Russia introduces facilitated naturalisation procedures for highly skilled foreign residents
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Luxembourg: Sharp increase of naturalisations of ‘former citizens by origin’ residing in Belgium or France
Between 2009 and 2014, 26,000 persons have acquired Luxembourgish citizenship, a sharp increase compared to earlier periods. Most naturalised citizens are in fact former citizens and their descendants residing in Belgium or France who ‘recovered’ their nationality in the wake Read More …
Malta reduces residence requirements for applicants to Individual Investors Programme
Malta has adopted a points system to allow citizenship applicants for the Individual Investor Program (IIP) to reduce the time they have to spend in Malta in order to be considered “effective residents” as per the program requirements, www.investinimmigration.com reports. Read Read More …
United Kingdom: Fear of Brexit provokes surge of dual citizenship applications
Thousands of people – continental Europeans in Britain as well as UK citizens abroad – are so alarmed at the potential impact of a British exit from the European Union on their lives that they are applying for a second Read More …
Turkey: Voting from abroad in 2015 general elections
By EUDO CITIZENSHIP experts Zeynep Kadirbeyoglu (Bogazici University, Istanbul) and Aslı Okyay (European University Institute, Florence) Voting from abroad refers to “provisions and procedures which enable some or all electors of a country who are temporarily or permanently outside the Read More …
Bulgaria calls a referendum on introduction of electronic voting
By EUDO CITIZENSHIP expert Vesco Paskalev On 28 July the National Assembly approved a proposal of the President for referendum on the introduction of electronic voting in all elections. The referendum will be held along with the local Read More …
Canada: Long term expatriates do not have the right to vote in federal elections, says highest court of Ontario
On July 20, 2015, in Frank v. Canada (Attorney General) (2015 ONCA 536, CANLII), the highest court of Ontario upheld the validity of a section of the Canada Elections Act that prohibits long-term Canadian expatriates from voting in federal elections. Read More …
Myanmar: How the Rohingya and other resident minorities became disenfranchised
By EUDO CITIZENSHIP expert Luicy Pedroza Over the past weeks, the plight of Rohingya refugees has caught the eye of the international media (see, for instance, news reports in the New York Times and Guardian). They are emigrants from Myanmar Read More …
Spain introduces fees, language and civic tests in residence-based naturalisation procedure
by EUDO citizenship expert Alberto Martín Pérez The Seventh final provision of the Law 19/2015, July 13th, regarding administrative reform measures in the fields of the Administration of Justice and the Civil Registry, recently passed, introduced a new regulation Read More …
Portugal includes anti-terrorist measures in nationality act
By EUDO CITIZENSHIP expert Ana Rita Gil On 22 June 2015 Portugal has amended its Nationality Act by Organic Law 8/2015. Under the amended law, the Public Prosecutor may oppose to a nationality acquisition by marriage or other Read More …