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‘I don’t want to be part of a dictatorship’: the Americans queueing up to renounce their citizenship
(www.theguardian.com)
this post was submitted on 29 Apr 2026
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When the opportunity to move to Oz with a pathway to citizenship came up, I had to jump at it. I don’t want to raise a sprog in that environment. Ngl, I was in a privileged place to facilitate moving in the first place, but it wasn’t enough to stay in hopes of a better future there. Fully planning to renounce after gaining citizenship.
Wishing you all works out well. It still must hurt a bit.
Cheers, mate. I appreciate it. It’s definitely a bit bittersweet. Being no contact with less than great family helped, but leaving behind a life built and cultivated over the course of 4 decades cut pretty close to the bone.