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    Multiple citizenship (or multiple nationality) is a person's legal status in which a person is at the same time recognized by more than one country under...
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    Denaturalization is the loss of citizenship against the will of the person concerned. Denaturalization is often applied to ethnic minorities and political...
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    of Italy governing the acquisition, transmission and loss of Italian citizenship. Like many continental European countries it is largely based on jus...
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    culture. To counter multiple citizenship, some countries require that applicants for naturalization renounce any other citizenship that they currently...
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    permits multiple citizenship. Citizens of other countries who are naturalized as United States citizens may retain their previous citizenship, although...
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    national of Canada. The primary law governing these regulations is the Citizenship Act, which came into force on February 15, 1977 and is applicable to...
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  • Citizenship is a membership and allegiance to a sovereign state. Though citizenship is often conflated with nationality in today's English-speaking world...
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    Russian citizenship law details the conditions by which a person holds citizenship of Russia. The primary law governing citizenship requirements is the...
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    designation was instrumental in their subsequent internment and murder. Multiple citizenship was officially recognized for both men and women on 9 January 1973;...
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    Swiss citizenship is the status of being a citizen of Switzerland and it can be obtained by birth or naturalisation. The Swiss Citizenship Law is based...
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    discussion of the treatment of multiple citizenship in those countries, see Estonian nationality law#Dual citizenship, Japanese nationality law#Dual nationality...
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  • Renunciation of citizenship is the voluntary loss of citizenship. It is the opposite of naturalization, whereby a person voluntarily obtains citizenship. It is...
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    Luxembourg has allowed multiple citizenship. Since then, many Belgians have made use of the new law to adopt Belgian-Luxembourg citizenship, especially Belgians...
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    in which a person may have dual citizenship of Japan and another country, including: They acquire multiple citizenships at birth, such as being born to...
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  • India and the Citizenship Act, 1955. All persons born in India between 26 January 1950 and 1 July 1987 automatically received citizenship by birth regardless...
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    Pakistan. The primary law governing these requirements is the Pakistan Citizenship Act, 1951, which came into force on 13 April 1951. With few exceptions...
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    January 2014, multiple citizenship under Czech law is allowed. The principle of jus sanguinis is used to determine eligibility for citizenship, as is typical...
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    Israeli citizenship law details the conditions by which a person holds citizenship of Israel. The two primary pieces of legislation governing these requirements...
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    European Union citizenship is afforded to all nationals of member states of the European Union (EU). It was formally created with the adoption of the...
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    the Citizenship Act, enacted in 1976 and brought into force in 1977. The Canadian Citizenship Act, 1946 imposed restrictions on multiple citizenship. The...
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    deals with multiple citizenship. As a consequence of Paragraphs 4 or 5 of article 976, some Iranian minors may have multiple citizenship. If they wish...
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    Swiss citizens hold multiple citizenship. About 11% of citizens live abroad (0.8 million, of whom 0.6 million hold multiple citizenship). About 60% of those...
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    Christopher Nolan (category People with multiple citizenship)
    time living in Chicago during his youth, and he holds both UK and US citizenship. Growing up, Nolan was particularly influenced by the work of Sir Ridley...
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    Wentworth Miller (category People with multiple citizenship)
    Snatchback. Miller lives in Vancouver, British Columbia. He holds US citizenship by virtue of his birth in the United Kingdom to American parents. In...
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    governs the acquisition, transmission and loss of Lebanese citizenship. Lebanese citizenship is the status of being a citizen of Lebanon and it can be...
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    Timothée Chalamet (category People with multiple citizenship)
    bilingual in English and French, and holds dual United States and French citizenship due to his French father. Growing up, Chalamet spent summers in Le Chambon-sur-Lignon...
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    Bruce Lee (category People with multiple citizenship)
    November 27, 1940, allowing him to claim U.S. citizenship due to the United States' jus soli citizenship laws. When he was four months old (April 1941)...
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    Andrew Garfield (category People with multiple citizenship)
    Jesus Christ. That was the most surprising thing." Garfield has dual citizenship in the United States and the United Kingdom. In 2009, he told the Sunday...
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    Jim Carrey (category People with multiple citizenship)
    any kind and abstains from coffee, alcohol and drugs. He received U.S. citizenship in October 2004 and remains a dual citizen of the United States and his...
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    Michael J. Fox (category People with multiple citizenship)
    months later. Fox became a US citizen in 2000 but retains his Canadian citizenship. He provided a light-hearted segment during the 2010 Winter Olympics'...
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