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Jus sanguinis (English:/dʒʌsˈsæŋɡwɪnɪs/jussSANG-gwin-iss[1]or/juːs-/yooss -,[2]Latin:[juːsˈsaŋɡwɪnɪs]), meaning 'right of blood', is a principle ofnationality law by whichnationality is determined or acquired by the nationality of one or both parents.[3][4] Children at birth may be nationals of a particular state if either or both of their parents have nationality of that state. It may also apply to national identities of ethnic, cultural, or other origins.[5] Citizenship can also apply to children whose parents belong to adiaspora and werenot themselves citizens of the state conferring citizenship.[citation needed] This principle contrasts withjus soli ('right of soil'), which is solely based on the place of birth.[6]
In the 21st century, almost allstates apply some combination ofjus soli andjus sanguinis in their nationality laws to varying degrees, in contrast to largely pure forms of either as used in the 19th and 20th centuries.[7][8] Historically, the most common application ofjus sanguinis is a right of a child to their father's nationality. Today, the majority of countries extend this right on an equal basis to the mother. Some apply this right irrespective of the place of birth, while others may limit it to those born in the state. Some countries provide that a child acquires the nationality of the mother if the father is unknown or stateless, and some irrespective of the place of birth. Some such children may acquire the nationality automatically while others may need to apply for a parent's nationality.[9]
Most countries with mixed systems extendjus soli citizenship on a limited basis only to children born in their sovereign territory who do not qualify for citizenship elsewhere to avoidstatelessness—an obligation for states party to theConvention on the Reduction of Statelessness.[10][11]
When the sovereignty over a territory is transferred from one state to another, individuals may be given the right ofoption of nationality based onjus sanguinis, typically on the condition of emigration from the ceded territory, or other rules.[12]
Originally, the termnation was synonymous withethnicity. However, at the end of the 19th century, the French-German debate on nationality saw the French, such asErnest Renan, oppose the German conception,[13] exemplified byJohann Fichte, who believed in an 'objective nationality', based onblood,race, orlanguage.[14] Renan'srepublican conception (with perhaps the presence of a German-speaking population inAlsace-Lorraine) explain France's early adoption ofjus soli.
Many nations have a mixture ofjus sanguinis andjus soli. For example, theUnited States grants citizenship based onjus soli to almost all people born within its borders, and also grants citizenship based onjus sanguinis to children born outside its borders to U.S. citizen parents subject to the parents meeting certain residency or physical presence criteria.[15][16] TheUnited Kingdom usually appliesjus sanguinis, but also has ajus soli principle for children of foreign citizens living in the U.K. depending on the parents' nationality and legal residence status.[17]
About 60% of all countries worldwide have a limitedjus soli principle that extends citizenship to children born within their borders who do not qualify for citizenship in any other country. Countries which ratified theConvention on the Reduction of Statelessness are obligated to enact laws as a solution forstatelessness.[18]
Some modern European states which arose out of the dissolvedAustro-Hungarian orOttoman empires have huge numbers of ethnic populations outside of their new 'national' boundaries, as do most of theformer Soviet states. Such long-standing diasporas do not conform to codified 20th-century European rules of citizenship.
