An amendment to the Norwegian Citizenship Act of 2005 was adopted this spring, opening up for the deprivation of citizenship for persons convicted of certain serious crimes. The new §26a will enter into force on 1 January 2019. It stipulates that Read More …
GLOBALCIT is pleased to announce the publication of five country reports on political participation of mobile EU citizens (Austria, Denmark, Greece, Hungary and Slovenia). Reports on political participation of mobile EU citizens can be accessed through the EUI’s open access repository Read More …
The Austrian Ministry of the Interior confirmed reports that it intends to again keep secret the names of applicants naturalised based on their “outstanding achievements”. The ministry argues there would be no legal basis to make them public and data Read More …
On 26 June, the government of Montenegro has adopted the Information on the programme for the acquisition of Montenegrin citizenship by investment, and has instructed the relevant authorities to prepare the launch of the programme from October 2018. In 2010, Read More …
On July 5 2018, the first chamber of the Austrian Parliament, the National Council, passed a law to raise the residence requirement for naturalisation for recognised refugees from six to ten years. While the residence requirement for ordinary naturalisation in Austria is ten years, until now refugees have enjoyed Read More …
The Working Paper: Cloud Communities: The Dawn of Global Citizenship? edited by Liav Orgad and Rainer Bauböck and based on a recent GLOBALCIT forum debate is now published in CADMUS.
On 11 June 2018, the Senate of Cambodia approved a controversial set of laws on citizenship, claiming the draft would improve the process by which foreigners applied for Cambodian citizenship. However, watchdogs and social media users criticised the move, saying Read More …
It is our pleasure to announce that the Report on Citizenship Law: Israel written for GLOBALCIT by Yossi Harpaz and Ben Herzog has now been published.
The U.S. government agency that oversees immigrants’ applications for naturalisation is setting up an office that will focus on identifying Americans who are suspected of cheating to get their citizenship. The cases would be referred to the Department of Justice, whose Read More …
GLOBALCIT is pleased to announce the publication of Comparative Report: Citizenship in Central Asia by Medet Tiulegenov.
