[7] In June 2010, the Dutch Upper House approved the legislation. Successful completion of an eligible integration course is an alternative. Any child with a Dutch father or mother is automatically Dutch at birth, even if he or she is born outside the Netherlands. The only way to regain Dutch nationality is by naturalisation. Ethnic groups: mixed black … It is irrelevant where the child is born. Territory included the islands of Aruba until 1986 and Curaçao, Bonaire, Saba, Sint Eustatius, Sint Maarten (which is the Dutch part of the island of Saint Martin) until 2010 when the Netherlands Antilles was dissolved. All five conditions must be met. Therefore, acquiring Japanese or South Korean nationality cannot be done by exempted Dutch nationals without breaking the laws of such countries. The Netherlands is fully part of the European Union. The QNI considers in addition to travel freedom on internal factors such as peace & stability, economic strength, human development as well. As a rule of thumb, for each passed year, more than six months per year must have been spent under the same roof with that partner. Dutch nationals may lose their citizenship through long residence outside the Netherlands while having more than one nationality, or acquisition of a foreign nationality. In the last case, the child gets Dutch nationality retroactively since the child's birth. There were close to 20,000 applications. [1], In 2004, a number of these children of Dutch mothers and non-Dutch fathers (so-called "latent Dutch" or "latente Nederlanders") began to organise themselves in the hope of persuading the Dutch government that Article 27 of Rijkswet op het Nederlanderschap condones the discrimination against women enshrined in the earlier Dutch Nationality Law (before its 1985 revision), and it should therefore be revoked. It shows all personal information about the players, including age, nationality, contract duration and current market value. By descent or automatic acquisition of Dutch nationality, Exemptions to the requirement to renounce foreign citizenship. The five-year residence requirement may not apply where the applicant falls into any of the following categories: An applicant for naturalisation does not have to give up his current nationality in the following cases:[20]. 2017 Immigration Services Report: Number of asylum seekers holding steady, composition has changed. born in the Netherlands, Aruba, Curaçao, or Sint Maarten, and still living there at the time of application. The six islands of the Netherlands Dependencies are Aruba, Bonaire, and Curaçao (Leeward Antilles) and St Maarten, St Eustatius and Saba (Windward Islands). 1/6/20 AIRCRAFT NATIONALITY MARKS, NATIONAL EMBLEMS AND COMMON MARKS 1. Only if the father was not known or acknowledged did a child born to a Dutch mother receive Dutch nationality prior to 1 January 1985. If the person has cohabited in the Netherlands with a Dutch man or Dutch woman (both partners unmarried) for an uninterrupted period of three years, an application may also be submitted. if before turning 18, the person has had a principal residence in the country of the other nationality for an uninterrupted period of five years; if the person is married to a living person who possesses the nationality that the former person wishes to acquire. Dutch nationality law is based primarily on the principle of jus sanguinis and is governed by the Kingdom Act on the Netherlands nationality (Dutch: Rijkswet op het Nederlanderschap), which was signed by the monarch on 19 December 1984 and officially promulgated on 27 December 1984. [13] The conditions of eligibility through the 'option procedure' differ somewhat from those described above. Those aged sixteen and seventeen will only be naturalised if they give their active consent while those aged twelve through fifteen inclusive are given a chance to object. The application opting for Dutch nationality may be submitted up to 31 March 2013 (i.e., ten years from the 2003 change in the law). A person over the age of majority[25] who voluntarily acquired another citizenship before 1 April 2003 automatically lost Dutch citizenship. a Netherlands overseas territory in the Caribbean Sea, N and NE of Venezuela; includes the islands of Aruba, Bonaire, Curaçao, Saba, and St. Eustatius, and the S part of St. Martin: considered an integral part of the Dutch… This means that they have their own government but they are still subjected to the Kingdom’s foreign affairs and defense. Where the person is not resident in the Kingdom of the Netherlands, the person must have lost Dutch citizenship after reaching the age of majority and through the acquisition of another