UAE: Federal Law No. 17 of 1972 Concerning Nationality and Passports
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UAE: Federal Law No. 17 of 1972 Concerning Nationality and Passports |
Date of adoption
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18 November 1972 (last amended: 15 December 1975) |
Entry into force
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In effect |
Text versions |
Arabic
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Abstract |
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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Citizenship shall be withdrawn from any citizen who acquires the citizenship of a foreign country (Art. 15 c).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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