Editing Jus sanguinis (section)

==Current ''Jus sanguinis'' states==
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=== Africa ===
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!Law
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|{{flag|Algeria|name}}
|According to Article 6 of the [[Algerian nationality law]], a person is born Algerian if the person has either an Algerian father or mother.
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|{{flag|Egypt|name}}
|According to the nationality law of the Arab Republic of Egypt and its latest amendments, children born to an Egyptian father or an Egyptian mother acquire citizenship at birth, regardless of their place of birth.<ref>{{Cite web |date=29 May 1975 |title=Law No. 26 of 1975 Concerning Egyptian Nationality |url=https://www.refworld.org/legal/legislation/natlegbod/1975/en/17434 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240613064002/https://www.refworld.org/legal/legislation/natlegbod/1975/en/17434 |archive-date=13 June 2024}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |date=14 July 2004 |title=Law # 154 for Year 2004 - Amending Some Provisions of Law No.26 of 1975 Concerning Egyptian Nationality |url=https://www.refworld.org/legal/legislation/natlegbod/2004/en/115992 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20241210122947/https://www.refworld.org/legal/legislation/natlegbod/2004/en/115992 |archive-date=10 December 2024}}</ref>
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|{{flag|Morocco|name}}
|[[Moroccan nationality law]] works according to Article 6, which says a child born of a Moroccan father or a Moroccan mother is a Moroccan by filiation.
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|{{flag|Kenya|name}}
|According to Article 14(1) of the [[Constitution of Kenya]], 2010 a person becomes a citizen by birth if on the day of the person's birth either parent is a citizen of Kenya
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|{{flag|Nigeria|name}}
|[[Nigerian nationality law]] works in accordance to chapter 3, section 25 1C of the [[Constitution of Nigeria|Nigerian Constitution]], which states any person who has at least one Nigerian parent is eligible for citizenship.
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|{{flag|Tunisia|name}}
|According to the [[Tunisian nationality law]], when one of the parents is Tunisian, a child is considered Tunisian regardless of the child's place of birth or whether the child has acquired the nationality of another country. 
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|{{flag|South Africa|name}} 
|According to Section 2 of the [[South African nationality law]], a child born to at least one South African citizen is considered South African, no matter where the child was born.
|}

