Ciudadanía por descendencia (antes de 2004, patrilineal — transitoria)

Escenarios de ejemplo

Los escenarios de ejemplo se muestran en inglés.

• ineligible

  For births outside Singapore BEFORE commencement of s.7 of the 2004 Amendment Act, descent passed only patrilineally: Art 122(1)(a) requires the FATHER to be a Singapore citizen by birth or registration at the time of birth (SG-E1-011, SG-E2-033). Rajesh's father was Malaysian, not a Singapore citizen; his Singapore-citizen mother could not transmit descent under the pre-2004 rule. This is the patrilineal-bar edge case (DSC-02): the 2004 gender-neutral reform operates prospectively and does not retroactively cure pre-commencement births. Rajesh is not a citizen by descent. (Any route now would be the ordinary PR-then-registration/naturalisation path, not descent.)

• eligible

  For a birth outside Singapore after 16 September 1963 but before the 2004 commencement, descent passes patrilineally: Art 122(1)(a) requires the FATHER to be a Singapore citizen by birth or registration at the time of birth (SG-E1-011/SG-E2-033). Wong's father was a citizen by birth, satisfying the pre-2004 rule, and his birth was registered within one year (Art 122(2)(a)). Wong is (and has been since birth) a citizen of Singapore by descent under the pre-2004 patrilineal regime. This is the converse of the patrilineal-bar scenario (SG-SCN-A-007): where the FATHER is the citizen, pre-2004 descent succeeds. Eligible.

• ineligible

  Catherine was born in 1992, BEFORE commencement of s.7 of the 2004 Amendment Act, so the applicable rule is the pre-2004 patrilineal one: Art 122(1)(a) requires the FATHER to be the Singapore citizen (SG-E1-011/SG-E2-033). Her father was British; her Singapore-citizen mother could not transmit descent under the pre-2004 rule. The 2004 gender-neutral reform operates PROSPECTIVELY for births on/after commencement and does not retroactively confer descent on persons born earlier (temporal qualifier, SG-E2-033). Catherine is not a citizen by descent. This is the 'born abroad pre-2004 to SG mother -> patrilineal bar -> DSC-02' edge case the brief specifically calls for.