In many cases,jus sanguinis rights are mandated by international treaty, with citizenship definition imposed by the national and international community. In other cases, minorities are subject to legal and extra-legal persecution and choose to immigrate to their ancestral home country. States offeringjus sanguinis rights to ethnic citizens and their descendants includeItaly,Greece,Turkey,Bulgaria,Lebanon,Armenia,Hungary andRomania.[19]
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| State | Law |
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 Algeria | According to Article 6 of theAlgerian nationality law, a person is born Algerian if the person has either an Algerian father or mother. |
 Egypt | According to the nationality law of the Arab Republic of Egypt and its latest amendments, children born to an Egyptian father or an Egyptian mother acquire citizenship at birth, regardless of their place of birth.[20][21] |
 Morocco | Moroccan nationality law works according to Article 6, which says a child born of a Moroccan father or a Moroccan mother is a Moroccan by filiation. |
 Kenya | According to Article 14(1) of theConstitution of Kenya, 2010 a person becomes a citizen by birth if on the day of the person's birth either parent is a citizen of Kenya |
 Nigeria | Nigerian nationality law works in accordance to chapter 3, section 25 1C of theNigerian Constitution, which states any person who has at least one Nigerian parent is eligible for citizenship. |
 Tunisia | According to theTunisian nationality law, when one of the parents is Tunisian, a child is considered Tunisian regardless of the child's place of birth or whether the child has acquired the nationality of another country. |
 South Africa | According to Section 2 of theSouth African nationality law, a child born to at least one South African citizen is considered South African, no matter where the child was born. |
| State | Law |
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 Canada | UnderCanadian nationality law, any person born to a Canadian-citizen parent is automatically a Canadian citizen.[22] An exception to this was introduced in 2009 to limit citizenship by descent to one generation born outside Canada: those born outside Canada within one generation of a native-born or naturalized citizen parent are Canadian citizens by descent, but their children are no longer granted citizenship by descent.[23] |
 Dominican Republic | According to theDominican constitution, a child born abroad to at least one Dominican parent is a citizen. |
 Haiti | According toHaitian nationality law, every child born to a Haitian father or mother, no matter where he or she was born, is Haitian by theHaitian Constitution. This has been a big issue in the current Dominican nationality law; because of this and other factors, undocumented migrants' children born in the DR of Haitian origin are considered non-Dominicans, and therefore Haitians. |
 Mexico | Article 30 of theMexican Constitution states that persons born abroad to at least one Mexican parent are Mexicans by birth.[24] |
 United States | U.S. nationality law states that a child born abroad is given United States citizenship at birth if at least one parent is a citizen or a national, subject to certain conditions.[15] |
| State | Law |
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 Argentina | Argentine nationality law |
 Brazil | Article 12, paragraph I b and c of theConstitution of Brazil establishes that a child born outside of Brazil to at least one Brazilian parent is a Brazilian national pending registration at the consular office or subsequent registration if residing in Brazil. They are considered originary Brazilian nationals as they are attributed Brazilian nationality by birth. |
 Chile | Chilean nationality law |
 Colombia | Colombian nationality law |
 Suriname | Surinamese nationality law[25] |
 Venezuela | Articles 32 to 42 of theConstitution of Venezuela. |
| State | Law |
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 Armenia | TheArmenian nationality law is mentioned by Article 47 of the Armenian constitution. It states that every child whose one parent is a citizen of the Republic of Armenia shall have the right to acquire citizenship of the Republic of Armenia.[26] |
 Azerbaijan | TheAzerbaijani nationality law is mentioned by Article 52 of the Azerbaijani constitution. It states that a person whose one parent is a citizen of the Republic of Azerbaijan is a citizen of the Republic of Azerbaijan.[27] |
 Cambodia | Under Article 4 of Cambodia’s law on nationality any child who is born from a mother or father who has Khmer nationality obtains Khmer nationality by birth, regardless of the place they were born.[28] |
 China | According to Article 5 of theChinese nationality law, any person born abroad with a parent who is a Chinese national shall have Chinese nationality. But a person who has acquired a foreign nationality at birth and whose parents have acquired permanent residency abroad or foreign citizenship shall not have Chinese nationality. |
