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=== Asia === {| class="wikitable" style="margin: 1em 1em 1em 0;" |+Nationality law in Asia |- style="text-align:center;" ! scope="col" style="width: 13em;"|Country: ! scope="col"|Unmarried fathers able to confer nationality on children ! scope="col"|Mothers able to confer nationality on children ! scope="col"|Women able to confer nationality on spouses |- |{{flagicon|Armenia}} [[Armenian nationality law|Armenia]] |<!--Unmarried fathers-->{{ya}} |<!--Mothers-->{{ya}} |<!--Women-->{{ya}}<ref>{{Cite web|title=Armenian citizenship by marriage|url=https://www.ilex.am/en/2-ilex/248-armenian-citizenship-by-marriage.html|url-status=live|access-date=2021-03-24|archive-date=2021-06-30|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210630193135/https://www.ilex.am/en/2-ilex/248-armenian-citizenship-by-marriage.html}}</ref> |- |{{flagicon|Bahrain}} [[Bahraini nationality law|Bahrain]] |<!--Unmarried fathers-->{{ya}} |<!--Mothers-->{{na}}{{Refn|name=Unknown or Stateless|group="note"}} |<!--Women-->{{na}} |- |{{flagicon|Bangladesh}} [[Bangladeshi nationality law|Bangladesh]] |<!--Unmarried fathers-->{{ya}} |<!--Mothers-->{{ya}} |<!--Women-->{{na}} |- |{{flagicon|Brunei}} [[Bruneian nationality law|Brunei]] |<!--Unmarried fathers-->{{ya}} |<!--Mothers-->{{na}} |<!--Women-->{{na}} |- |{{flagicon|India}} [[Indian nationality law|India]] |<!--Unmarried fathers-->{{ya}} |<!--Mothers-->{{ya}} |<!--Women-->{{ya}}<ref>{{Cite web|title=Section 5 (1) (c) of the Citizenship Act, 1955 if the spouse has resided in India for a continuous period of Seven Years|url=https://www.indiacode.nic.in/bitstream/123456789/1522/1/a1955-57.pdf|url-status=live|access-date=2021-06-10|archive-date=2021-06-17|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210617093102/https://www.indiacode.nic.in/bitstream/123456789/1522/1/a1955-57.pdf}}</ref> |- |{{flagicon|Iran}} [[Iranian nationality law|Iran]] |<!--Unmarried fathers-->{{ya}} |<!--Mothers-->{{ya}}{{Refn|name=Iran|group="note"|On 14 May 2019, the Iranian [[Islamic Consultative Assembly]] approved an amendment to their nationality law, in which women married to men with a foreign nationality should request to confer nationality on children under age 18, while children and spouses of Iranian men are granted nationality automatically. However, the [[Guardian Council]] should approve the amendment.<ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.hrw.org/news/2019/05/14/iran-parliament-oks-nationality-law-reform|title=Iran: Parliament OKs Nationality Law Reform|work=Human Rights Watch|date=14 May 2019|access-date=16 May 2019|archive-date=5 October 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20191005172716/https://www.hrw.org/news/2019/05/14/iran-parliament-oks-nationality-law-reform|url-status=live}}</ref> On 2 October 2019, the Guardian Council agreed to sign the bill into a law,<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2019-10-02/victory-for-iran-s-women-as-breakthrough-citizenship-law-passed|title=Victory for Iran's Women as Breakthrough Citizenship Law Is Passed|website=Bloomberg|date=2 October 2019|access-date=2019-10-03|archive-date=2019-12-07|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20191207135336/https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2019-10-02/victory-for-iran-s-women-as-breakthrough-citizenship-law-passed|url-status=live}}</ref> taking into account the background checks on foreign fathers.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.aljazeera.com/news/2019/10/iran-women-married-foreigners-pass-citizenship-children-191002145229455.html|title=Iran women married to foreigners can pass citizenship to children|website=Al Jazeera|date=2 October 2019|access-date=3 October 2019|archive-date=3 October 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20191003222428/https://www.aljazeera.com/news/2019/10/iran-women-married-foreigners-pass-citizenship-children-191002145229455.html|url-status=live}}</ref>}} |<!--Women-->{{na}} |- |{{flagicon|Iraq}} [[Iraqi nationality law|Iraq]] |<!--Unmarried fathers-->{{ya}} |<!--Mothers-->{{na}}{{Refn|name=Iraq|group="note"|In [[Iraq]], nationality law limits the ability of Iraqi women to confer nationality on children who are born without the nation.