Pretty sure you are not allowed to renounce your citizenship if you only have one. I’m guessing it is so at least one country is ultimately responsible for them.
I know there are still cases where the country doesn’t exist anymore, but we are talking about people intentionally trying to abuse the system.
Fun fact: in order to get citizenship in Germany by way of naturalization, you must first renounce your current citizenship before you can proceed to become a German citizen. The process makes the applicant stateless.
In the United States, you can renounce your citizenship without having another nationality, therefore becoming stateless. You will just not have the rights that come with being a citizen. But there are caveats and they will deny your request if you express that you want to keep some of your citizenship rights.
Pretty sure you are not allowed to renounce your citizenship if you only have one. I’m guessing it is so at least one country is ultimately responsible for them.
I know there are still cases where the country doesn’t exist anymore, but we are talking about people intentionally trying to abuse the system.
Fun fact: in order to get citizenship in Germany by way of naturalization, you must first renounce your current citizenship before you can proceed to become a German citizen. The process makes the applicant stateless.
In the United States, you can renounce your citizenship without having another nationality, therefore becoming stateless. You will just not have the rights that come with being a citizen. But there are caveats and they will deny your request if you express that you want to keep some of your citizenship rights.
Source https://www.germany-visa.org/german-citizenship/by-naturalization/ https://md.usembassy.gov/u-s-citizen-services/renounce-citizenship/