 India | Indian nationality law. A child born in India on or after 3 December 2004 is considered a citizen of India by birth if both the parents are citizens of India or one of the parents is a citizen of India and the other is not an illegal migrant at the time of his birth. A person born outside India is considered as a citizen of India if either of his parents was a citizen of India by birth at the time of his birth, the parents must declare that the minor does not hold a passport of another country and have the birth registered at an Indian consulate within one year of the date of birth or with the permission of the Central Government, after the expiry of this period.[29] |
 Indonesia | TheIndonesian nationality law states that persons born anywhere to one Indonesian parent are Indonesian by birth. |
 Iran | According to theIranian nationality law the following people are considered to be Iranian nationals:[30]
The Iranian nationality law was amended in 2019 to allow children born outside Iran to Iranian mothers and non-Iranian fathers to obtain Iranian nationality.[31] |
 Israel | Israeli nationality law confers citizenship by law, upon all children of Israeli citizens born in Israel, as well as the first generation of descendants of Israeli expatriates living abroad. All children born abroad must be registered within 30 days of birth. Israel refuses travel of children holding a foreign passport who were born abroad to an Israeli parent. |
 Japan[32] | TheJapanese nationality law states that any person born to married parents and at least one of their parents is Japanese is automatically granted Japanese nationality by birth, regardless of the place of birth. |
 Malaysia | Prior to 2025,Malaysia nationality law states that only overseas born children whose father is a Malaysian citizen may get automatic citizenship.[33] Overseas born children who only have a Malaysian mother must register for citizenship via Article 15(2) of the Constitution. Children born out of wedlock are required to follow their mother's nationality. If the mother is not Malaysian, they will have to apply for citizenship via Article 15A.[34] Stateless children who are born within Malaysia but not a citizen of any other country within one year are also granted automatic citizenship by operation of law. Foundlings and abandoned children are also granted automatic citizenship to protect them against becoming stateless. In 2024, the Constitution (Amendment) Bill 2024 was passed, which permits an overseas born child to automatically obtain Malaysian citizenship,[35] as long as one parent is Malaysian, by operation of law. However, there is a new time limit of one year to register them with the National Registration Department or any overseas consulate or embassies. The cut off age for stateless children born within Malaysia to apply for citizenship has also been lowered from 21 to 18. There is also a requirement for those born overseas but obtaining automatic citizenship via a Malaysian parent must now take the oath of citizenship when they turn 18. The changes do not apply to those born before the amendment. However this Bill has yet to be in force.[36][37] |
 Mongolia | According to theMongolian nationality law under the Nationality Act of Mongolia a child receives Mongolian nationality if:
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 Nepal | TheNepali nationality law is govern by the Nepal Citizenship Act 2063 (2006). It states that any person born at the time when his father or mother is a citizen of Nepal, shall be a citizen of Nepal by descent.[38] |
 Pakistan | ThePakistani nationality law states that a child born outside of Pakistan to a Pakistani parent is a Pakistani citizen by descent.[39] |
 Philippines | Philippine nationality law is based upon the principles ofjus sanguinis and therefore descent from a parent who is a citizen or national of thePhilippines is the primary method of acquiring Philippine citizenship. |
 South Korea | TheSouth Korean nationality law states that persons receive South Korean nationality at birth if at least one of their parents is a South Korean national. |
 Singapore | Singapore nationality law allows for children who born overseas to be Singapore citizens by descent if either parent is a citizen otherwise than by descent. For an individual born abroad to a parent who is a citizen by descent, the parent must have lived in Singapore for two of the five years preceding the child's birth. Any child eligible for citizenship by descent must have their birth registered at a Singapore diplomatic mission within one year of their birth. Prior to 15 May 2004, citizenship was transferrable by descent only from fathers who were citizens by birth or registration, and not mothers.[40] |