}} |<!--Women-->{{na}} |- |{{flagicon|Jordan}} [[Jordanian nationality law|Jordan]] |<!--Unmarried fathers-->{{ya}} |<!--Mothers-->{{na}}{{Refn|name=Unknown or Stateless|group="note"}} |<!--Women-->{{na}} |- |{{flagicon|Kuwait}} [[Kuwaiti nationality law|Kuwait]] |<!--Unmarried fathers-->{{ya}} |<!--Mothers-->{{na}}{{Refn|name=Kuwait|group="note"|In [[Kuwait]], a person whose father is unknown or whose paternity has not been established may apply for Kuwaiti citizenship upon the age of majority.}} |<!--Women-->{{na}} |- |{{flagicon|Lebanon}} [[Lebanese nationality law|Lebanon]] |<!--Unmarried fathers-->{{ya}} |<!--Mothers-->{{na}}{{Refn|name=Lebanon|group="note"|In [[Lebanon]], women only can confer their citizenship on their children who are born out of wedlock and whose Lebanese mother recognizes them as her children during such children's minority.}} |<!--Women-->{{na}} |- |{{flagicon|Malaysia}} [[Malaysian nationality law|Malaysia]] |<!--Unmarried fathers-->{{na}} |<!--Mothers-->{{na}}{{Refn|name=abroad|group="note"}} |<!--Women-->{{na}} |- |{{flagicon|Nepal}} [[Nepali nationality law|Nepal]] |<!--Unmarried fathers-->{{ya}} |<!--Mothers-->{{na}} |<!--Women-->{{na}} |- |{{flagicon|Oman}} [[Omani nationality law|Oman]] |<!--Unmarried fathers-->{{ya}} |<!--Mothers-->{{na}} |<!--Women-->{{na}} |- |{{flagicon|Pakistan}} [[Pakistani nationality law|Pakistan]] |<!--Unmarried fathers-->{{ya}} |<!--Mothers-->{{ya}} |<!--Women-->{{na}} |- |- |{{flagicon|Philippines}} [[Philippine nationality law|Philippines]] |<!--Unmarried fathers-->{{ya}} |<!--Mothers-->{{ya}} |<!--Women-->{{na}} |- |{{flagicon|Qatar}} [[Qatari nationality law|Qatar]] |<!--Unmarried fathers-->{{ya}} |<!--Mothers-->{{na}} |<!--Women-->{{na}} |- |{{flagicon|Russia}} [[Russian nationality law|Russia]] |<!--Unmarried fathers-->{{ya}} |<!--Mothers-->{{ya}} |<!--Women-->{{ya}}<ref>{{Cite web|title=How to get Russian citizenship by marriage|url=https://www.vorotagoroda.com/en/russian-citizenship/russian-citizenship-by-marriage|access-date=2021-03-25|website=www.vorotagoroda.com|date=22 February 2018 |archive-date=2021-02-22|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210222194334/https://www.vorotagoroda.com/en/russian-citizenship/russian-citizenship-by-marriage|url-status=live}}</ref> |- |{{flagicon|Saudi Arabia}} [[Saudi Arabian nationality law|Saudi Arabia]] |<!--Unmarried fathers-->{{ya}} |<!--Mothers-->{{na}}{{Refn|name=Unknown or Stateless|group="note"}} |<!--Women-->{{na}} |- |{{flagicon|Singapore}} [[Singaporean nationality law|Singapore]] |<!--Unmarried fathers-->{{ya}} |<!--Mothers-->{{ya}} |<!--Women-->{{na}} |-INDIA |{{flagicon|Syria}} [[Syrian nationality law|Syria]] |<!--Unmarried fathers-->{{ya}} |<!--Mothers-->{{na}}{{Refn|name=Syria|group="note"|In [[Syria]], mothers only can confer nationality on their children who are born in Syria and whose fathers do not establish filiation of such children.}} |<!--Women-->{{na}} |- |{{flagicon|Thailand}} [[Thai nationality law|Thailand]] |<!--Unmarried fathers-->{{ya}} |<!--Mothers-->{{ya}} |<!--Women-->{{na}} |- |{{flagicon|United Arab Emirates}} [[Emirati nationality law|United Arab Emirates]] |<!--Unmarried fathers-->{{ya}} |<!--Mothers-->{{ya}}{{Refn|name=UAE|group="note"|In [[United Arab Emirates]], mothers only can confer nationality on their children who have lived in the UAE for at least six years.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.thenational.ae/uae/this-will-change-our-lives-emirati-mothers-rejoice-as-children-granted-citizenship-1.867176|title='This will change our lives': Emirati mothers rejoice as children granted citizenship|website=The National|date=28 May 2019|access-date=12 August 2019|archive-date=2 July 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190702152237/https://www.thenational.ae/uae/this-will-change-our-lives-emirati-mothers-rejoice-as-children-granted-citizenship-1.867176|url-status=live}}</ref>}} |<!--Women-->{{na}} |- |{{flagicon|Yemen}} [[Yemeni nationality law|Yemen]] |<!--Unmarried fathers-->{{ya}} |<!--Mothers-->{{ya}} |<!--Women-->{{na}} |}
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