BERLIN | Xinhua | Germany’s new citizenship law took effect on Thursday, enabling quicker naturalization and allowing multiple passports. A central election promise of the current government, the reform allows naturalization after five years instead of eight, provided that applicants demonstrate successful integration, proficiency in German, and financial independence while …
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Berlin, Germany | Xinhua | Germany’s Ministry of the Interior published draft legislation on Friday aimed at modernizing the country’s citizenship law. It proposes a multiple-nationality option and makes it easier for people to apply for citizenship. The required residency years before naturalization would be reduced from eight to five years, …
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Harare, Zimbabwe | Xinhua | Friendly investors will be granted Zimbabwean citizenship as part of the government’s efforts to lure investment, a cabinet minister has said. “President Emmerson Mnangagwa is once again going to make history by making Zimbabwe one of the first African countries to offer a pathway to citizenship …
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Russian President Vladimir Putin signed a decree on Wednesday to simplify the procedure for residents in the Zaporizhzhya and Kherson regions in southern Ukraine to apply for Russian citizenship. Kiev, Ukraine | Xinhua | The Ukrainian Foreign Ministry on Wednesday condemned the decree signed by Russian President Vladimir Putin, which allows …
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Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | The Civil Division of High Court in Kampala has ordered the Immigration office to give people of Somali origin citizenship as long as they fulfill requirements of the law. The judgment issued through email by Justice Musa Ssekaana arises from a case filed in …
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Washington, United States | AFP | President Donald Trump plans to abolish the right to citizenship for anyone born in the United States — guaranteed by the 14th Amendment to the US Constitution — with an executive order, he said in an interview excerpt released Tuesday. While Trump asserts that …
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The whole process of purchasing citizenship in the Caribbean CITIZENSHIP | SPECIAL FEATURE | It might sound fairly dubious – and the legislatures of China, the USA and numerous EU nations would concur, however purchasing citizenship in the Caribbean is a self-managing industry, and is utilized essentially by well-off businessmen who …
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A few important things when talking about Citizenship by investment CITIZENSHIP | SPECIAL FEATURE | For those still new to the expression or uncertain of its significance, citizenship by investment programs (CBI for short) are the lawful, progressively prominent and dynamically routines with regards to a country making its citizenship …
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Kampala, Uganda | GODFREY SSALI | The government through the Ministries of Internal Affairs and Foreign Affairs will roll out the registration of Ugandans living in the diaspora for dual citizenship. This was revealed by the Rt. Hon Speaker Rebecca Kadaga following complaints by Ugandans living in the United Kingdom that …
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Kampala, Uganda | GODFREY SSALI | Government is considering revising selected immigration fees to make it easy for Ugandans in the diaspora to acquire dual citizenship. Speaker of Parliament Rebecca Kadaga, while addressing the political forum of the Ugandan North American Association (UNAA) on Sunday, September 3, 2017 in …
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