“The power under review is an unusually strong one in international terms. It extends further than the laws of most comparable countries in Europe, North America or Australasia. Yet it has so far attracted less controversy than the recent introduction Read More …
The French president François Hollande has dropped the draft legislation aimed at stripping convicted terrorists who are also dual nationals of their French passports and deporting them. The draft constitutional provisions had caused divisions within the president’s ruling Socialist party Read More …
The Parliament of Uruguay has approved a law that naturalises not only children (as is the case at present) but also grandchildren born to Uruguayans who have settled abroad. This will enable the said persons to vote, in case they Read More …
The former president of Romania Traian Basescu and his wife are seeking the citizenship of Moldova. They base their decision of shared origins with the Moldovan people. Around half a million of Moldovan citizens benefitted from Romania’s external citizenship policy Read More …
Europeans living abroad think it would be easier to vote in their country of origin if they could vote at the embassy or consulate (74%) or via electronic or online elections (71%). Read more here, and consult our electoral rights Read More …
Due to fears of European Union (EU) nationals that the Brexit vote would jeopardise their status in the UK, naturalisation requests are on the increase. The sale of textbooks used for the preparation of the citizenship exam has quadrupled. Meanwhile, Read More …
UK courts have referred to the Court of Justice a case on whether or not a person who is a naturalised citizen (now Spanish and British dual citizen) still benefits from the EEA Regulations/Citizens Rights Directive. The key question is Read More …
An increased number of Latino immigrants in the United States are seeking the country’s citizenship in order to be eligible to vote in the presidential elections. Media report that the increase in naturalisations comes as a reaction to the Campaign Read More …
On 1 March 2016 the Dutch Senate accepted a bill that broadens the power of the Minster of Justice to withdraw Dutch citizenship from a person who has been convicted for facilitating a terrorist crime, unless this would render the Read More …
The Canadian House of Commons is deliberating the proposal to amend the country’s Citizenship Act, thus facilitating naturalisation for foreign residents by reducing the residence condition from four to three years, repealing the ‘intent to reside’ provision, physical residence requirement Read More …