 Thailand | TheThai nationality law states that any person who is a child of a mother or a father who possesses Thai nationality is a Thai national at birth, whether they are born within or outside the Kingdom of Thailand.[41] |
 Taiwan | According to Article 2 ofTaiwan's nationality Act, a person shall have Chinese (ROC) nationality under any of the conditions provided by following subparagraphs, the first subparagraph being: his/her father or mother was a Chinese citizen or national when he/she was born.[42] |
 United Arab Emirates (UAE) | Emirati nationality law is covered by UAE federal law No. 17 of year 1972 which states a child born to a father who is an Emirati citizen is an Emirati national by descent. The law was later modified to include mothers too. |
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 Austria | Austrian nationality law |
 Belgium | Belgian nationality law |
 Czech Republic | UnderCzech nationality law, children and some grandchildren of citizens automatically receive citizenship regardless of birth location |
 Denmark | Danish nationality law |
 Estonia | Article 8 of theEstonian Constitution states that every child with at least one parent who is an Estonian citizen shall have the right, by birth, to Estonian citizenship. |
 Finland | Finnish nationality law |
 France | French nationality law[43] |
 Germany | German nationality law. Any person born to a German-citizen parent is a German citizen. However, this is not the case for children born abroad if any of their German parents were born abroad after 31 December 1999 and do not have their primary residence in Germany: the child is not automatically a German citizen by birth, but can acquire German citizenship as long as any of their German parents register their birth with the responsible German diplomatic mission within one year of the child's birth. This limitation does not apply if the child would otherwise be stateless or if one foreign-born German parent was born on or before 31 December 1999. Thus, the German citizenship of future generations born abroad can be preserved by having each child's birth registered with the German diplomatic mission within one year of birth. Furthermore, Article 116(1) of theGerman Basic Law confers, within the confines of the laws regulating the details, a right to citizenship upon any person who is admitted to Germany (in its borders of 1937) as "refugee or expellee of German ethnic origin or as the spouse or descendant of such a person." At one time, ethnic Germans living abroad in a country in the formerEastern Bloc (Aussiedler) could obtain citizenship through a virtually automatic procedure.[44] Since 1990 the law has been steadily tightened to limit the number of immigrants each year.[45] It now requires immigrants to prove language skills and cultural affiliation. Article 116(2) entitles persons (and their descendants) who were denaturalised by the Nazi government, to be renaturalised if they wish. Those among them who took their residence in Germany after 8 May 1945, are automatically to be considered German. Both paragraphs (1) and (2) result in a considerable number of Poles and Israelis, residing in Poland and Israel respectively, being concurrently German. |
 Hungary | A person acquires Hungarian citizenship at birth if at least one parent is a Hungarian citizen. The place of birth is irrelevant. Furthermore, Section 4(3) of theAct on Nationality permits ethnic Hungarians (defined as persons "at least one of whose relatives in ascendant line was a Hungarian citizen") to obtain citizenship on preferential terms after one year of residence. In addition, the "Status Law" of 2001 grants certain privileges to ethnic Hungarians living in territories that were once part of theAustro-Hungarian Empire. It permits them to obtain an identification card but does not confer the right to full Hungarian citizenship. According to the latest Citizenship Law adopted in 2010, anybody, possessing certain evidence (certificates, documents) of his or her Hungarian roots from around the World can apply for Hungarian citizenship. The interview is led in Hungarian either in Hungary or at one of the Consulates abroad. |
 Iceland | Icelandic nationality law |
 Republic of Ireland | Citizenship by descent is automatic where at least one parent was an Irish citizen born on the island of Ireland. Second and subsequent generation descendants require registration of each generation in theForeign Births Register before the birth of the next; citizenship by descent can be continued indefinitely as long as registration is performed this way. See alsoIrish nationality law andtwenty-seventh Amendment of the Constitution of Ireland. |
 Italy | Italian nationality law |
 Malta | Maltese nationality law grants citizenship to any person descended from "an ascendant who was born in Malta of a parent who was also born in Malta." |
 Netherlands | Dutch nationality law |
 Norway | Norwegian nationality law |
