“Citizenship Laws of the World”

This is a extensive and well produced survey of world citizenship laws which was produced by Office of Personnel Management of the US government in 2000/2001, as a resource for dealing with multiple citizenship issues.

The directory provides a synopsis of the citizenship laws for 206 countries. It contains a wealth of information about multiple citizenship and the various ways that different countries approach it. The laws and rules of each country are individually summarized.

The directory provides an simplified overview, not a detailed legal analysis. It is a quick reference document focussed on some of the mechanics of citizenship, but it does not provide a complete picture of any of the countries listed, including the US itself. Keep in mind that citizenship laws, rules and interpretations are constantly changing, so some entries could be out of date. It is apparently not unusual to encounter differences between stated and actual practice in implementation of a country's citizenship laws.

 

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Introduction

A Guide to Reading the Country Listings

Country Listings from “Citizenship Laws of the World”

AFGANISTAN
ALBANIA
ALGERIA
ANDORRA
ANGOLA
ANTIGUA AND BARBUDA
ARGENTINA
ARMENIA
AUSTRALIA
AUSTRIA
AZERBAIJAN

BAHAMAS
BAHRAIN
BANGLADESH
BARBADOS
BELARUS
BELGIUM
BELIZE
BENIN
BHUTAN
BOLIVIA
BOSNIA AND HERZEGOVINA
BOTSWANA
BRAZIL
BRUNEI and DARUSSALAM
BULGARIA
BURKINA FASO
BURUNDI

CAMBODIA
CAMEROON
CANADA
CAPE VERDE
CENTRAL AFRICAN REPUBLIC
CHAD
CHILE
CHINA
COLOMBIA
COMOROS
CONGO
COSTA RICA
COTE DIVOIRE
CROATIA
CUBA
CYPRUS
CZECH REPUBLIC

DEMOCRATIC REPUBLIC OF THE CONGO
DENMARK
DJIBOUTI
DOMINICA
DOMINICAN REPUBLIC

ECUADOR
EGYPT
EL SALVADOR
EQUATORIAL GUINEA
ERITREA
ESTONIA
ETHIOPIA

FIJI
FINLAND
FRANCE

GABON
GEORGIA
GERMANY
GHANA
GREECE
GRENADA
GUATEMALA
GUINEA
GUINEA-BISSAU
GUYANA

HAITI
HONDURAS
HUNGARY

ICELAND
INDIA
INDONESIA
IRAN
IRAQ
IRELAND
ISRAEL
ITALY

JAMAICA
JAPAN
JORDAN

KAZAKHSTAN
KENYA
KIRIBATI
KUWAIT
KYRGYZ REPUBLIC

LAOS
LATVIA
LEBANON
LESOTHO
LIBERIA
LIBYA
LITHUANIA
LUXEMBOURG

MADAGASCAR
MALAWI
MALAYSIA
MALDIVES
MALI
MALTA
MARSHALL ISLANDS
MAURITANIA
MAURITIUS
MEXICO
MICRONESIA
MOLDOVA
MONACO
MONGOLIA
MOROCCO
MOZAMBIQUE
MYANMAR

NAMIBIA
NAURU
NEPAL
NETHERLANDS
NEW ZEALAND
NICARAGUA
NIGER
NIGERIA
NORTH KOREA
NORWAY

OMAN

PAKISTAN
PALAU
PALESTINE NATIONAL AUTHORITY
PANAMA
PAPUA NEW GUINEA
PARAGUAY
PERU
PHILIPPINES
POLAND
PORTUGAL

QATAR

ROMANIA
RUSSIAN FEDERATION
RWANDA

SAO TOME AND PRINCIPE
SAUDI ARABIA
SENEGAL
SEYCHELLES
SIERRA LEONE
SINGAPORE
SLOVAK REPUBLIC
SLOVENIA
SOLOMON ISLANDS
SOMALIA
SOUTH AFRICA
SOUTH KOREA
SPAIN
SRI LANKA
ST. KITTS AND NEVIS
ST. LUCIA
ST. VINCENT AND THE GRENADINES
SUDAN
SURINAM
SWAZILAND
SWEDEN
SWITZERLAND
SYRIA

TAIWAN
TAJIKISTAN
TANZANIA
THAILAND
THE GAMBIA
TOGO
TONGA
TRINIDAD AND TOBAGO
TUNISIA
TURKEY
TURKMENISTAN
TUVALU

UGANDA
UKRAINE
UNITED ARAB EMIRATES
UNITED KINGDOM OF GREAT BRITAIN AND NORTHERN IRELAND
UNITED STATES OF AMERICA
URUGUAY
UZBEKISTAN

VANUATU
VENEZUELA
VIETNAM

WESTERN SAHARA
WESTERN SAMOA

YEMEN
YUGOSLAVIA

ZAIRE (please see Democratic Republic of the Congo)
ZAMBIA
ZIMBABWE

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