Citizenship law glossary

Article 7 (pre-1940 resident naturalization) · Article 15 (administrative deprivation grounds) · 7/10-year marriage period (from application) · derivative withdrawal (wife and minor children) · Article 18 (minors' recovery on majority) · residence-abroad-over-two-years ground

National Development Fund (NDF) · Resale-once-after-5-years rule · ECCIRA annual quota (prospective) · foundling · ministerial discretion · Agent's Licence

Arbëreshë (jashtë Nenit 6) · Neni 12 (katalogu i humbjes) · AHPVSH · European Convention on Nationality (ECN, ETS 166) · Klasa e aplikantëve (Udhëzim 65/2021 kreu VI) · VKM 1008/2020

GlobalCit · Armenians by national origin · HO-75-N · mcs-citizenship.am · A58 vGOLD promotion pattern · Bilateral travel-document arrangement (1999-2023)

Argentino por opción · Quechua · Ley Obediencia Debida · Ley Punto Final · DNU 942/2024 · Carta de Ciudadanía

MeldeG 1991 · Habsburg-Gesetz 1919 · § 64 Abs 4 StbG Gebührenbefreiung · Landesabgaben StbG · Angelobung · § 58c-Anzeigeverfahren

TTTA-W4 (2001-2023) · T1+ tier · Migration (United Kingdom) Regulations 1981 · Indigenous Voice Referendum 2023 · ACA 2007 §14 · Subdivision C ss 36A–36L

Tribunal de la famille statelessness jurisdiction · De Wachter reforms · AR 28 décembre 2024 · herverkrijging · Belgisch Staatsblad · B1 language

чл. 98 т. 9 · чл. 6 ЗБГ · чл. 12(1) т.2 · Държавна агенция за бежанците · Конституция на Република България · чл. 65(1)

DOU · CPLP · DPF · Decreto 4.887/2003 · Regime Militar · Acordo Lusofono

citizenship grant · Prohibitions (s.22) · Honourable discharge condition · Residence-abroad condition (s.9(1)(e)) · Coming into force (CIF) · Bjorkquist v. Canada

Meldung / Beibehaltungserklärung (Art 7(3)-(4)) · Ordentliche Einbürgerung · Volksinitiative (BV Art 138-139) · Begründungspflicht (Art 16) · Auslandschweizer-Organisation (ASO / OSA) · BGE 129 I 232 ('Einbürgerungen vors Volk!')

CL-NLR-RENUN-01 (tension de renuncia) · Signature TRC · Constitucion de 1925 · Ley 20.430 (refugiados) · Convencion de 1961 (Reduccion de la Apatridia) · Domicilio (Convenio Espana-Chile)

Demetris Christofias · CUKC (Citizen of the United Kingdom and Colonies) · 1954 Statelessness Convention · Asomatos (Ασώματος / Özhan) · Treaty of Establishment 1960 · UN SCR 939 (1994)

ČSFR · Listina základních práv a svobod · narozením · NV 337/1993 · Foundling · Protektorát Čechy a Morava

GNotKG · DE-IL_Bilateral_Lane · Sprachzertifikat B1 · § 10(2) Miteinbuergerung · BAPersBw · Einbuergerung

Lov 410/2025 § 4 · ECLI:EU:C:2019:189 · 1920 Versailles Plebiscite · proportionality (Tjebbes) · SAKSBEHANDLINGSTID · Anordning

Ministerial discretion / waiver of residence (s.8(2)) · Licensed Promoter · Statelessness conventions non-party · Specified country or region · Citizenship by birth (jus soli, s.98) · Oath of allegiance

JY origin-state CJEU attribution (JY ORIGIN-state attribution) · taotlus (application) · põhiseaduse § 8 kaitse (Constitutional § 8 citizenship protection) · Kodakondsuse seadus (KodS) (Citizenship Act) · Tjebbes lahend (C-221/17) (Tjebbes ruling (CJEU C-221/17 2019)) · diaspora (diasporaa)

Encargado del Registro Civil · Padrón de Españoles Residentes en el Extranjero (PERE) · Comunidad Iberoamericana / Ibero-American Community · buena conducta cívica / good civic conduct · DELE / DELE Spanish language exam · Ley 14/2013 / Entrepreneurs Support Act

TWO-WAVE_RESTRICTIVE_REFORM_FI · Kansalaisuuslaki 359/2003 · ARTICLE_34_EX_ANTE_ANCILLARY · suomalaisuus · Nordic Citizenship Convention 1969 · Saamen kotiseutualue

DROM-COM · Statut civil de droit commun · Décret de naturalisation · 3 juillet 1962 (date nationalité Algérie) · Article 22-2 Code civil · Soumission de sa femme (défaut d'assimilation)