citizenship. [10] Latent Dutch now have the opportunity to receive Dutch nationality by option. Please add www.nationmaster.com to your ad blocking whitelist or disable your adblocking software. Jus soli is the right of anyone born in the territory of a state to nationality or citizenship of that state. "[17] According to Art. In English, German, Arabic, Pashtu, Somali, Farsi, Turkish and French. We need money to operate the site, and almost all of it comes from our online advertising. In the case of Dutch nationals who possessed dual nationality on 1 April 2003 and who were then resident outside the Kingdom of the Netherlands and the European Union, the ten years started on 1 April 2003. Since 1986 -when it separated from the Netherlands Antilles- Aruba is an independent country but part of the Kingdom of the Netherlands. By John Tyler, Radio Netherlands Worldwide, Hoe bepaal je of je een latente Nederlander bent? From 1 January 1985 the Kingdom Act on the Netherlands nationality (Rijkswet op het Nederlanderschap 19 December 1984, Stb. [23], From 1 April 2003, loss of Dutch citizenship upon naturalisation in another country is still automatic unless at least one of the following exemptions applies:[23], If a person already lost Dutch nationality under these three exceptions prior to 1 April 2003, the final date to regain Dutch nationality under these three exceptions was 1 April 2013. The Dutch nationality is ranked fourth in The Quality of Nationality Index (QNI). This index differs from the Henley Passport Index, which focuses on external factors including travel freedom. the person is married to or the registered partner of a Dutch national. Source tables; CIA World Factbooks 18 December 2003 to 28 March 2011; All CIA World Factbooks 18 December 2003 to 18 December 2008; Population Division of the Department of Economic and Social Affairs of the United Nations Secretariat, World Population Prospects: The 2004 Revision and World Urbanization Prospects: http://esa.un.org/unpp. a stateless person). On 29 August 2014, Dutch ministers, in their effort to discourage young Dutch Muslims from joining terrorist organisations involved in a war with the Netherlands or one of its allies, planned to increase the options of withdrawing Dutch citizenship from dual nationals. [8] It was signed into law in July 2010 by Minister of Justice Mr Hirsch Ballin and H.M. the Queen, and published in the official Gazette issued by the Dutch Government (Staatsblad van het Koninkrijk der Nederlanden),[9] with effect 1 October 2010. An application for Dutch citizenship by naturalisation must meet all the conditions below: Since 1 March 2009, anyone who requests naturalization must take an oath promising adherence to the values of the Dutch state: "I swear (declare) that I respect the constitutional order of the Kingdom of the Netherlands, its freedoms and its rights, and I swear (promise) to faithfully fulfil the obligations due to my nationality. [1]. Radio Nederland Wereldomroep, https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Dutch_nationality_law&oldid=991940573, Articles with dead external links from October 2010, Articles with dead external links from September 2017, Articles with permanently dead external links, Pages using collapsible list with both background and text-align in titlestyle, Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike License. This must be demonstrated in each case. See the following footnote for explanations. Under the law, these individuals are not considered to be Dutch since birth (van rechtswege), but rather are legally ‘Dutch by option’ from the date that the requirements of the ‘option procedure’ are fulfilled.[9]. The online international Climate Adaptation Summit 2021 (CAS 2021) will take place on 25 and 26 January 2021. A child born to an unmarried Dutch father and a non-Dutch mother must be acknowledged by the Dutch father before birth, in order for the child to be a Dutch national at birth. In addition one of the following conditions must be satisfied: These criteria are similar to the criteria for exemption from loss of Dutch citizenship in place since 1 April 2003. [2]. Loans do not count as income. Dutch nationals who naturalise in another country who are exempted from the loss of nationality rule, such as those married to a national of that country. where, in order to give up the current nationality, the applicant would have to fulfil military service obligations or pay for such military service instead of fulfilling it. Between June 2000 and April 2005, each island of the Netherlands Antilles had a … SOURCES: Each sovereign state decides for itself who are its citizens, and other states are not allowed to intercede on behalf of individuals in such internal affairs.