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• Requirements for naturalization
• Requirements for naturalization
• Requirements for birthright citizenship
• Requirements for naturalization
either of the person's parents is a citizen of a country with which Seychelles
is at war and the birth occurs in a place then under occupation by that
country, and neither of the person's parents is a citizen of Seychelles.
10. 1. This article shall apply to a person -a.
who would not, but for this article, be or become a citizen of Seychelles;
b.
who was born outside Seychelles before Independence Day; and
c. any one of whose grand parents or parents was born in Seychelles.
2. Subject to any Act, a person to whom this article applies shall be eligible to
become a citizen of Seychelles by naturalization or registration.
10A. A person born outside Seychelles on or after the Independence Day but before
the 5th June, 1979 whose mother was a Seychellois at the time of the person's
birth is eligible to become a citizen of Seychelles by naturalization or
registration.
11. A person born outside Seychelles on or after the coming into force of this
Constitution shall become a citizen of Seychelles at the date of birth if at that
date the person's father or mother is a citizen of Seychelles.
12. 1. A person who, on or after the coming into force of this Constitution, marries
another person who is or becomes a citizen of Seychelles shall, subject to any
Act, be eligible to become a citizen of Seychelles by naturalization.
2. Clause (1) shall apply to a person who is not a citizen of Seychelles or eligible to
become a citizen of Seychelles under article 10 and who, on or after
Independence Day, and before the coming into force of this Constitution,
married another person who was or became, or who becomes, a citizen of
Seychelles, as it applies to a person such as is referred to in clause (1).
13. 1. Provision may be made by or under an Act --
• Requirements for naturalization
a.
for the acquisition of citizenship of Seychelles by any person who is not
eligible or who is no longer eligible to become a citizen of Seychelles under
this Chapter;
• Conditions for revoking citizenship
b.
for depriving any person of citizenship of Seychelles, if it was unlawfully
acquired;
• Right to renounce citizenship
c.
for the renunciation of citizenship of Seychelles by any person; and
d.
for the maintenance of a register of citizens of Seychelles who are also
citizens of other countries.
2. A person who is a citizen of Seychelles may concurrently possess the citizenship
of another country and a law made for the purposes of clause (1) (a) shall not
require, as a condition for the acquisition of citizenship of Seychelles, that a
person renounces any other citizenship that the person may possess at the time.
14. 1. For the purposes of this Chaptera.
Seychelles 1993 (rev. 2011)
a person born on a registered ship or aircraft shall be deemed to have been
born at the place where the ship or aircraft was registered; and
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