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Regular naturalisation in Samoa is acquired by submitting an application to the Minister with the responsibility for the administration of immigration. [9] Applicants must provide evidence that they are of good character, have familiarity with Samoan civics, intend to live in Samoa, and have resided within the territory for five years. [9]
In July 2015, Governor Lolo Matalasi Moliga said he believed that the Supreme Court's ruling does not apply to American Samoa. In 2022, the United States Congress passed the Respect for Marriage Act, requiring all U.S. states and territories, including American Samoa, to recognize same-sex marriages performed in other jurisdictions.
Marriage (2 countries) Australia: 2017 [1] 24,754,000 New Zealand: 2013 [2] 4,840,750 Total — — 29,594,750 (80% of the Oceanian population) No recognition (10 countries) * same-sex sexual activity illegal Federated States of Micronesia — 135,869 Fiji — 856,346 Kiribati * — 96,335 Marshall Islands — 73,630 Nauru — 12,329 Papua New ...
Currently, same-sex marriages are not licensed in American Samoa. Under the Respect for Marriage Act passed by the 117th United States Congress and signed into law by President Joe Biden in 2022, all territories, including American Samoa, are required to recognize, though not perform, same-sex marriages performed legally in another jurisdiction ...
Faʻa Sāmoa consists of the Samoan language, customs of relationships, and culture, that constitute the traditional and continuing Polynesian lifestyle on Samoa and in the Samoan diaspora. It embraces an all-encompassing system of behavior and of responsibilities that spells out all Samoans' relationships to one another and to persons holding ...
The Ottawa County Probate Court recorded the following marriage license applications from Feb. 25 to March 31: David Christopher Gast, 28, environmental health, and Elizabeth Mary Bush, 28, retail ...
The Constitution of Chuuk does not address marriage or ban same-sex marriage. [11] Customary marriages (Yapese: maabgol ni rogon yalean) are also recognized in Yap. [12] The Constitution of Yap does not address same-sex marriage or marriage explicitly. [13] The marriage laws in Kosrae assume the partners to be of the opposite sex. [5]
Message in the passport of an American Samoan, stating that the passport holder is a "national", but not a citizen, of the United StatesAmerican Samoa is a territory of the United States with a population of about 44,000 people, [1] but the people of American Samoa do not have birthright citizenship in the United States (unless at least one of their parents was a U.S. citizen at the time of ...