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Multiple citizenship (or multiple nationality) is a person's legal status in which a person is at the same time recognized by more than one country under its nationality and citizenship law as a national or citizen of that country.
Cambodian nationality law. The Law on Nationality of Cambodia (Cambodian Citizenship) determines who is a citizen of Cambodia under a 1996 nationality law. [1] Cambodian citizenship is typically acquired through ancestry (being born to at least one Khmer parent) or naturalization. [2] Citizenship can also be applied through business investments ...
Dual citizenship means persons can travel with two passports. Both the United States and Nicaragua permit dual citizenship. A person who is considered a citizen by more than one nation has dual citizenship. It is possible for a United States citizen to have dual citizenship; this can be achieved in various ways, such as by birth in the United ...
Birth tourism is the practice of traveling to another country or city for the purpose of giving birth in that country. The main reason for birth tourism is to obtain citizenship for the child in a country with birthright citizenship (jus soli). [1] Such a child is sometimes called an "anchor baby" if their citizenship is intended to help their ...
United States nationality law details the conditions in which a person holds United States nationality. In the United States, nationality is typically obtained through provisions in the U.S. Constitution, various laws, and international agreements. Citizenship is established as a right under the Constitution, not as a privilege, for those born ...
Lithuanian nationality law operates on the jus sanguinus principle, whereby persons who have a claim to Lithuanian ancestry, either through parents, grandparents, great-grandparents may claim Lithuanian nationality. Citizenship may also be granted by naturalization. Naturalization requires a residency period, an examination in the Lithuanian ...
The sovereign citizen movement (also SovCit movement or SovCits) [1] is a loose group of anti-government activists, litigants, tax protesters, financial scammers, and conspiracy theorists based mainly in the United States. Sovereign citizens have their own pseudolegal belief system based on misinterpretations of common law and claim to not be ...
1948-1997: Post-Republic of Korea. From the point that the South Korean state was established in 1948 until the late 1990s, the primary means of acquiring South Korean citizenship was based on paternal lineage—any child born to a Korean father was granted citizenship. This tradition is based on the principle of jus sanguinis a patre.