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Dependente — menor a cargo na sequência do registo ou naturalização dos pais

Cidadania em Singapore

Elegibilidade
Uma criança menor de idade pode ser registada como cidadã na sequência da aquisição da cidadania por um dos pais, através do registo de menores Art 124 (via derivada; não automática).
Renúncia
Exigida

Visão geral

A minor child may be registered as a citizen consequent on a parent becoming a citizen, via Art 124 registration of minors (derivative pathway; not automatic).

Quem se qualifica

Evidence-pinned eligibility & rules:

  • Where a person has renounced citizenship or been deprived of citizenship under Article 129(2)(a) or 134(1)(a), the Government may by order deprive of citizenship any child of that person under the age of 21 years who was registered as a citizen as the child of that person (or of that person's spouse). Separately, where a person has been deprived of citizenship or had enrolment cancelled under Part 10, the Government may deprive/cancel the citizenship of such a child. A child may not be deprived if it would render the child stateless. [Art 130 + Art 137; Art 129(7)]

Como solicitar

Procedure (Singapore Citizenship Rules r.4-5): a minor is registered on application by the parent or guardian in the prescribed form; certificate issued on grant.

Base jurídica

Operative authority: Constitution Art 124 (+ practice) (Constitution of the Republic of Singapore, Part 10, 2020 Revised Edition). Statute pins: SG-SRC-CONST: Art 124. KCQs: Q4.3.

Cenários de exemplo

Os cenários de exemplo são exibidos em inglês.

  • conditional

    There is no AUTOMATIC derivative acquisition for a child when a parent registers/naturalises; the derivative pathway operates through Art 124 registration of minors (SG-CBN-01; SG-E1-021). Once Bianca's mother becomes a Singapore citizen, Bianca will satisfy Art 124(1)(a) (child of a citizen) and (b) (residing in Singapore), making her eligible for discretionary registration as a minor. Until the mother's registration is completed, the parent-citizen condition is not yet met. Outcome is conditional: eligibility crystallises upon the parent becoming a citizen, then registration of the minor is discretionary ('the Government may'). This is the derivative minor-following-parent (CBN) edge case; the child does not acquire citizenship automatically with the parent.

  • conditional

    Where a person is deprived of citizenship under Art 134(1)(a) (or renounces, or is deprived under Art 129(2)(a)), Art 130 permits the Government to deprive of citizenship any child of that person under 21 who was registered as a citizen as being that person's child (SG-E1-025/SG-E2-027). Tunde was registered under Art 124 as the father's child and is under 21, so Art 130 exposes him to derivative deprivation following his father's Art 134(1)(a) deprivation. However, Art 137(2) bars deprivation that would render the child stateless, and Art 129(7) requires the Government to be satisfied it is 'not conducive to the public good' for him to remain a citizen. Deprivation is discretionary and runs through Art 133 procedure. Outcome is conditional: his derivative citizenship is contingent on the parent's status but is not automatically lost, and statelessness is a safeguard (he retains Nigerian citizenship, so the safeguard may not protect him).

Resumo informativo compilado a partir de fontes legais primárias — não é aconselhamento jurídico. A lei de cidadania muda; verifique com a autoridade competente antes de agir. Verificado pela última vez em 2026-06-19.

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