so naturally dual citizenship is allowed during birth and Canada, US & Europe (50:50) allows... Dual citizenship by region[edit] Africa: Most African countries restrict or forbid dual citizenship. It is allowed for example in Angola, Burundi, Côte dIvoire, Djibouti, Gabon, Gambia, Ghana, Kenya, Mali, Morocco, Mozambique, Nigeria, Rwanda, Senegal, São Tomé and Príncipe, Sierra Leone, Sudan, Tunisia, and Uganda. Eritreans, Egyptians, and South Africans wanting to take another citizenship need a permission to maintain their citizenship. Lesotho restricts dual citizenship, but observes jus soli. The Americas: Most American countries allow dual citizenship (some only for citizens by descent or with other American countries with which they have agreements). Some countries (e.g., Argentina, Bolivia, Brazil, Costa Rica) do not allow their citizens to renounce their citizenship, so they keep it even when naturalizing in a country that forbids dual citizenship. Most American countries observe unconditional jus soli, i.e. a baby born there is regarded as a citizen even if the parents are not. Some countries (Dominican Republic, Ecuador, Guatemala, Honduras, Mexico, Nicaragua, Uruguay) allow renunciation of citizenship only if it was involuntarily acquired by birth to non-citizen parents. Canada and the United States allow dual citizenship and are worldwide the two only advanced economies to grant unconditional birthright citizenship. Dual citizenship is restricted or forbidden, for example, in Cuba and Suriname. Asia-Pacific: Most countries in the Asia-Pacific region restrict or forbid dual citizenship. But in some of these countries (e.g. Iran, North Korea, Thailand), it is very difficult or even impossible for citizens to renounce their citizenship, even when naturalizing in another country. Dual citizenship is allowed for example in Australia, Fiji, New Zealand, Philippines, Samoa, Tonga, and Vanuatu.[33] Cambodia allows dual citizenship and observes jus soli for children born to legal permanent residents born in Cambodia or to children whose parents are unknown. South Korea allows dual citizenship in limited circumstances. It allows foreign born nationals who married to a Korean citizen, Korean men holding dual citizenship by birth who served in the Republic of Korea Armed Forces as compulsory military service, Korean women with multiple nationalities by birth who has vowed her intention not to exercise her foreign nationality in the Republic of Korea by the age of 22 and overseas Koreans at least 65 years of age.[34] Taiwan[35] and Hong Kong allow dual citizenship for citizens by birth, but do not permit applicants for naturalization to retain their prior citizenships. Israel allows dual citizenship. Pakistan restricts dual citizenship (see above), but observes jus soli. In Papua New Guinea there was there was overwhelming support from parliament to amend their Constitution to allow dual citizenship, however the law had yet to come into force as of February 2014.[36] In Sri Lanka, laws allowing dual citizenship are currently[timeframe?] being discussed. European Union and EFTA countries: Europe is divided over dual citizenship. In about half of the countries, it is allowed; in the other half, it is restricted or forbidden. For EU, EFTA and the European microstates, see above. The rest of Europe: Albania, Moldova, and Russia allow dual citizenship. Belarus forbids dual citizenship. Ukraine accepts dual citizenship. On February 8, 2014, the Rada proposed a bill to criminalize the act of holding two citizenships.[37]
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