Pre-Settled Status (EUSS) · Immigration Act 2014 · Advani v SSHD [2023] EWCA Civ 1305 · General Register Office (GRO) · Section 40(6) Deprivation Notification Procedure (NIAA 2002 fix) · Schedule 1 Paragraph 3 Conditions

Source of funds · Full age and capacity · Minister (citizenship) · Holding period (5 years) · Citizenship by Investment (Amendment) Act No.3 of 2019 · Registration (Commonwealth/Irish)

surrogacy safeguard (Art 10(b)) · beneficiary-of-support consent gate (Art 6(3)) · foundling presumption (Art 11) · მოქალაქეობის დაკარგვა (mokalakeobis dak'argva) · examination structure (30 items, Order 996) · termination of citizenship (Art 19)

GR-SPC-05 — Special — Loss / Renunciation / Deprivation of Greek nationality (Code Chapter B, Arts 16-19) · GR-NAT — Naturalisation bucket · ελληνική συνείδηση (Hellenic consciousness) · 1954 Stateless Persons Convention (Greece party) · GR-NAT-05 — Naturalisation — honorary (Art 13) · Treaty of Lausanne (1923) — nationality & exchange

CNL Article 15 (handling authority) · CNL Article 8 (naturalisation effect) · TTPS Category C · passport cancellation (s.9(1) Cap.539) · 2025 Immigration Department Review (2026-03-01 reforms) · CNL Article 9 (automatic loss)

Bilateral HR-BA framework (consolidated) · ECN 1997 · BTH bucket · HR-BiH 2005 HVO Sporazum · Article 10 marriage · Article 9 born-in-HR

1961-es egyezmény · vendégbefektetői tartózkodási engedély · XXIII. cikk · 1990. évi XXXII. törvény · 1880-01-08 hatály · 2023. évi XC. törvény

European Network on Statelessness (ENS) · Naturalisation · Ordinarily resident outside the State · s.12 token of honour (honorary citizenship) · s.27 (Registry of births abroad) · s.19(1A)-(1P) revocation procedure

עולה חדש / עולה חדשה · שליחות · Ethnic-national group entry (le'om) · Permanent residency (status, not citizenship) · Further hearing (enlarged-panel re-hearing) · צה"ל

§6A special provisions · One-parent-citizen rule (1987-2004) · FRRO registration exemption · §4(1A) minor dual-citizen cessation · Ministry of External Affairs (MEA) · Registration — spouse of Indian citizen

Schengen Association Agreement (Iceland) · IS-ERA-11 Tvöfaldur ríkisborgararéttur og ECN (A170 anchor era, 2003-2009) · 1982 Common Nordic Labour Market Agreement · althingi.is/altext/stjt (Stjórnartíðindi primary-text retrieval URL) · IS-ERA-06 Konungsríki Íslands í konungssambandi (Kingdom of Iceland in personal union with DK, 1918-1944) · IS-VC-002 (V-correction)

Legge Bossi-Fini 189/2002 / Bossi-Fini Law 189/2002 · Comunità Italiana Romana / Roman Italian Community · Decreto Tajani / Tajani Decree · preclusione originaria all'acquisto · colloquio cittadinanza / citizenship interview · jus soli vs jus sanguinis Italian / Italian jus soli vs jus sanguinis

Nationality Act Art. 5 — standard naturalization conditions · W6 — 2008/09 Acknowledged-Children Era (EIF 2009-01-01) · 催告 (saikoku / ministerial demand) · Constitution Art. 9 — pacifism and military N/A · 1954 Convention relating to the Status of Stateless Persons (non-party) · sole-nationality rule

Sustainable Island State Contribution (SISC) · No sibling/grandchild dependant · Born-aboard provision (s.95(1)) · Good character requirement · s.91(a) (Constitution) · Citizenship Act s.3(6)

수반취득자 (Accompanying Acquirer) · 부모양계혈통주의 (Bilineal Jus Sanguinis) · 국적법 제21조 (Revocation of Permission, etc.) · 자진취득 (Voluntary Acquisition of Foreign Nationality) · 적용례 (Applicability Rule) · 귀화증서 (Certificate of Naturalization)

SI 89/2015 (base CBI Regulations) · Ordinary registration fees · Former-citizen registration · Anti-discount rule · Resumption / restoration (absence of standalone clause) · Second and third-generation descendants

LCVA [Central State Archive] · Commission v Malta (C-181/23) · Vaiko pilietybe [Child's citizenship] · Article 7(3) [Fled/left before 11 March 1990] · Isimties tvarka [By way of exception] · Article 21-1 [State-interest grant/restoration]

RGD 14/11/2008 droit de timbre · Article 27 (statelessness bar) · Doc. parl. 7863A (Loi 23/12/2022) · A91 MCP-credit-exhaustion fallback (LV-origin) · Article 29 (historical) · Loi 23 août 2023 (vivre-ensemble interculturel)