=== North America ===
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|{{flag|Canada|name}}
|Under [[Canadian nationality law]], any person born to a Canadian-citizen parent is automatically a Canadian citizen.<ref>{{Cite web|last=Branch|first=Government of Canada, Immigration, Refugees and Citizenship Canada, Communications|date=2013-07-25|title=Acquisition of citizenship|url=http://www.cic.gc.ca/english/resources/tools/cit/acquisition/acquisition.asp|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170310113553/http://www.cic.gc.ca/english/resources/tools/cit/acquisition/acquisition.asp|archive-date=10 March 2017|access-date=2017-03-01|website=cic.gc.ca|language=en|df=dmy-all}}</ref> An exception to this was introduced in 2009 to limit citizenship by descent to one generation born outside Canada: those born outside Canada within one generation of a native-born or naturalized citizen parent are Canadian citizens by descent, but their children are no longer granted citizenship by descent.<ref>{{Cite web|last=Branch|first=Government of Canada, Immigration, Refugees and Citizenship Canada, Communications|title=Changes to citizenship rules|url=http://www.cic.gc.ca/english/citizenship/rules_2009.asp|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170303181703/http://www.cic.gc.ca/english/citizenship/rules_2009.asp|archive-date=3 March 2017|access-date=2017-03-01|website=cic.gc.ca|language=en|df=dmy-all}}</ref>
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|{{flag|Dominican Republic|name}}
|According to the [[Constitution of the Dominican Republic|Dominican constitution]], a child born abroad to at least one Dominican parent is a citizen.
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|{{flag|Haiti|name}}
|According to [[Haitian nationality law]], every child born to a Haitian father or mother, no matter where he or she was born, is Haitian by the [[Constitution of Haiti|Haitian Constitution]]. This has been a big issue in the current Dominican nationality law; because of this and other factors, illegal migrants' children born in the DR of Haitian origin are considered non-Dominicans, and therefore Haitians.
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|{{flag|Mexico|name}}
|[[Mexican nationality law|Article 30]] of the [[Constitution of Mexico|Mexican Constitution]] states that persons born abroad to at least one Mexican parent are Mexicans by birth.<ref>{{Cite web |date=2021-11-18 |title=Article 30 Mexican Constitution |url=http://www.ordenjuridico.gob.mx/Constitucion/articulos/30.pdf |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20211118080220/http://www.ordenjuridico.gob.mx/Constitucion/articulos/30.pdf |archive-date=2021-11-18  |access-date=2022-08-18 |website=Orden Juridico}}</ref>
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|{{flag|United States|name}}
|[[United States nationality law|U.S. nationality law]] states that a child born abroad is given United States citizenship at birth if at least one parent is a citizen or a national, subject to certain conditions.<ref>{{cite web|title=Acquisition of U.S. Citizenship by a Child Born Abroad|url=https://travel.state.gov/content/travel/en/legal/travel-legal-considerations/us-citizenship/Acquisition-US-Citizenship-Child-Born-Abroad.html|access-date=19 March 2018|website=travel.state.gov|archive-date=3 March 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210303013155/https://travel.state.gov/content/travel/en/legal/travel-legal-considerations/us-citizenship/Acquisition-US-Citizenship-Child-Born-Abroad.html|url-status=live}}</ref>
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=== South America ===
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!Law
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|{{flag|Argentina}}
|[[Argentine nationality law]]
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|{{flag|Brazil|name}}
|[[Brazilian nationality law#At birth|Article 12, paragraph I b and c]] of the [[Constitution of Brazil]] establishes that a child born outside of Brazil to at least one Brazilian parent is a Brazilian national pending registration at the consular office or subsequent registration if residing in Brazil. They are considered originary Brazilian nationals as they are attributed Brazilian nationality by birth. 
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|{{flag|Chile|name}}
|[[Chilean nationality law]]
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|{{flag|Colombia|name}}
|[[Colombian nationality law]]
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|{{flag|Suriname|name}}
|[[Surinamese nationality law]]<ref>{{Cite web |title=Vaststelling nationaliteit |url=http://www.gov.sr/themas/burgerzaken-cbb-en-archief-nas/vaststelling-nationaliteit/ |access-date=2021-05-28 |website=gov.sr |archive-date=28 May 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210528213322/http://www.gov.sr/themas/burgerzaken-cbb-en-archief-nas/vaststelling-nationaliteit/ |url-status=live }}</ref>
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|{{flag|Venezuela|name}}
|[[Venezuelan nationality law|Articles 32 to 42]] of the [[Constitution of Venezuela]].
|}

