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:

Legal Information Network of the Gulf Cooperation Council, accessed: 9 May 2013, http://www.gcc-legal.com/LawAsPDF.aspx?opt&country=2&LawID=3147

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Citizenship shall be withdrawn from any citizen who acquires the citizenship of a foreign country (Art. 15 c).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