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Apply to give up (renounce) your British citizenship or status - ‘declaration of renunciation’

• Overview

  You can apply to give up (renounce) your British citizenship or status. If…

• Apply

  Fill in the form online. You’ll usually be able to keep your documents…

• After you've applied

  You’ll get a ‘declaration of renunciation’ if your application is…

• Resume your British nationality

  In some cases it’s possible to resume your British nationality after…

Executors and administrators can use this form to give up their legal responsibility and role permanently (also known as ‘renunciation’) to apply for probate.

Fees charged for services at British embassies, high commissions and consulates, including certification, legalisation and emergency travel document fees.

• Updated: 9 April 2025

Letters explaining UK laws on nationality, including dual nationality. Sometimes called information notes.

• Updated: 15 September 2025

Forms and guidance on probate including fees, where to send your probate forms (PA1A and PA1P) and supplementary forms to support your application.

• Updated: 25 October 2022

Giving people permission to make decisions about your money and property - how to use, register or cancel an enduring power of attorney

Probate practitioners named in a will as an executor and who are a partner, member, shareholder or director in a firm, can use this form to give up probate executor rights.

Apply to give up your British citizenship or another type of British nationality if you live in the Channel Islands, Isle of Man, a British Overseas Territory or if you live elsewhere and want to apply by post.

How to stop being an attorney under a lasting power of attorney (LPA).

Form to register as a British overseas territories citizen after giving up (renouncing) citizenship: form RS2.