=== Asia ===
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|{{flag|Armenia|name}}
|The [[Armenian nationality law]] is mentioned by Article 47 of the Armenian constitution. It states that every child whose one parent is a citizen of the Republic of Armenia shall have the right to acquire citizenship of the Republic of Armenia.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Armenia 1995 (rev. 2015) Constitution - Constitute |url=https://www.constituteproject.org/constitution/Armenia_2015 |access-date=2025-02-10 |website=www.constituteproject.org |language=en}}</ref>
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|{{flag|Azerbaijan|name}}
|The [[Azerbaijani nationality law]] is mentioned by Article 52 of the Azerbaijani constitution. It states that a person whose one parent is a citizen of the Republic of Azerbaijan is a citizen of the Republic of Azerbaijan.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Azerbaijan 1995 (rev. 2009) Constitution - Constitute |url=https://www.constituteproject.org/constitution/Azerbaijan_2009 |access-date=2025-02-10 |website=www.constituteproject.org |language=en}}</ref>
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|{{flag|Cambodia|name}}
|Under Article 4 of Cambodia’s law on nationality any child who is born from a mother or father who has Khmer nationality obtains Khmer nationality by birth, regardless of the place they were born.<ref>{{Cite web |date=August 20, 1996 |title=Law on Nationality |url=https://www.wto.org/english/thewto_e/acc_e/khm_e/wtacckhm3a3_leg_37.pdf |archive-url= |archive-date= |access-date=February 12, 2024 |website=World Trade Organization}}</ref>
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|{{flag|China|name}}
|According to Article 5 of the [[Chinese nationality law]], any person born abroad with a parent who is a Chinese national shall have Chinese nationality. But a person who has acquired a foreign nationality at birth and whose parents have acquired permanent residency abroad or foreign citizenship shall not have Chinese nationality.
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|{{flag|India|name}}
|[[Indian nationality law]]. A child born in India on or after 3 December 2004 is considered a citizen of India by birth if both the parents are citizens of India or one of the parents is a citizen of India and the other is not an illegal migrant at the time of his birth. A person born outside India is considered as a citizen of India if either of his parents was a citizen of India by birth at the time of his birth, the parents must declare that the minor does not hold a passport of another country and have the birth registered at an Indian consulate within one year of the date of birth or with the permission of the Central Government, after the expiry of this period.<ref>{{Cite news |last=Kalia |first=Sruthi Darbhamulla & Saumya |date=2024-05-29 |title=India's citizenship laws: Citizenship in the 21st century |url=https://www.thehindu.com/news/national/indias-citizenship-laws-citizenship-in-the-21st-century/article68199179.ece |access-date=2024-08-27 |work=The Hindu |language=en-IN |issn=0971-751X}}</ref>
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|{{flag|Indonesia|name}}
|The [[Indonesian nationality law]]  states that persons born anywhere to one Indonesian parent are Indonesian by birth.
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|{{flag|Iran|name}}
|According to the [[Iranian nationality law]] the following people are considered to be Iranian nationals:<ref>{{cite web|year=2015|title=Nationality Law: Article 976|url=https://www.princeton.edu/irandataportal/laws/institutionsgovernance/nationality-law/|access-date=6 October 2015|work=Iran Data Portal: Princeton University|archive-date=7 October 2015|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20151007080709/https://www.princeton.edu/irandataportal/laws/institutionsgovernance/nationality-law/|url-status=live}}</ref>

# All people residing in Iran except those whose foreign nationality is established; the foreign nationality of such people is considered to be established if their documents of nationality have not been objected to by the Iranian Government.
# Those born in Iran or outside whose fathers are Iranian.
# Those born in Iran of unknown parentage.
# People born in Iran of foreign parents, one of whom was also born in Iran.
# People born in Iran of a father of foreign nationality who have resided at least one more year in Iran immediately after reaching the full age of 18; in other cases their naturalization as Iranian subjects will be subject to the stipulations for Iranian naturalization laid down by the law.
# Every woman of foreign nationality who marries an Iranian husband.
# Every foreign national who has obtained Iranian nationality.

The Iranian nationality law was amended in 2019 to allow children born outside Iran to Iranian mothers and non-Iranian fathers to obtain Iranian nationality.<ref>{{Cite web| title = UNHCR welcomes Iran's new nationality law addressing statelessness| work = UNHCR Iran| access-date = 2025-01-28| url = https://www.unhcr.org/ir/news/unhcr-welcomes-iran-s-new-nationality-law-addressing-statelessness}}</ref>
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|{{flag|Israel|name}}
|[[Israeli nationality law]] confers citizenship by law, upon all children of Israeli citizens born in Israel, as well as the first generation of descendants of Israeli expatriates living abroad. All children born abroad must be registered within 30 days of birth. Israel refuses travel of children holding a foreign passport who were born abroad to an Israeli parent.

