Record number US citizens requests UK citizenship after Trump election

Record number US citizens requests UK citizenship after Trump election

Last year Americans made an application for British citizenship in record numbers. A historically high number of applications were submitted in particular in the last quarter of 2024, which coincided with the re-election of US President Donald Trump.

increasing applications for British citizenship

Over 6,100 US citizens submitted an application for British citizenship last year, which has been the highest value since the beginning of the records in 2004. At that time, the applications of Americans were less than 3,000, such as Data of the British Interior Ministry emerges.

a striking increase in the last quarter

The figures of the last year show a significant increase compared to 2023, one year in which less than 5,000 applications were submitted by US citizens. The increase in the last three months of 2024 was particularly remarkable when over 1,700 people made an application - the highest number in a quarter of the past two decades.

The reasons for the increase

This increase is reminiscent of an increase in applications in the first six months of 2020 when over 5,800 Americans Citizenship waived , which almost tripled the number from the entire year 2019. At the time, analysts argued that this increase in connection with Trump's first presidency and changes in tax policy were. Many of these people had lived in Great Britain for some time.

While many who resigned their citizenship were dissatisfied with the political climate in the United States, Alistair Bambridge, partner at Bambridge Accountants, also called tax reasons for their decision in August 2020.

Trump and his British roots

Donald Trump could make an application for British citizenship himself, about his late mother, Mary Anne Macleod, the born and grew up in Scotland before she moved to the USA in 1930 at the age of 17.

European escape routes

While more and more Americans are striving for British passes, some British citizens have started looking for their own reinsurance. In the years after the Brexit referendum 2016, the number of British who applies for an Irish passport-who gives them the right to work, live and travel freely throughout Europe- Almost doubled .

new opportunities in the EU

With Trump's re -election in November last year, many Americans worldwide are concerned about the next four years. Some communities An Italian village has an website that is aimed at American expats, in the hope that the Americans disappointed by the election results acquire and so revive the municipality that was struck after decades of population loss.

"Are you tired by global politics? Do you want to accept a more balanced lifestyle and create new opportunities?" Asks the website. "It is time to plan their European escape in the fantastic paradise of Sardinia."