Seychellois nationals can renounce their nationality pending approval by the state. Seychellois of origin may not lose their nationality. Naturalised persons may be denaturalised in Seychelles for disloyalty to the state; for committing crimes, such as drugs offences, piracy, terrorism or treason, against the state or state security; for ordinary serious crimes; or for fraud, false representation, or concealment in a naturalisation application. Persons who previously had nationality and renounced it for socio-economic reasons may repatriate after re-establishing residency and passing both the citizenship test with 80 percent accuracy and a background check confirming no imprisonments of more than one year.