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|{{flag|Japan|name}}<ref>{{cite news|year=2016|title=Tokyo court upholds deportation order for Thai teenager born and raised in Japan|newspaper=The Japan Times|url=http://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2016/12/06/national/crime-legal/tokyo-court-upholds-deportation-order-thai-teenager-born-raised-japan/|access-date=6 December 2016|archive-date=8 December 2016|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20161208064121/http://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2016/12/06/national/crime-legal/tokyo-court-upholds-deportation-order-thai-teenager-born-raised-japan/|url-status=live}}</ref>
|The [[Japanese nationality law]] states that any person born to married parents and at least one of their parents is Japanese is automatically granted Japanese nationality by birth, regardless of the place of birth.
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|{{flag|Mongolia|name}}
|According to the [[Mongolian nationality law]] under the  Nationality Act of Mongolia a child receives Mongolian nationality if: 
#both parents are Mongolian nationals, regardless of where they were born.
# they are born in Mongolia to a Mongolian national and a foreign national.
# one parent is a Mongolian national and the other parent is a stateless person, regardless of where they were born.
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|{{flag|Nepal|name}}
|The [[Nepali nationality law]] is govern by the Nepal Citizenship Act 2063 (2006). It states that  any person born at the time when his father or mother is a citizen of Nepal, shall be a citizen of Nepal by descent.<ref>{{Cite web |date=November 26, 2006 |title=Nepal Citizenship Act 2063 (2006) |url=https://jp.nepalembassy.gov.np/wp-content/uploads/2017/11/citizenship_act_eng.pdf |access-date=February 10, 2024 |website=Nepal Embassy}}</ref>
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|{{flag|Pakistan|name}}
|The [[Pakistani nationality law]] states that a child born outside of Pakistan to a Pakistani parent  is a Pakistani citizen by descent.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Learn about Immigration to Pakistan - DGI&P |url=https://dgip.gov.pk/immigration/ |archive-url=http://web.archive.org/web/20241216223227/https://dgip.gov.pk:443/immigration/ |archive-date=2024-12-16 |access-date=2025-02-10 |website=dgip.gov.pk |language=en}}</ref>
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|{{flag|Philippines|name}}
|[[Philippine nationality law]] is based upon the principles of ''jus sanguinis'' and therefore descent from a parent who is a citizen or national of the [[Philippines]] is the primary method of acquiring Philippine citizenship.
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|{{flag|South Korea|name}}
|The [[South Korean nationality law]] states that persons receive South Korean nationality at birth if at least one of their parents is a South Korean national.
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|{{flag|Thailand|name}}
|The [[Thai nationality law]] states that any person who is a child of a mother or a father who possesses Thai nationality is a Thai national at birth, whether they are born within or outside the Kingdom of Thailand.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Nationality Act |url=https://www.refworld.org/legal/legislation/natlegbod/1965/en/88945 |access-date=2025-02-10 |website=Refworld |language=en}}</ref>
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|{{flag|Taiwan|name}}
|According to Article 2 of [[Taiwanese nationality law|Taiwan's nationality Act]], a person shall have Chinese (ROC) nationality under any of the conditions provided by following subparagraphs, the first subparagraph being: his/her father or mother was a Chinese citizen or national when he/she was born.<ref>{{cite web|title=Taiwan nationality act|url=https://law.moj.gov.tw/ENG/LawClass/LawAll.aspx?pcode=D0030001|access-date=8 October 2020|archive-date=7 June 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190607010555/https://law.moj.gov.tw/Eng/LawClass/LawAll.aspx?PCode=D0030001|url-status=live}}</ref>
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|{{flag|United Arab Emirates|name}} (UAE)
|[[Emirati nationality law]] is covered by UAE federal law No. 17 of year 1972 which states a child born to a father who is an Emirati citizen is an Emirati national by descent. The law was later modified to include mothers too.
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=== Europe ===
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|{{flag|Austria|name}}
|[[Austrian nationality law#Descent from an Austrian parent|Austrian nationality law]]
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|{{flag|Belgium|name}}
|[[Belgian nationality law]]
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|{{flag|Czech Republic|name}}
|Under [[Czech nationality law]],  children and some grandchildren of citizens automatically receive citizenship regardless of birth location
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|{{flag|Denmark|name}}
|[[Danish nationality law]]
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|{{flag|Estonia|name}}
|Article 8 of the [[Constitution of Estonia|Estonian Constitution]] states that every child with at least one parent who is an Estonian citizen shall have the right, by birth, to Estonian citizenship.
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|{{flag|Finland|name}}
|[[Finnish nationality law]]
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|{{flag|France|name}}
|[[French nationality law]]<ref>{{Cite web|title=Dans quels cas un enfant est-il Français ?|url=https://www.service-public.fr/particuliers/vosdroits/F3068|access-date=8 December 2018|archive-date=23 March 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190323002715/https://www.service-public.fr/particuliers/vosdroits/F3068|url-status=live}}</ref>
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|{{flag|Germany|name}}
|[[German nationality law]]. Any person born to a German-citizen parent is a German citizen.

