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UAE: Federal Law No. 17 of 1972 Concerning Nationality and Passports

 

Title

 

  

UAE: Federal Law No. 17 of 1972 Concerning Nationality and Passports
 

Date of adoption

 

  

18 November 1972

(last amended: 15 December 1975)
 

Entry into force

 

 In effect
 

Text versions

 Arabic

Source:
 

Abstract
Art. 14 – 18 of this law deal with losing citizenship and the procedure for reclaiming it.

Citizenship shall be withdrawn from any citizen who acquires the citizenship of a foreign country (Art. 15 c).

A naturalised citizen shall lose his citizenship in a number of cases including residing abroad continuously for four years without having a good reason for doing so. The withdrawal of nationality may be applied to his naturalised wife and children (Art. 16).

 

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