Zelenskyy submitted draft law on multiple citizenship for consideration by Verkhovna Rada
President Volodymyr Zelenskyy has submitted a draft law on multiple citizenship to parliament.
This was reported by Censor.NET with reference to the card of the draft law No. 11469.
The explanatory note states that the adoption of this law will help ensure conditions for the return of citizens who were forced to leave Ukraine because of the war, as well as the preservation of Ukrainian citizenship.
It will also expand opportunities for certain categories of foreigners and stateless persons to acquire Ukrainian citizenship.
The Head of State proposes that multiple citizenship (nationality) should be allowed in such cases:
- simultaneous acquisition by a child of Ukrainian citizenship and citizenship of another state;
- a child who is a citizen of Ukraine acquires the citizenship of his or her foreign adoptive parents;
- automatic acquisition of another citizenship by a Ukrainian citizen as a result of marriage to a foreigner;
- automatic acquisition of another citizenship by a Ukrainian citizen who has reached the age of majority as a result of the application of the legislation on citizenship of a foreign state, if such a Ukrainian citizen has not received a document confirming the citizenship of another state;
- acquisition of Ukrainian citizenship under a simplified procedure for foreigners who are citizens of states included in the list of those who can obtain citizenship under a simplified procedure;
- Acquisition by a citizen of Ukraine of citizenship of states from the list of those whose citizens acquire Ukrainian citizenship under a simplified procedure.
At the same time, multiple citizenships will not be allowed for people who have the citizenship of Russia (i.e. a country recognized by the Verkhovna Rada as an aggressor/occupying state) or a state that does not recognize the territorial integrity and sovereignty of Ukraine.
The draft law also aims to simplify the procedure for acquiring Ukrainian citizenship and improve the regulation of the legal status of foreigners and stateless persons who are or have been performing military service under contract in the Armed Forces of Ukraine, the State Special Transport Service, the National Guard of Ukraine, or are married to such persons or are their children.
This document:
- specifies the conditions for acquiring Ukrainian citizenship by birth, by territorial origin, and the conditions for admission to citizenship;
- revises the grounds for losing Ukrainian citizenship;
- regulates the issue of the possibility of submitting an expired passport document by foreigners and stateless persons who served in the military to obtain a temporary residence permit
- regulates the legal status of foreigners and stateless persons who, during martial law, provide or have provided shooting, tactical, medical, radio engineering, explosive, and other assistance to the army directly in the areas of combat operations.
