If your grandparents were Spanish citizens, it is possible for you to become a Spanish citizen through descent. But there are some requirements that your case must meet to be eligible for this route of citizens
If you’re not sure if you have a dual nationality, you’ll need to research your family lineage. The only way you’d be an unknowing dual citizen is if you hold another nationality by descent. Find out the countries that you, your parents and grandparents were born in, and research t...
India, Japan, and Norway do not recognize dual nationality. This means that you may have torenounce one citizenshipif you want to become a citizen of one of these countries.9
You can become aCanadian citizen through descentif at least one of your parents was a Canadian citizen when you were born. However, this rule is only applied to the first generation, meaning it can only be conferred by parents, not grandparents, as is common in other countries. There are,...
And naturalized Americans of Mexican descent will be able to reclaim their original citizenship. The Mexican government stopped short, for now, of giving expatriates the right to vote. Security Issues Since citizenship carries with it a responsibility to be exclusively loyal to one country, the ...
Coloured people are characterized as those of mixed descent and so was differentiated from Black and White during apartheid. This is a diverse group where heritage could stem from countries such as Britain, Netherlands, Malaysia, Madagascar, Ceylon, India, Java and other places in Africa.View...
The overseas citizen of India and emigrant infrastructure: tracing the deterritorializations of diaspora strategies Geoforum, 59 (2015), pp. 159-168 View PDF View article View in Scopus Google Scholar Rytter, 2010 M. Rytter A sunbeam of hope: negotiations of identity and belonging among Pakistanis...
The fundamental question of who belongs to the political community continues to make waves throughout the world. The recent demonstrations in India and the atrocities that followed show to what extent citizenship laws can become contested fields of the struggle for recognition.Footnote10Citizenship legis...