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The primary law governing nationality requirements is the South African Citizenship Act, 1995, which came into force on 6 October 1995. Any person born to at least one South African parent receives citizenship at birth. Children born to a legal resident of the country are permitted to South African citizenship only when they reach the age of ...
1982. 1997. Q2 1998. Ljubica Acevska. Diplomat. Naturalized. Republic of Macedonia. A native of Capari in the former Yugoslavia, Acevska came to the United States with her family in 1966. [ 5 ][ 6 ] She relinquished U.S. citizenship in 1995 to become the first Macedonian Ambassador to the United States.
The Restoration and Extension of South African Citizenship Act (Act No. 196 of 1993) was a naturalisation law passed during the at the end of apartheid era of South Africa in 1993 and prior to first election in 1994. It restored South African citizenship rights to black South African's lost with the creation of four independent "homelands" or ...
The right to renounce Nigerian citizenship is established in May 29 of the 1999 Constitution of Nigeria, which states that "any citizen of Nigeria of full age who wishes to renounce his/her Nigerian citizenship shall make a declaration in the prescribed manner for the renunciation", which the government is obliged to register except when ...
In the 1990s, a large proportion of individuals relinquishing citizenship were naturalized citizens returning to their countries of birth; for example, the State Department indicated to the JCT that many of the 858 U.S. citizens who renounced in 1994 were former Korean Americans who returned to South Korea and resumed their citizenship there ...
History of South African citizenship. South African citizenship has been influenced primarily by the racial dynamics that have structured South African society throughout its development. The country's colonial history led to the immigration (or importation) of different racial and ethnic groups into one shared area.
The Naturalization Act of 1795 added renunciation of the new citizen's former sovereign to the oath. The Naturalization Act of 1906 added the section of the oath requiring new citizens to defend the Constitution and laws of the United States of America against all enemies, foreign and domestic; and bear true faith and allegiance to the same.
Legal status of persons. An oath of citizenship is an oath taken by immigrants that officially naturalizes immigrants into citizens. It is often the final step in this process, and is usually done in a ceremonial capacity. An oath of citizenship is designed to be a statement of patriotism and loyalty to the new country.