 Poland | Polish nationality law. The definition of Polish citizenship has been based for years on article 34 of the Polish Constitution; this article is based on ajus sanguinis right to citizenship.[46] Moreover, any child born by Polish parent(s) is ade jure citizen of Poland. In 1967–1968 the Communist State issued to Jews emigrating from Poland to Israel, instead of passports, a so-called travel document which granted them the right to exit Poland but not of re-entering it, in effect taking away their Polish citizenship on the assumption that, in emigrating or traveling to Israel, they renounced it themselves. In a 2005 verdict, theSupreme Administrative Court of Poland ruled that this action was illegal based on the state of law at that time. Consequently, it is now assumed the Jews who emigrated after 1968 have remained Polish citizens and their citizenship will be certified on request.[47] |
 Portugal | Portuguese nationality law grants nationality to children and grandchildren of Portuguese nationals who are born abroad pending registration or application at a consulate or registration authority offices.Jus sanguinis nationality to children follows a simple registration procedure, whilst nationality through the grandparental route requires the proof of an effective connection to the Portuguese community. This connection is proved by language proficiency in Portuguese and the lack of aggravated criminal convictions. Nationals from other Portuguese-speaking countries are presumed to have sufficient knowledge of Portuguese pending only for them the lack of criminal convictions for aggravated offences. |
 Romania | Romanian nationality law |
 Russia | Russian nationality law |
 Slovakia | Slovakia grants full Slovak citizenship to children of Slovak parents (one or both parents) irrespective of the place of birth. Persons with at least one Slovak grandparent and "Slovak cultural and language awareness" may apply for an expatriate identity card entitling them to live, work, study and own land in Slovakia. Expatriate status is not full citizenship and does not entitle the holder to vote, but a holder who moves his or her domicile to Slovakia may obtain citizenship under preferential terms. |
 Spain | Spanish nationality law |
 Sweden | Swedish nationality law |
 Switzerland | Swiss nationality law is exceptionally restrictive: someone who was born in Switzerland and has spent their entire life there has no automatic right to Swiss citizenship if neither of their parents are Swiss citizens, even if their parents are permanent residents or have themselves spent their entire lives in Switzerland. In fact, the citizenship criteria are simpler for a foreigner with no previous ties to Switzerland who marries a Swiss citizen, than for people born and raised in Switzerland but with foreign parents. Due to Switzerland'shigh immigrant population, there are more than a million people who were born and have spent their entire lives in Switzerland but are not Swiss citizens due to their parents being immigrants. Some Swiss-born third-generation immigrants even have Swiss-born parents but are not Swiss citizens if neither of their parents have naturalised. To obtain Swiss citizenship, people in this position must undergonaturalisation proceedings, which have a high bar to satisfy the "integration" criterion. The unusual rules hit international headlines in 2017 when a woman born in Switzerland toTurkish parents, who is a nativeSwiss-German speaker and has spent her entire life in Switzerland, had her citizenship application denied by the local municipality on "integration" grounds as she could not name enough Swiss mountains, cheeses and retail brands, and was deemed not to have gone skiing often enough.[48] The decision was overruled by the cantonal government several months later.[49] In 2017, Swiss voters in anationwide referendum agreed to relax the citizenship criteria for third-generation immigrants slightly: although they will still not be Swiss citizens at birth and will need to apply for citizenship, they will no longer have to take naturalisation tests or interviews if their parentsand grandparents are long-time permanent residents.[50][51] |
 Ukraine | Article 8 of theLaw on Citizenship of Ukraine permits any person with at least one Ukrainian grandparent to become a citizen upon renunciation of the former nationality. The "Status of a Foreign Ukrainian" can also be granted to foreign citizens with Ukrainian ethnic or territorial origin to work, study, and immigrate to Ukraine under preferential terms.[52] |
 United Kingdom | By birth abroad, which constitutes "by descent" if one of the parents is a British citizen otherwise than by descent (for example by birth, adoption, registration or naturalisation in the UK).British citizenship by descent is only transferable to one generation down from the parent who is a British citizen otherwise than by descent, if the child is born abroad. |
Many countries provide citizenship on preferential terms to individuals with ethnic ties to these countries (so-calledleges sanguinis).
