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Citizenship and Nationality
- English
(1) Subject to subsection (2), a person who, on or after the date on which this Constitution took effect, marries a person who is or becomes a citizen of Tuvalu is entitled, on making application in such manner as is prescribed by law, to be registered as a citizen of Tuvalu.
(2) The right conferred by subsection (1) may be made subject to such exceptions and qualifications as are declared by law to be in the interests of national security or public policy. (Sec. 47)
Citizenship and Nationality
- English(1) Subject to Subsection (2), citizenship once lost can be regained-
(a) in the case of citizenship by virtue of Section 65 (automatic citizenship on Independence Day) or 66 (citizenship by decent) only after five years continuous residence in the country after the loss of citizenship, and in the deliberate judgement (but subject to Division 4 (Citizenship Advisory Committee)) of the Minister responsible for citizenship matters; and
(b) in the case of citizenship by naturalization only in accordance with the law relating to naturalization, for which purpose any period of residence in the country before the loss of citizenship shall be disregarded.
(2) Where a person-
(a) was a citizen by virtue of Section 65 (automatic citizenship on Independence Day) or 66 (citizenship by descent); and
(b) married, before, on or after Independence Day, a person who was a national or citizen of another country; and
(c) became, on or during the marriage, a national or citizen of the country of which his spouse was at that time a national or citizen, and the marriage has permanently broken up, the reference in Subsection (1)(a) to a period of five years shall be read as a reference to a period of three years commencing-
(d) if the person was, at the time when the marriage broke up, resident in the country on the date on which it broke up; or
(e) if the person was at that time resident outside the country on his return to reside in the country. (Sec. 73)
Citizenship and Nationality
- EnglishThe Maneaba ni Maungatabu may make provision—
a. for the acquisition of citizenship of Kiribati by persons who are not eligible or who are no longer eligible to become citizens of Kiribati by virtue of this Chapter;
b. for the renunciation by any person of his citizenship of Kiribati;
c. for the maintenance of a register of citizens of Kiribati who are also citizens of other countries;
d. for depriving of his citizenship of Kiribati—
i. any person not of I-Kiribati descent who is a citizen of Kiribati otherwise than by virtue of this Chapter;
ii. any other person not of I-Kiribati descent who being a citizen of Kiribati has after the day prior to Independence Day acquired another nationality. (Sec. 28)
Citizenship and Nationality
- EnglishA person born of parents, one or both of whom are of recognized Palauan ancestry, shall have the right to enter and reside in Palau and to enjoy other rights and privileges as provided by law, which shall include the right to petition to become a naturalized citizen of Palau; provided, that prior to becoming a naturalized citizen, a person must renounce his citizenship by naturalization except pursuant to this section. (Art. III, Sec 4)
Citizenship and Nationality
- English
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(3) Citizenship of Fiji shall only be acquired by birth, registration or naturalisation.
(4) Citizens of Fiji may hold multiple citizenship, which means that—
(a) upon accepting the citizenship of a foreign country, a person remains a citizen of Fiji unless he or she renounces that status;
(b) a former citizen of Fiji, who lost that citizenship upon acquiring foreign citizenship, may regain citizenship of Fiji, while retaining that foreign citizenship unless the laws of that foreign country provide otherwise; and
(c) upon becoming a citizen of Fiji, a foreign person may retain his or her existing citizenship unless the laws of that foreign country provide otherwise.
(5) A written law shall prescribe—
(a) the conditions upon which citizenship of Fiji may be acquired and the conditions upon which a person may become a citizen of Fiji;
(b) procedures relating to the making of applications for citizenship by registration or naturalisation;
(c) conditions relating to the right to enter and reside in Fiji;
(d) provisions for the prevention of statelessness;
(e) rules for the calculation of periods of a person’s lawful presence in Fiji for the purpose of determining citizenship;
(f) provisions relating to the renunciation and deprivation of citizenship; and
(g) such other matters as are necessary to regulate the granting of citizenship. (Sec. 5) - iTaukei
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(3) Na tauri ivolatara mo lewenivanua e Viti, e rawa ga ni vakayacori kevaka o sucu, volai se o sa dede na nomu mai tiko i Viti.