[29]. A person adopted after majority in the Netherlands, the Dutch Antilles or Aruba by parents at least one of whom has Dutch nationality. The exemptions lead to internal problems in the case of acquisition of Japanese or South Korean citizenship since neither Japan nor South Korea allows its nationals to hold foreign citizenships in their adult years (though limited exceptions exist in South Korea, and Japan requires renunciation of the foreign citizenship within two years). Other exceptions also exist such as the one in which minors who naturalise independently from their parents will not lose their Dutch citizenship. This page was last edited on 2 December 2020, at 17:01. A new period of ten years starts on the day that the person is issued with a passport or proof of Dutch nationality. Former nationals who were not issued a Dutch passport or proof of Dutch citizenship in 1990 or later were given a limited period of time to acquire Dutch citizenship by option, until 31 March 2005. [27] They are strictly Japanese or South Korean internal affairs and have to be solved by Japanese or South Korean citizens themselves, according to the laws of their own country. Married to or are the registered partner of a Dutch man or woman. If this is the case, the person can submit an application for naturalisation after three years of marriage or registered partnership and cohabitation. Geography: Location: Integral part of Netherlands, comprising two island groups of three islands each, the Netherlands Leeward and the Netherlands Windward Islands, in the Caribbean Sea.The former group, consisting of Curacao, Bonaire, and until 1986 Aruba separated from Netherlands Antilles and has received a status apart within the Kingdom of Holland. Before 1 April 2003, an acknowledgement could be given after birth. Despite the existence of four countries in the Kingdom of the Netherlands, only one category of citizen is distinguished in Dutch nationality law (Nederlandse burgers). the five-year term is reduced to a three-year term if the applicant is stateless. an adult who used to be a Dutch national and who has been legally resident in the Netherlands, Aruba, Curaçao or Sint Maarten for at least one year and whose residence is without any restriction as to length. an applicant lived lawfully in the Netherlands (Holland), Netherlands Antilles or Aruba for a minimum period of 5 years; a spouse or registered partner of the Dutch citizen may already submit an application for naturalization after 3 years of marriage or partnership. Sufficiently integrated in Dutch society and are able to read, write, speak and understand Dutch. We don't have any banner, Flash, animation, obnoxious sound, or popup ad. This exemption was put in place on 1 February 2001. Children aged under eighteen may be added to a parent's application for Dutch citizenship. The Dutch law has contained for many years provisions that removed Dutch citizenship from certain Dutch persons who held another nationality at birth and remained resident outside the Netherlands in adulthood. Former Dutch nationals who hold permanent resident permits and have resided in the Kingdom of the Netherlands (Netherlands, Aruba, Curaçao, or Sint Maarten) for at least one year may regain Dutch citizenship through the option procedure. This possibility was not widely known and many in this situation missed the temporary opportunity to register themselves or their children as Dutch nationals. married to or are the registered partner of a Dutch man or Dutch woman. The possibility to reapply for lost Dutch nationality under those three exceptions expired on 31 March 2013. As for (autonomous) Aruba, it is one of the four constituent countries that form the Kingdom of the Netherlands, together with the Netherlands, Curacao, and Sint Maarten where citizens share a single nationality. 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Prior to that date Dutch nationality law (Wet op het Nederlanderschap en het ingezetenenschap (commonly abbreviated as WNI, 12 December 1892, Stb. This must be demonstrated. Latente Nederlanders wachten op hun paspoort. Nationality: noun: Netherlands Antillean(s) adjective: Netherlands Antillean . those who acquire another citizenship at the time of birth (for example, a child born to Dutch parents in the, persons who acquire Dutch citizenship through the option procedure (including former Dutch citizens resuming citizenship). The Kingdom of the Netherlands comprises the European country of The Netherlands (NL); the Caribbean country of Aruba (AW), and the former island territories of the Netherlands Antilles: the countries of Curaçao (CW) and Sint Maarten (Dutch part) (SX); and the combined special municipalities of Bonaire, Sint Eustatius and Saba (BQ). Population (2005): 185,513. If this is the case, the person can submit an application for naturalisation after 3 years of marriage or registered partnership and cohabitation. This will be extended to the people who train in terrorist camps or work in them as instructors. 