However, this is not the case for children born abroad if any of their German parents were born abroad after 31 December 1999 and do not have their primary residence in Germany: the child is not automatically a German citizen by birth, but can acquire German citizenship as long as any of their German parents register their birth with the responsible German diplomatic mission within one year of the child's birth. This limitation does not apply if the child would otherwise be stateless or if one foreign-born German parent was born on or before 31 December 1999. Thus, the German citizenship of future generations born abroad can be preserved by having each child's birth registered with the German diplomatic mission within one year of birth.

Furthermore, Article 116(1) of the [[Basic Law for the Federal Republic of Germany|German Basic Law]] confers, within the confines of the laws regulating the details, a right to citizenship upon any person who is admitted to Germany (in its borders of 1937) as "refugee or expellee of German ethnic origin or as the spouse or descendant of such a person." At one time, ethnic Germans living abroad in a country in the former [[Eastern Bloc]] (Aussiedler) could obtain citizenship through a virtually automatic procedure.<ref>The [[Federal Expellee Law]] ({{langx|de|Bundesvertriebenengesetz}}), §&nbsp;6, specifies that also foreign citizens of states of the Eastern Bloc (and their desdendants), who were persecuted between 1945 and 1990 for their German ethnicity by their respective governments, are entitled to become Germans. The argument was that the [[Federal Republic of Germany]] had to administer to their needs because the respective governments in charge of guaranteeing their equal treatment as citizens severely neglected or contravened that obligation.</ref> Since 1990 the law has been steadily tightened to limit the number of immigrants each year.<ref>Morjé Howard, Marc. ‘The Causes and Consequences of Germany's New Citizenship Law’. German Politics 17, no. 1 (March 2008): 41-62. https://doi.org/10.1080/09644000701855127.</ref> It now requires immigrants to prove language skills and cultural affiliation.

Article 116(2) entitles persons (and their descendants) who were denaturalised by the Nazi government, to be renaturalised if they wish. Those among them who took their residence in Germany after 8 May 1945, are automatically to be considered German.

Both paragraphs (1) and (2) result in a considerable number of Poles and Israelis, residing in Poland and Israel respectively, being concurrently German.
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|{{flag|Hungary|name}}
|A person acquires Hungarian citizenship at birth if at least one parent is a Hungarian citizen. The place of birth is irrelevant. Furthermore, Section 4(3) of the ''[[Hungarian nationality law|Act on Nationality]]'' permits ethnic Hungarians (defined as persons "at least one of whose relatives in ascendant line was a Hungarian citizen") to obtain citizenship on preferential terms after one year of residence.

In addition, the "Status Law" of 2001 grants certain privileges to ethnic Hungarians living in territories that were once part of the [[Austro-Hungarian Empire]]. It permits them to obtain an identification card but does not confer the right to full Hungarian citizenship. According to the latest Citizenship Law adopted in 2010, anybody, possessing certain evidence (certificates, documents) of his or her Hungarian roots from around the World can apply for Hungarian citizenship. The interview is led in Hungarian either in Hungary or at one of the Consulates abroad.
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|{{flag|Iceland|name}}
|[[Icelandic nationality law]]
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|{{flag|Republic of Ireland}}
|Citizenship by descent is automatic where at least one parent was an Irish citizen born on the island of Ireland. Second and subsequent generation descendants require registration of each generation in the [[Foreign Births Register]] before the birth of the next; citizenship by descent can be continued indefinitely as long as registration is performed this way.