(4) Na lewenivanua e Viti ena rawa mera taukena e vicavata na ivolatara ni lewenivanua tudei ni vanuatani, kena ibalebale—
(a) ena rawa mo lewenivanua tudei e vanuatani, o se oka tiko ga mo lewenivanua e Viti, vakavo sara ke o kerea me boko na nomu lewenivanua e Viti;
(b) ke dua a lewenivanua tu e Viti qai sa bokoci ni kerea me lai lewenivanua e vanuatani, ena rawa ni volai tale me lewenivanua e Viti, ka maroroya tiko na nona lewenivanua e vanuatani vakavo ke sega ni vakadonuya na lawa ni vanua ya; kei na
(c) dua e sa mai lewenivanua e Viti, ena rawa vua me taukena tiko ga na nona lewenivanua ena vanua taumada vakavo ke sega ni vakadonuya na lawa ni vanua ya.
(5) Na lawa tabaki e dodonu me vakamacalataka—
(a) na rawati ni volatara ni lewenivanua kei na iwalewale ni nona lewenivanua e Viti e dua na tamata;
(b) na ituvatuva ni kena vakarautaki na ivolatara ni lewenivanua ena ivola kerekere se na dede ni nona tiko e Viti;
(c) na iwalewale ni curuvanua se vakaitikotiko e Viti;
(d) na ituvatuva me vakadeitaka na lewenivanua e Viti;
(e) na lawa me cakacakataki kina na balavu ni gauna me tiko kina e Viti, ena qai vakatautaki kina na soli vua ni ivolatara me lewenivanua;
(f) na ituvatuva ni kena vakasukai se bokoci na ivolatara ni lewenivanua tudei; kei na
(g) veika tale e so e gadrevi ena kena vakadeitaka na soli ni ivolatara ni lewenivanua. (Sec. 5)
Citizenship and Nationality
- English(1) Every person who immediately before the Independence Day possessed any of the qualifications specified in subsection (3) of the preceding section and who within the prescribed period has made, or been included in, an application to the Government for citizenship of Solomon Islands continuing the information specified in subsection (4) of the preceding section shall be registered as a citizen of Solomon Islands.
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Citizenship and Nationality
- EnglishA person who is a citizen of the Trust Territory of the Pacific Islands immediately prior to the effective date of this Constitution and a domiciliary of a District ratifying this Constitution is a citizen and national of the Federated States of Micronesia. (Art. III, Sec. 1)
Citizenship and Nationality
- EnglishAnyone born after the Day of Independence, whether in Vanuatu or abroad, shall become a citizen of Vanuatu if at least one of his parents is a citizen of Vanuatu. (Art. 11)
- FrenchToute personne née après la date de l'Indépendance, soit à Vanuatu, soit à l'étranger, devient citoyen de Vanuatu, si l'un de ses parents au moins est citoyen de Vanuatu. (Art. 11)
Citizenship and Nationality
- English
A person who on the thirtieth day of January One thousand nine hundred and sixty-eight was included in one of the classes of persons who constituted the Nauruan Community within the meaning of the Nauruan Community Ordinance 1956-1966 of Nauru is a Nauruan citizen. (Art. 71)
Citizenship and Nationality
- English
1. Every person of I-Kiribati descent2 who having been born outside Kiribati is on the day prior to Independence Day a citizen of the United Kingdom and Colonies shall, if his father becomes or would but for his death or renunciation of his citizenship of the United Kingdom and Colonies have become a citizen of Kiribati by virtue of subsection (1) or (3) of the preceding section, become a citizen of Kiribati on Independence Day.
2. Every person not of I-Kiribati descent who having been born outside Kiribati is an eligible person shall, if his father becomes or would but for his death have become a citizen of Kiribati by virtue of subsection (2) or (3) of the preceding section, become a citizen of Kiribati on Independence Day. (Sec. 21)