The Association of Accidental Americans (AAA) is reaching out to its supporters to raise funds to launch legal proceedings against the US State Department.
The association aims to raise $25,000 (£18,111, €21,087) to fund costs.
Through the action, the AAA intends to ask the judge to force the department to reopen renunciation services at US embassies around the world, as these have been put on hold in the last 18 months due to the covid crisis.
Fabien Lehagre, president of the AAA, told International Adviser they have managed to secure $9,000 in pledges in three days.
The association’s survey, through which it is asking for financial support, says: “We plan to file a new complaint against the State Department to force it to propose new procedures without having to go [to embassies to request renunciation/relinquishment of US citizenship].
“If we want to start a new legal process, we would have to be able to raise $25,000.”
An ‘accidental’ American is an individual who acquired US citizenship by either being born in the USA or from a parent who is a US citizen, despite never having lived in the country.
