The applicant should be of full age and capacity, who is either a national of a foreign country or has been assured of such nationality on the condition that he/she renounces Jamaican Nationality.

Procedure:

The form (Click Here) should be read carefully, then completed and signed in the presence of a Justice of the Peace, Notary Public, or someone authorized to administer Oaths.

Application should be submitted to the

Consulate General of Jamaica, New York
767 Third Avenue
New York, NY 10017

The following documents are required:

• A Birth Certificate
• A Valid Jamaican Passport
• Evidence of other nationality; or proof of other nationality will be required upon the loss of Jamaican citizenship
• Two (2) Passport sized photographs of the applicant taken within the last six months. Walk-in applicants need not notarize their photographs. Photographs for mailed-in applications must be certified as “I certify this to be a true photo of (FULL NAME OF APPLICANT)” and should be stamped, signed and dated by the notary. If this is unable to hold on the photographs, the photos may be pasted on a blank paper and notarized following the aforementioned guidelines.

Cost: A fee of US $1,040 in the form of a money order made payable to “Consulate General of Jamaica” for mailed-in applicants or in the form of cash, credit/debit card or money order for walk-in applicants.

Processing Time:

Processing period for Renunciation of Citizenship Applications (provided that application fulfills all requirements AFTER being transmitted to the Passport, Immigration & Citizenship Agency (PICA) in Jamaica) is twenty-four (24) months.