Editing Jus sanguinis (section)

=== 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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