אזרחות מלידה בסנט קיטס ונוויס (jus soli)

תרחישים לדוגמה

התרחישים לדוגמה מוצגים באנגלית.

• Citizen by birth automatically from the date of birth (jus soli).

  Constitution s.91(a): every person born in St Christopher and Nevis on or after 19 Sep 1983 is a citizen at birth. The two provisos (parent with diplomatic immunity; enemy-alien wartime occupation) do not apply, so ordinary foreign parentage is irrelevant — KN operates broad jus soli with no parental-status or residence condition.

• NOT a citizen by birth — excluded by the diplomatic proviso.

  Constitution s.91(a) proviso (i): a person does not become a citizen by birth if at the time of birth neither parent is a citizen AND either parent enjoys the immunity from suit/legal process accorded to a foreign envoy accredited to SKN. This is the classic diplomatic-child carve-out; the child must look to another nationality.

• Citizen by birth — the diplomatic proviso does NOT bite when one parent is a citizen.

  Constitution s.91(a) proviso (i) only excludes where NEITHER parent is a citizen. Because the mother is a Kittitian citizen, the diplomatic-immunity exclusion is disapplied and the child acquires citizenship by birth under the general s.91(a) rule. Demonstrates the conjunctive structure of the proviso.