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Papua New Guinean nationality law is regulated by the 1975 Constitution of Papua New Guinea, as amended; the Citizenship Act 1975, and its revisions; and international agreements entered into by the Papua New Guinean government. [1] These laws determine who is, or is eligible to be, a national of Papua New Guinea.
The Constitution declares the "underlying law" — that is, the separate common law of Papua New Guinea — to consist of the Constitution, "customary law" derived from the "custom" of the various peoples of Papua New Guinea, and the common law of England as it stood at the date of Papua New Guinea's independence on 16 September 1975.
The passport is issued by the Passport Branch of the Papua New Guinea Immigration & Citizenship Service Authority. [ 2 ] According to the Henley Visa Index 2024 Report, Papua New Guinea citizens can travel to 85 countries visa free.
Visa requirements for Papua New Guinean citizens are administrative entry restrictions by the authorities of other states placed on citizens of Papua New Guinea.. As of 2024, Papua New Guinean citizens had visa-free or visa on arrival access to 85 countries and territories, ranking the Papua New Guinean passport 59th, tied with Chinese passport in the world according to the Henley Passport Index.
Naturalization (or naturalisation) is the legal act or process by which a non-national of a country acquires the nationality of that country after birth. [1] The definition of naturalization by the International Organization for Migration of the United Nations excludes citizenship that is automatically acquired (e.g. at birth) or is acquired by declaration.
This capitalist model, advocates claim, allows citizens to obtain full social citizenship by becoming “competent members of society,” which according to citizenship theorists Turner and Marshall is a key aspect of being a member of the state. [1]
It is the second most populous nation in Oceania, with a total population estimated variously as being between 9.5 and 10.1 million inhabitants. Huli Wigman from the Southern Highlands Province The isolation created by the mountainous terrain is so great that some groups, until recently, were unaware of the existence of neighboring groups only ...
Citizenship education is taught in schools, as an academic subject similar to politics or sociology. It is known by different names in different countries – for example, 'citizenship education' (or just 'citizenship' for short) in the UK, ‘civics’ in the US, and 'education for democratic citizenship' in parts of Europe. The different ...