60a.6. a person adopted after majority in the Netherlands, Aruba, Curaçao, or Sint Maarten by parents at least one of whom has Dutch nationality. Hoe bepaal je of je een latente Nederlander bent? The. Netherlands, country located in northwestern Europe, also known as Holland. The amendment lets Dutch nationals who hold foreign citizenship and reside abroad keep their citizenship by either having a principal residence in the Netherlands or another EU member state for at least a year or applying for a Dutch passport or proof of Dutch nationality before 1 April 2013, the end of the ten years. We've detected that you are using AdBlock Plus or some other adblocking software which is preventing the page from fully loading. A peculiar case of "serious financial losses" is in the case where renunciation of the applicant's existing nationality would cost too much in respect to income. a former Dutch national. [3][4] The legislative change was discussed by parliament in 2006,[2][5] but then stalled when the government fell and the bill was withdrawn. In 2017, Dutch citizens had visa-free or visa on arrival access to 173 countries and territories, ranking the Dutch nationality 4th in the world according to the Henley visa restrictions index. The Kingdom Act on the Netherlands nationality was significantly amended with effect from 1 April 2003. The Leeward Antilles group lies off South America to the Northwest of Venezuela and the Windward Islands group is located at the northern end of the Caribbean, southeast of Puerto Rico. someone aged sixty-five years or over and who has been legally resident in the Netherlands, Aruba, Curaçao or Sint Maarten for an uninterrupted period of at least fifteen years. The Antillean born mothers hold the middle between the other four teen countries of birth (2.2). [31] When in a non-EU country where there is no Dutch embassy, Dutch citizens have the right to get consular protection from the embassy of any other EU country present in that country. 628) permits children of either a Dutch father or mother to receive Dutch nationality by descent. The Government of the Netherlands is responsible for defence, foreign affairs and nationality law. Rights of Appeal exist from the Netherlands Antilles Court of Appeals to the Supreme Court of the Netherlands, in the Hague. Five years of continuous residence in the Netherlands, Aruba, Curaçao, or Sint Maarten with a valid residence permit prior to the application date. The Island area of St. Martin (Dutch: Eilandgebied Sint Maarten) was part of the Netherlands Antilles, until the Antilles was dissolved in October 2010, when Sint Maarten became a "country" ("land") within the Kingdom of the Netherlands. Because the Netherlands forms part of the European Union, Dutch citizens are also citizens of the European Union under European Union law and thus enjoy rights of free movement and have the right to vote in elections for the European Parliament. According to Art. Note: this is true in respect to marriage, partnership or cohabitation if and only if in the last three years the applicant has continually lived together with the partner inside the Netherlands. In addition, passports of people suspected of making plans to travel to a conflict zone and join a terrorist organisation like ISIL may be declared invalid.[30]. [15], A child found on Dutch territory (including ships and airplanes with Dutch nationality), whose parents are unknown, is considered Dutch by birth if within five years since being found it does not become apparent that the child had another citizenship by birth.[16]. of the Decree regarding the Obtention and Loss of the Netherlands Nationality,[19] persons with a physical or psychical handicap who are unable to state their allegiance are exempted from doing so. the person is born in the country of the other nationality and has a principal residence there at the time of acquisition of that nationality. where the original nationality is automatically lost upon naturalisation as a Dutch national. A person born on or after 1 January 1985 to a Dutch father or mother (afstamming) is automatically a Dutch national at birth (van rechtswege). 30-04-2018 | 09:43. 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