| State | Description |
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 Afghanistan | Connection to theAfghan diaspora. There have been controversial proposals to people ofPashtun origin. |
| Armenia | Article 14 of theConstitution of Armenia (1995) provides that "individuals of Armenian origin shall acquire citizenship of the Republic of Armenia through a simplified procedure."[53] This provision is consistent with theDeclaration on Independence of Armenia, issued by the Supreme Soviet of the Republic of Armenia in 1989, which declared at article 4 that "Armenians living abroad are entitled to the citizenship of the Republic of Armenia." |
 Bulgaria | Article 25 of the1991 constitution specifies that a "person of Bulgarian origin shall acquire Bulgarian citizenship through a facilitated procedure." Article 15 of theLaw on Bulgarian Citizenship provides that an individual "of Bulgarian origin" (ethnicity) may be naturalized without any waiting period and without having to show a source of income, knowledge of the Bulgarian language, or renunciation of his former citizenship. This approach has been a tradition since the new constitutional foundation of Bulgaria in 1879, following the liberation from Ottoman yoke in 1878, when large numbers of ethnic Bulgarians remained outside of the state borders. Bulgaria and Greece were subject to a population exchange following theSecond Balkan War. The conditions of the treaty settlement mandated that they accept individuals claiming respective ethnic origin. |
 Croatia | Article 11 of theLaw on Croatian Citizenship allows emigrants and their descendants to acquire Croatian nationality upon return, without passing a language examination or renouncing former citizenship. In addition, Article 16 allows ethnic Croats living outside Croatia to "acquire Croatian citizenship" by making a written declaration and by submitting proof of attachment to Croatian culture. |
| Finland | Finnish law provides aright of return toethnic Finns from the former Soviet Union, includingIngrians. Applicants must now pass an examination in one of the official languages of the country, Finnish or Swedish. Certain persons of Finnish descent who live outside the former Soviet Union also have the right to establish permanent residency, which would eventually entitle them to qualify for citizenship. |
| Germany | Article 116(1) of theGerman basic law confers, subject to laws regulating the details, a right to citizenship for anyone admitted to Germany within its 1937 borders as a "refugee or expelled ofGerman ethnic origin or as the spouse or descendant of such a person."[54] Until 1990, ethnic Germans from theEastern bloc could obtain citizenship through a virtually automatic procedure, but since then the law was tightened, requiring applicants to prove German language skills and cultural affiliation. |
 Greece | Ethnic Greeks can obtainGreek citizenship by two methods under theCode of Greek Nationality. Article 5 allows ethnic Greeks who are stateless (which, in practice, includes those who voluntarily renounce their nationality) to obtain citizenship upon application to a Greekconsular official. In addition, ethnic Greeks who join the armed forces acquire automatic citizenship by operation of Article 10, with the military oath taking the place of the citizenship oath. This position arises from the fact that approximately 85% of known ethnic Greeks were outside the boundaries when the country was formed, and 40% remained outside the final boundaries at the beginning ofWorld War I. Most werede jure stripped of their host country citizenship with the outbreak of war if the host country was at war with Greece. In the late 19th century, Greece had a wider diaspora because of poverty and limited opportunities. |
| Ireland | While the child or a grandchild of an Irish citizen born in Ireland is entitled to Irish citizenship, section 16(a) of theIrish Nationality and Citizenship Act permits the Minister of Justice, at their discretion, to waive the residence requirements for a person "of Irish descent or associations." |
| Israel | TheLaw of Return offers citizenship to Jews wishing to immigrate, as well as non-Jews with at least one Jewish grandparent (see "Who is a Jew under the Law of Return?"), as well as their spouses. Exceptions can be made for those considered by theMinister of Interior to be a threat to the welfare or security of the state. While those with sufficient Jewish ancestry to qualify for the Law of Return who grew up with a religion other than Judaism and secular Jews are eligible to immigrate to Israel, Jews who voluntarily convert to another religion are not.Converts to Judaism who wish to immigrate to Israel are evaluated on a case-by-case basis by the Israeli Interior Ministry, which determines whether the conversion was sincere in its view.[55] Israeli law also recognizes the descendants of Israeli emigrants living abroad as Israelis; this applies only to the first generation born abroad. Non-Jews can become naturalized after five years of residency and acquisition of a basic knowledge ofHebrew. |
