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Citizenship and Nationality
- English
Every person who, immediately before the date on which this Constitution took effect, was a citizen of Tuvalu by virtue of —
(a) Chapter IV (Citizenship) of the Independence Constitution; or
(b) the Citizenship Ordinance 1979, is as at that date a citizen of Tuvalu for the purposes of this Constitution; or
(c) Part III (Citizenship) of the Constitution 1986,
is as at that date a citizen of Tuvalu for the purposes of this Constitution. (Sec. 45)
Citizenship and Nationality
- EnglishA person born of parents one or both of whom are citizens of the Federated States of Micronesia is a citizen and national of the Federated States by birth. (Art. III, Sec. 2)
Citizenship and Nationality
- EnglishA person born of parents, one or both of whom are citizens of Palau is a citizen of Palau by birth, and shall remain a citizen of Palau so long as the person is not or does not become a citizen of any other nation. (Art. III, Sec. 2)
Citizenship and Nationality
- English(1) In this Chapter –
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"indigenous Solomon Islander" means any person who is or one of whose parents is or was, a British protected person and of a group, tribe or line indigenous to Solomon Islands:
(2) Any reference in this Chapter to the father of a person shall, in relation to a person born out of wedlock, be construed as a reference to the mother of that person.
... (Sec. 26)
Citizenship and Nationality
- EnglishOn the Day of Independence the following persons shall automatically become citizens of Vanuatu-
a. a person who has or had four grandparents who belong to a tribe or community indigenous to Vanuatu; and
b. a person of ni-Vanuatu ancestry who has no citizenship, nationality or the status of an optant. (Art. 9) - FrenchDevient automatiquement citoyen de Vanuatu à la date de l'Indépendance:
a) toute personne qui a, ou avait, quatre grands-parents membres d'une tribu ou d'une communauté indigène de Vanuatu;
b) toute personne d'ascendance vanuatuane qui n'a ni citoyenneté, ni nationalité, ni le statut d'optant. (Art. 9)
Citizenship and Nationality
- English
(1) A person born on or after the thirty-first day of January One thousand nine hundred and sixty-eight is a Nauruan citizen if his parents were Nauruan citizens at the date of his birth.
(2) A person born on or after the thirty-first day of January One thousand nine hundred and sixty-eight is a Nauruan citizen if he is born of a marriage between a Nauruan citizen and a Pacific Islander and neither parent has within seven days after the birth of that person exercised a right prescribed by law in the manner prescribed by law to determine that that person is not a Nauruan citizen. (Art. 72)
Citizenship and Nationality
- EnglishEvery woman who, having been married to a person who becomes, or would become, 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 section 20 or 21 of this Constitution, acquired the status of citizen of the United Kingdom and Colonies, automatically or by registration, on the grounds of that marriage and who possesses that status on the day prior to Independence Day, shall become a citizen of Kiribati on Independence Day. (Sec. 22)
Citizenship and Nationality
- English
(1) A person who-
(a) is born in the country on or after Independence Day; and
(b) had one parent who was a citizen or who, if he had survived on Independence Day, would have been or would have been entitled to become, such a citizen, is a citizen.
(2) A person-
(a) who is born outside the country on or after Independence Day; and
(b) who had one parent who was a citizen or who, if he had survived to Independence Day, would have been, or would have been entitled to become, such a citizen; and
(c) whose birth is registered as prescribed by or under an Act of the Parliament made for the purposes of this subsection, is a citizen.
(3) A person who has or had one parent or grandparent who, under Subsection (1)-
(a) is or was a citizen; or
(b) is or was qualified to be a citizen, and, who does not fall under Subsection (2), may apply to the Minister responsible for citizenship matters to be a citizen by descent, and the Minister may, if he is satisfied as to the matters referred to in Subsection (5), in his deliberate judgement (but subject to Division 4 (citizenship advisory committee)) grant or refuse the application.
(4) A person who is the spouse of a citizen may apply to the Minister responsible for citizenship matters to be a citizen by marriage, and the Minister may, if he is satisfied as to the matters referred to in Subsection (6), in his deliberate judgement (but subject to Division 4 (citizenship advisory committee)) grant or refuse the application.
(5) To be eligible for citizenship by descent under Subsection (3), a person must-
(a) prior to the application being made in the thlee years preceding it, been resident in the country for a total of 12 months; and
(b) be of good character; and
(c) subject to Section 64,3 renounce, in such a manner as is prescribed by or under an Act of the Parliament, any other citizenship and make the Declaration of Loyalty.
(6) To be eligible for citizenship by marriage under Subsection (4), a person must-
(a) prior to the application being made in the three years preceding it, been resident in the country for a total of 12 months; and
(b) be of good character;
(c) be in a marriage that is not a marriage under Papua New Guinean custom but is otherwise genuine and valid under Papua New Guinea laws; and
(d) subject to Section 64, renounce, in such a manner as is prescribed by or under all Act of the Parliament, any other citizenship and make the Declaration of Loyalty. (Sec. 66)
Citizenship and Nationality
- EnglishParliament may make provision for the acquisition of citizenship of Vanuatu by persons not covered in the preceding Articles of this Chapter and may make provision for the deprivation and renunciation of citizenship of Vanuatu. (Art. 14)
- FrenchLe Parlement peut prévoir d'autres dispositions relatives, d'une part, à l'acquisition de la citoyenneté vanuatuane par d'autres personnes que celles qui sont visées dans les articles précédents et, d'autre part, à la déchéance de cette citoyenneté ou à la renonciation à celle-ci. (Art. 14)
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)