citizenship law
Rules governing membership
Citizenship law is the body of legal rules governing how people acquire, maintain, and lose citizenship in a country.
It encompasses birthright citizenship, naturalization requirements, dual citizenship policies, and grounds for denaturalization.
The new citizenship law made it harder for immigrants to become naturalized.
Countries vary widely in their approaches—some grant citizenship by birth on their soil, others primarily through bloodline.
- residency requirementsMandated dwelling location rules
- naturalizationLegal path to belonging
- blood and soilNationalist ideology linking ethnicity to territory
- birthrightEntitlement from origin
- anchor babyChild born for citizenship benefits
border · cessation · expatriation · suffrage · cosmopolitanism · civil liberties · jury duty · asylum · renunciation · freedom of movement · military service · revocation · oath · pledge of allegiance · patriot · homeland · residency · visa
- lawlaw, lawyer, lawyers, attorney, attorneys
- lawslaws, statute, ordinance, acts, statutes
- legal fieldscivil law, criminal law, administrative law, common law, civil procedure
- legal systemsconstitutional law, judiciary, criminal code, court system, penal code
- citizenshipnationality, passport, birthright, denaturalization, renunciation
- naturalizationnaturalization ceremony, naturalization test, naturalization certificate, civics test, oath of allegiance
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Rules governing relations between countries