Saeima 14th Convocation · 1999 children amendment · EU accession 2004-05-01 · Renunciation · ECHR · Augstākā tiesa

Legea nr. 232/2003 · Pravo strămoșesc · BIL bucket · Maia Sandu · HG 306/2025 · Codul civil al RM (Law 1107/2002)

redovni prijem · EU državljanstvo · Većina glasova svih poslanika (majority of votes of all MPs / organic-law majority) · domaće pravo – prioritet u primjeni (Art 2) · lice bez državljanstva · Art 19 — načini gubitka

Article 23 deprivation (deprecated) · Act XV of 2013 · Article 124(2) · Naturalization · PR251293en · Pre-2000 voluntary loss cohort

Constitution 1917 · DNN-1 · Comprobante de Domicilio · INM · voto extranjero · Lebanese-Mexican

PRE_1964_WOMEN_LOSS_BY_MARRIAGE_CEDAW · 1964-1984 transitional · Terror-revocation EIF 2027-03-01 (Stb. 2017/52+53) · SPIJTOPTANTEN_COHORT · WUV_VICTIM_STATUS · Directive 2003/109

HR-2025-261-A · LOV-2020-10-30-123 · Spraklova · SAMI_SUI_GENERIS_NULL_PATTERN_SE · NORDIC_PASSPORT_UNION_1954_PRE_SCHENGEN · F-07-2020_TO_AI-1-2026_CIRCULAR_TRANSITION_NO

Citizenship Act 1977 NZ §15-§17 Cessation Framework · CA-W3 (2020-2023) · New Zealandn Citizenship Amendment (Citizenship Repudiation) Act 2023 · Albanese 2023 NZ Reform · Heard Island and McDonald Islands (HIMI) · Whitlam Reforms 1973

nacionalidad derivada · Registro Civil · Órgano Legislativo / Asamblea Nacional · Tratados Torrijos-Carter (1977) · por gracia / honoraria (disconfirmado) · padre o madre de hijos panamenos

Bengson III v. HRET · Filipino parentage rule · Without-having-to-perform-any-act standard · Oath of allegiance (RA 9139) · Schooling-of-children condition · Declaratory nature of recognition

Art 46-54 utraty obywatelstwa / Article 46-54 cessation of citizenship · Druk 1888 / PiS Druk 1888 rejected bill · Dowód osobisty / National Identity Card · Dokument podróży / Travel document (1968 one-way) · Kancelaria Prezydenta RP (KPRP) · PASC Art 130 / Valid substitute documentation

PT-NAT-02 · PT-XCT-03 · PT-NAT-05 · DL n.º 26/2022 · Lei Orgânica n.º 1/2026 · Goa / Daman / Diu

Art 24 modes of loss · Comisia report term (Art 15(10)-(11)) · OUG 100/2024 (biometrics/card thread) · CCR petitioner correction (VC-RO-F-20) · appeal-venue refuted (VC-RO-F-24) · Art 31(6) renunciation-rejection appeal

Rešenje o prijemu — obrazac · Otpust iz državljanstva · Čl. 23 ZDRS — etnička · Helsinki Final Act 1975 · Čl. 38 Ust. — pravo na državljanstvo · CEFTA 2006 Free Trade Agreement

rättsligt ställningstagande RS/067/2020 · Renbeteskonventionen 2005 · SOU 2021:2 · Bernitz & Bernitz 2018 · överklagande · Constitutional precondition revocation

Withholding of renunciation · Enlistment Act offences · Just-and-fair discretionary cure · Birth registration vs citizenship registration · 6 April 1960 reference date · Citizen by registration

Article 25 ZDRS · 1951 Refugee Convention · W5 · Apostille · Article 27 ZDRS · Mirovni institut

Ústava Slovenskej republiky · Slovak Spectator · dočasné útočisko (temporary refuge) · Sólyom incident 2009-08-21 · 13 recognized national minorities · Pl. ÚS 38/95 SR

NZYQ v Minister for Immigration · CB Karar (Cumhurbaşkanlığı Kararı) · ACA 2007 §13 · Murugappan / Biloela family · Australian Antarctic Territory (AAT) · Fail-Closed Principle

Європейська хартія регіональних мов (ECRML) · Австро-Угорщина (Галичина+Буковина) · МКС Україна проти Росії (Геноцид) · Тимчасово окуповані території 4-х областей · Українська діаспора · Закон 2268-VIII (Донбас окупація)

Nguyen v. INS · INA 301 · Lautenberg Amendment · Form N-565 · §309(c) one-year mother rule · INA = 8 USC dual-citation

Dual citizenship (permitted post-2025) · High Court of South Africa · Constitution s28(1)(a) (child's nationality right) · Section 5(4) (minor naturalisation) · Section 5(9) (exceptional circumstances) · South African Citizenship Amendment Act 13 of 2002