All other things aside, the American taxation-by-citizehship instead of residence has some nasty and unfortunate consequences that your comment suggests you've

All other things aside, the American taxation-by-citizehship instead of residence has some nasty and unfortunate consequences that your comment suggests you've never considered. Some Dutch people in the Netherlands who were incidentally born in the US (ergo, also US citizens) but have never lived or worked in the US are now presented with the absurd scenario of actually having to do what you suggest. Of course this is just one country; in principle it applies to anyone who returned home to another country after being born in the US. Here is the case of a woman, who was taken by her parents back to the NL as a baby, now has to establish herself first in a country in which she's never worked or lived in order to renounce an unwanted citizenship. She must get a social security number, file six years of previous taxes to a foreign country, and only then can she seek renouncing of her US citizenship. In case you were unaware, simply renouncing also costs several thousand dollars. https://nos.nl/nieuwsuur/artikel/2044332-amerikaanse-belastingdienst-maakt-jacht-op-nederlanders.html https://nos.nl/nieuwsuur/artikel/2044332-amerikaanse-belasti... http://www.dutchnews.nl/news/archives/2015/06/us-tax-service-targets-dutch-nationals-who-happen-to-be-american/ http://www.dutchnews.nl/news/archives/2015/06/us-tax-service... So yeah, just give it up! Piece of cake! /s