapters about going where you are treated best, getting second passports, and building a location-independent life, Henderson finally arrives at the most extreme step. Giving up your US citizenship entirely. This is the nuclear option. And he did it himself in December 2017 at the US Embassy in Tbilisi, Georgia.
In Part 1 we covered why anyone would want a second passport and the four ways to get one. Now Henderson gets into the messy details. And trust me, it gets messy. Fake passports, lazy lawyers, and the surprising truth that a Mexican passport might be better than an American one.
Imagine you are sitting in a hotel room in Dubai. A man with a bulletproof briefcase hands you a green passport from a country you cannot find on a map. You put your finger on an ink pad. He shakes your hand and says, “Congratulations, you are now a citizen of the Comoros Islands.”