See also [[Irish nationality law]] and [[twenty-seventh Amendment of the Constitution of Ireland]].
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|{{flag|Italy|name}}
|[[Italian nationality law]]
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|{{flag|Malta|name}}
|[[Maltese nationality law]] grants citizenship to any person descended from "an ascendant who was born in Malta of a parent who was also born in Malta."
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|{{flag|Netherlands|name}}
|[[Dutch nationality law]]
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|{{flag|Norway|name}}
|[[Norwegian nationality law]]
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|{{flag|Poland|name}}
|[[Polish nationality law]]. The definition of Polish citizenship has been based for years on article 34 of the Polish Constitution; this article is based on a ''jus sanguinis'' right to citizenship.<ref name="Poland">English [http://www.sejm.gov.pl/prawo/konst/angielski/kon1.htm translation] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090918154841/http://www.sejm.gov.pl/prawo/konst/angielski/kon1.htm|date=18 September 2009}} of the [[Constitution of Poland|Polish Constitution]].</ref> Moreover, any child born by Polish parent(s) is a ''de jure'' citizen of Poland.

In 1967–1968 the Communist State issued to Jews emigrating from Poland to Israel, instead of passports, a so-called travel document which granted them the right to exit Poland but not of re-entering it, in effect taking away their Polish citizenship on the assumption that, in emigrating or traveling to Israel, they renounced it themselves. In a 2005 verdict, the [[Supreme Administrative Court of Poland]] ruled that this action was illegal based on the state of law at that time. Consequently, it is now assumed the Jews who emigrated after 1968 have remained Polish citizens and their citizenship will be certified on request.<ref>{{cite web|date=4 March 2008|title=Emigrantom z 1968 roku zostaną zwrócone obywatelstwa|trans-title=Polish citizenship reinstated to emigrants from 1968|url=http://www.wprost.pl/ar/124944/Emigrantom-z-1968-roku-zostana-zwrocone-obywatelstwa/|access-date=6 October 2015|work=[[Wprost]]|language=pl|archive-date=21 July 2015|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150721222236/http://www.wprost.pl/ar/124944/Emigrantom-z-1968-roku-zostana-zwrocone-obywatelstwa/|url-status=live}}</ref>
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|{{flag|Portugal|name}}
|[[Portuguese nationality law]] grants nationality to children and grandchildren of Portuguese nationals who are born abroad pending registration or application at a consulate or registration authority offices. ''Jus sanguinis'' nationality to children follows a simple registration procedure, whilst nationality through the grandparental route requires the proof of an effective connection to the Portuguese community. This connection is proved by language proficiency in Portuguese and the lack of aggravated criminal convictions. Nationals from other Portuguese-speaking countries are presumed to have sufficient knowledge of Portuguese pending only for them the lack of criminal convictions for aggravated offences. 
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|{{flag|Romania|name}}
|[[Romanian nationality law]]
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|{{flag|Russia|name}}
|[[Russian nationality law]]
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|{{flag|Slovakia|name}}
|Slovakia grants full Slovak citizenship to children of Slovak parents (one or both parents) irrespective of the place of birth.

Persons with at least one Slovak grandparent and "Slovak cultural and language awareness" may apply for an expatriate identity card entitling them to live, work, study and own land in Slovakia. Expatriate status is not full citizenship and does not entitle the holder to vote, but a holder who moves his or her domicile to Slovakia may obtain citizenship under preferential terms.  
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|{{flag|Spain|name}}
|[[Spanish nationality law]]
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|{{flag|Sweden|name}}
|[[Swedish nationality law]]
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|{{flag|Switzerland|name}}
|[[Swiss nationality law#Jus sanguinis|Swiss nationality law]] is exceptionally restrictive: someone who was born in Switzerland and has spent their entire life there has no automatic right to Swiss citizenship if neither of their parents are Swiss citizens, even if their parents are permanent residents or have themselves spent their entire lives in Switzerland. In fact, the citizenship criteria are simpler for a foreigner with no previous ties to Switzerland who marries a Swiss citizen, than for people born and raised in Switzerland but with foreign parents.

