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  2. Papua New Guinean nationality law - Wikipedia

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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.

  3. Law of Papua New Guinea - Wikipedia

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    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.

  4. Guinean nationality law - Wikipedia

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    [1] [2] These laws determine who is, or is eligible to be, a national of Guinea. [3] 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 .

  5. Visa requirements for Papua New Guinean citizens - Wikipedia

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    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.

  6. Nationality law - Wikipedia

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    The nationality laws of several countries have special provisions in them to simplify naturalization of favored ethnic groups. The laws in these countries appear to reflect a desire by governments to guarantee a safe haven to diaspora populations, particularly those assumed to be living under precarious conditions. A non-exhaustive list of such ...

  7. Papua New Guinea - Wikipedia

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    Papua New Guinea [note 1] [13] [note 2] is a country in Oceania that comprises the eastern half of the island of New Guinea and offshore islands in Melanesia, a region of the southwestern Pacific Ocean north of Australia. It has a land border with Indonesia to the west and neighbours Australia to the south and the Solomon Islands to the east.

  8. Papua New Guinean passport - Wikipedia

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    The Papua New Guinean passport is issued to citizens of Papua New Guinea for international travel. 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. Papuan citizens ...

  9. LGBTQ rights in Papua New Guinea - Wikipedia

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    The words "lesbian", "gay", "bisexual" and "transgender" tend to carry heavy stigma in Papua New Guinea. [4]In recent years, the Tok Pisin word palopa (reportedly derived from the name of American singer Jennifer Lopez, who is popular among LGBT Papua New Guineans) [5] has been used by transgender Papua New Guineans to refer to a cultural and traditional third gender.