| Italy | Thenationality law of Italy bestows citizenshipjus sanguinis. Prior to 23 March 2025, there was no limit of generations for the citizenship via blood. These rules stated that the first citizens of the modern Italian state were alive on 17 March 1861 when the state was officially formed, and for this reason all claims of Italian citizenship byjus sanguinis must stem from an ancestor who was living after 16 March 1861. Each descendant of the ancestor through whom citizenship is claimedjus sanguinis could pass Italian citizenship to the next generation only if this descendant was entitled to Italian citizenship at the time of the birth of the next person in the line. So if any person in the line lost the Italian citizenship and then had a child, that child did not inherit Italian citizenshipjus sanguinis, except if the child could inherit the citizenship from the other parent. Cases of dual citizenship were possible, which is to say, for example, that a person in the line could have had Italian and Canadian citizenship concurrently. Minor children of Italian citizens were at risk of losing Italian citizenship if the child's parent naturalized in another country, unless the child was subject to an exception to this risk—and children born and residing in a country where they held dual citizenship byjus soli were subject to such an exception since 1 July 1912. Until 1 January 1948, Italian law did not generally permit women to pass on citizenship. Persons born before that date are in most cases not Italian citizensjus sanguinis if their line of descent from an Italian citizen depends on a female at some point before 1948. On several occasions, this limitation of deriving Italian citizenship only from fathers before 1948 has been successfully challenged in court. Unlimitedjus sanguinis was ended on 23:59 (Rome Time), 28 March 2025 by Decree No. 36 (which was later converted into Law No. 74), which significantly changed the rules regarding acquisition of Italian citizenship. This limited claims of Italian citizenship to the following groups:
Those who had an appointment scheduled with the relevant consular, municipal, or judiciary authority prior to this date remain valid under the previousjus sanguinis regulations.[56] |
 Kiribati | Articles 19 and 23 of the constitution provides,
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 Liberia | TheLiberian constitution allows onlyNegros (regardless of cultural or national affiliation) to become citizens, though people of other races may live in Liberia as permanent residents.[57] |
 Lithuania | TheConstitution of Lithuania grants a right tocitizenship to foreigners of ethnic Lithuanian origins.[58] |
 Myanmar | TheBurma Citizenship Law of 1982 states:
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| Portugal | TheOrganic Law 2/2006, theOrganic Law 9/2015 and theOrganic Law 2/2018 state that Portugal has 'jus sanguinis' with a limit of two generations for citizenship via blood (with some restrictions). It allows for grandchildren of Portuguese citizens to acquire Portuguese citizenship even if their parent did not claim it. TheJewish Law of Return allows descendants of Portuguese Jews who were expelled in the Portuguese Inquisition to become citizens if they 'belong to a Sephardic community of Portuguese origin with ties to Portugal'. |
 Rwanda | The Rwandan constitution provides that "[a]ll persons originating from Rwanda and their descendants shall, upon their request, be entitled to Rwandan nationality." |
 Serbia | Article 23 of the2004 citizenship law provides that the descendants of emigrants from Serbia, or ethnic Serbs residing abroad, may take up citizenship upon written declaration. |
| Spain | A Spanish law passed in 2015 allows individuals who can prove descent from theSephardic Jews who wereexiled in 1492 following theAlhambra Decree and who can show a "special link" to Spain to apply for dual citizenship. Spain had previously allowed application for such individuals but had required that they give up their citizenship from their other country. The new law has no such requirement.[60] |
| South Korea | South Korean nationality law grants special status to ethnicKoreans and their descendants in theKorean diaspora. Under theConstitution of South Korea, North Korea is part of the Republic of Korea. Therefore, North Korean citizens are also recognized as South Korean nationals. All North Koreans of good conduct are granted citizenship upon arrival to South Korea. |
 Turkey | Turkish law allows people of Turkish origin and their spouse and children, to apply for naturalization without the five-year waiting period applicable to other immigrants. Turkey and Greece reciprocally expelled their minorities in the early 1920s after World War I. They were mandated by international treaty to accept incoming populations as citizens based on ethnic background. |
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