Гражданство по рождению в Сент-Китс и Невисе (jus soli)
Гражданство в стране Сент-Китс и Невис
- Право на участие
- Каждый человек, родившийся на острове Сент-Кристофер и Невис 19 сентября 1983 года или после этой даты, является гражданином по рождению (Конституция s.91(a)), за исключением детей иностранных дипломатов и граждан вражеских государств, находящихся в военной оккупации.
- Сроки
- automatic
- Отказ от гражданства
- Не требуется
Обзор
Every person born in St Christopher and Nevis on or after 19 Sep 1983 is a citizen by birth (Constitution s.91(a)), save the children of foreign diplomats and of enemy aliens in wartime occupation.
Кто имеет право
- Jus soli: every person born in Saint Christopher and Nevis on or after 19 September 1983 becomes a citizen at the date of their birth (no parental-status condition for the general rule), under Constitution s.91(a).
Сроки
Timeline: automatic. Document burden: low. Required: none of residency/language/presence/renunciation.
Правовая основа
Primary statute: Constitution s.91(a) (Ch VIII). Operative 1983-09-19–present. Authority: Civil Registry / Ministry of National Security.
Exceptions & edge cases
- Born-aboard rule: a person born aboard a registered ship or aircraft (or an unregistered ship/aircraft of the Government of any country) is deemed born in the place where the ship/aircraft was registered, or in that country, for citizenship purposes (Constitution s.95(1)). - Nevis does NOT create a separate islandic citizenship (positive disconfirmation): citizenship is uniform and federal — Constitution Chapter X (Nevis, ss.100-114, incl. s.113 separation) and Chapter XI (s.115 secession) do not establish a Nevis citizenship; there is one federal 'citizen of Saint Christopher and Nevis'. The Nevis Island Administration's own portal publishes the federal Constitution Chapter 8 as the governing citizenship text. - Dual citizenship is constitutionally protected for those acquiring/holding KN citizenship: a person who is or may become a citizen of another country shall not, for that reason only, be refused registration under s.92, nor be required to renounce the other citizenship, nor be refused/stripped of a SKN passport for holding another country's passport (Constitution s.93). Relevant to birth/descent acquirers who also hold a foreign nationality.
Примеры сценариев
Примеры сценариев приведены на английском языке.
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.
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