Due to Switzerland's [[Immigration to Switzerland|high immigrant population]], there are more than a million people who were born and have spent their entire lives in Switzerland but are not Swiss citizens due to their parents being immigrants. Some Swiss-born third-generation immigrants even have Swiss-born parents but are not Swiss citizens if neither of their parents have naturalised. To obtain Swiss citizenship, people in this position must undergo [[Swiss nationality law#Naturalisation|naturalisation proceedings]], which have a high bar to satisfy the "integration" criterion. The unusual rules hit international headlines in 2017 when a woman born in Switzerland to [[Turkey|Turkish]] parents, who is a native [[Swiss German|Swiss-German]] speaker and has spent her entire life in Switzerland, had her citizenship application denied by the local municipality on "integration" grounds as she could not name enough Swiss mountains, cheeses and retail brands, and was deemed not to have gone skiing often enough.<ref>{{Cite news|title=Das Einbürgerungs-Protokoll: Diese 92 Fragen musste Funda Yilmaz beantworten|language=de-CH|work=az Aargauer Zeitung|url=https://www.aargauerzeitung.ch/aargau/aarau/das-einbuergerungs-protokoll-diese-92-fragen-musste-funda-yilmaz-beantworten-131524081|url-status=live|access-date=2018-04-06|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180406232859/https://www.aargauerzeitung.ch/aargau/aarau/das-einbuergerungs-protokoll-diese-92-fragen-musste-funda-yilmaz-beantworten-131524081|archive-date=6 April 2018|df=dmy-all}}</ref> The decision was overruled by the cantonal government several months later.<ref>{{Cite news|last=agencies|first=swissinfo.ch and|title=Decision to deny citizenship to Turkish woman reversed|language=en|work=SWI swissinfo.ch|url=https://www.swissinfo.ch/eng/business/naturalisation-row_decision-to-deny-citizenship-to-turkish-woman-reversed/43609038|url-status=live|access-date=2018-04-06|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180407053402/https://www.swissinfo.ch/eng/business/naturalisation-row_decision-to-deny-citizenship-to-turkish-woman-reversed/43609038|archive-date=7 April 2018|df=dmy-all}}</ref>

In 2017, Swiss voters in a [[Swiss referendums, 2017|nationwide referendum]] agreed to relax the citizenship criteria for third-generation immigrants slightly: although they will still not be Swiss citizens at birth and will need to apply for citizenship, they will no longer have to take naturalisation tests or interviews if their parents ''and'' grandparents are long-time permanent residents.<ref>{{Cite news|date=2017-02-12|title=Swiss vote for relaxed citizenship laws|language=en-GB|work=BBC News|url=https://www.bbc.com/news/world-europe-38947518|url-status=live|access-date=2018-04-06|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180616002429/https://www.bbc.com/news/world-europe-38947518|archive-date=16 June 2018|df=dmy-all}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|last=Council|first=The Federal|title=Federal Decree on the Simplified Naturalisation of Third-Generation Immigrants|url=https://www.admin.ch/gov/en/start/documentation/votes/20170212/Federal-Decree-on-the-Simplified-Naturalisation-of-Third-Generation-Immigrants.html|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180406230728/https://www.admin.ch/gov/en/start/documentation/votes/20170212/Federal-Decree-on-the-Simplified-Naturalisation-of-Third-Generation-Immigrants.html|archive-date=6 April 2018|access-date=2018-04-06|website=admin.ch|language=en|df=dmy-all}}</ref>
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|Article 8 of the ''[[Law on Citizenship of Ukraine]]'' permits any person with at least one Ukrainian grandparent to become a citizen upon renunciation of the former nationality. The "[[:uk:Закордонний українець|Status of a Foreign Ukrainian]]" can also be granted to foreign citizens with Ukrainian ethnic or territorial origin to work, study, and immigrate to Ukraine under preferential terms.<ref>{{Cite web|title=To Foreigners of Ukrainian Origin|url=https://mon.gov.ua/eng/osvita/visha-osvita/zakordonnim-ukrayincyam|access-date=2021-03-27|website=mon.gov.ua|publisher=Ministry of Education and Science of Ukraine|archive-date=30 September 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210930031235/https://mon.gov.ua/eng/osvita/visha-osvita/zakordonnim-ukrayincyam|url-status=live}}</ref>
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|By birth abroad, which constitutes "by descent" if one of the parents is a British citizen otherwise than by descent (for example by birth, adoption, registration or naturalisation in the UK). [[British nationality law|British citizenship]] by descent is only transferable to one generation down from the parent who is a British citizen otherwise than by descent, if the child is born abroad.
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