Cidadania por descendência (antes de 2004, patrilinear — regime de transição)
Cidadania em Singapore
- Elegibilidade
- Uma pessoa nascida fora de Singapura após 16 de setembro de 1963, mas antes da entrada em vigor da lei de 2004, é cidadã por descendência apenas se o PAI fosse cidadão de Singapura por nascimento ou registo (regra patrilinear, substituída prospectivamente por SG-DSC-01).
- Renúncia
- Exigida
Visão geral
Person born outside Singapore after 16 Sep 1963 but before the 2004 commencement is a citizen by descent only if the FATHER was a Singapore citizen by birth or registration (patrilineal rule, superseded prospectively by SG-DSC-01).
Base jurídica
Operative authority: Constitution Art 122(1)(a) (Constitution of the Republic of Singapore, Part 10, 2020 Revised Edition). Statute pins: SG-SRC-CONST: Art 122(1)(a). KCQs: Q3.2.
Cenários de exemplo
Os cenários de exemplo são exibidos em inglês.
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.
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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