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The legal means to acquire nationality, formal legal membership in a nation, differ from the domestic relationship of rights and obligations between a national and the nation, known as citizenship. [4] [5] Samoan nationality is typically obtained either on the principle of jus soli (by birth in Samoa) or under the rules of jus sanguinis (by ...
Clause 6 would have repealed the Citizenship (Western Samoa) Act 1982 while new sections were added to Clauses 10 and 14 to amend the 1982 legislation. A majority of the committee members agreed to limit eligibility for New Zealand citizenship to people described in section 4(1)(a) to (d) of the Citizenship (Western Samoa) Act 1982.
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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 ...
Article 1 declares the state of Samoa (originally Western Samoa) to be a free and sovereign "Christian nation founded on God the Father, the Son and the Holy Spirit"; it also declares its geographic boundaries. Article 2 establishes that the constitution is the supreme law of Samoa, and that laws which are inconsistent with it are void.
Nationality law is the law of a sovereign state, and of each of its jurisdictions, that defines the legal manner in which a national identity is acquired and how it may be lost. In international law, the legal means to acquire nationality and formal membership in a nation are separated from the relationship between a national and the nation ...
Visa requirements for Samoa citizens are administrative entry restrictions by the authorities of other states placed on citizens of Samoa.As of 15 December 2024, Samoa citizens had visa-free or visa on arrival access to 131 countries and territories, ranking the Samoan passport 40th in terms of travel freedom according to the Henley Passport Index.
Samoan law stems from two sources: English common law, as ultimately embodied in the Constitution of Samoa, and Samoan customary law, such as Faʻamatai. In 1992 the Supreme Court of Samoa found that "Samoa has two systems of law working side by side. On the one hand, we have statute law, English common law and equity, on the other, custom and ...