Draft law on multiple citizenship: who will be eligible
On Wednesday, August 7, President Volodymyr Zelenskyy registered a bill to ensure the exercise of the right to acquire and retain Ukrainian citizenship. This was reported by RBC-Ukraine with reference to the website of the Verkhovna Rada.
The new draft law defines the permissible cases of multiple citizenship, as well as the peculiarities of acquiring and renewing Ukrainian citizenship for certain categories of foreigners, in particular under a simplified procedure.
The draft law also clarifies the conditions for acquiring Ukrainian citizenship by birth, by territorial origin, and the conditions for admission to Ukrainian citizenship.
Multiple citizenship (nationality) is allowed in the following cases:
- a child acquires citizenship of Ukraine and another state by birth;
- Acquisition by a child of the citizenship of foreign adoptive parents;
- acquisition of another citizenship by a citizen of Ukraine through marriage with a foreigner;
- automatic acquisition of another citizenship by a citizen of Ukraine under the legislation of another state without obtaining a supporting document;
- simplified acquisition of Ukrainian citizenship by foreigners from states included in the relevant list;
- acquisition by a citizen of Ukraine of citizenship of states whose citizens obtain Ukrainian citizenship under a simplified procedure.
At the same time, multiple citizenship is not allowed for persons who have the citizenship of a state recognized by the Verkhovna Rada of Ukraine as an aggressor or occupier, or a state that does not recognize the territorial integrity and sovereignty of Ukraine, in particular, voted against the UN General Assembly Resolution "On the Territorial Integrity of Ukraine" of March 27, 2014 No. 68/262.
Author: Natalia Kava
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