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class="nowrap">  </span>("military-first" policy)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Eternal_leaders_of_North_Korea" title="Eternal leaders of North Korea">Eternal leaders</a> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Kim_Il_Sung" title="Kim Il Sung">Kim Il Sung</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Kim_Jong_Il" title="Kim Jong Il">Kim Jong Il</a></li></ul></li></ul></div></div></td> </tr><tr><td class="sidebar-content"> <div class="sidebar-list mw-collapsible mw-collapsed"><div class="sidebar-list-title" style="border-top:1px solid #aaa;padding-bottom:0;;color: var(--color-base)"><a href="/wiki/Workers%27_Party_of_Korea" title="Workers' Party of Korea">Workers' Party of Korea</a></div><div class="sidebar-list-content mw-collapsible-content" style="text-align:left;padding-top:0;"><b> <a href="/wiki/National_meetings_of_the_Workers%27_Party_of_Korea" title="National meetings of the Workers' Party of Korea">Congress</a> (<a href="/wiki/8th_Congress_of_the_Workers%27_Party_of_Korea" title="8th Congress of the Workers' Party of Korea">8th</a>)</b> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/General_Secretary_of_the_Workers%27_Party_of_Korea" title="General Secretary of the Workers' Party of Korea">General Secretary</a> and <a href="/wiki/Supreme_Leader_(North_Korean_title)" title="Supreme Leader (North Korean title)">Supreme Leader</a> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Kim_Jong_Un" title="Kim Jong Un">Kim Jong Un</a> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Third_Floor_Secretariat" title="Third Floor Secretariat">Personal Secretariat</a></li></ul></li></ul></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Rules_of_the_Workers%27_Party_of_Korea" title="Rules of the Workers' Party of Korea">Rules</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Central_Committee_of_the_Workers%27_Party_of_Korea" title="Central Committee of the Workers' Party of Korea">Central Committee</a> (<a href="/wiki/8th_Central_Committee_of_the_Workers%27_Party_of_Korea" title="8th Central Committee of the Workers' Party of Korea">8th</a>) <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Politburo_of_the_Workers%27_Party_of_Korea" title="Politburo of the Workers' Party of Korea">Politburo</a> (<a href="/wiki/8th_Politburo_of_the_Workers%27_Party_of_Korea" title="8th Politburo of the Workers' Party of Korea">8th</a>) <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Presidium_of_the_Politburo_of_the_Workers%27_Party_of_Korea" title="Presidium of the Politburo of the Workers' Party of Korea">Presidium</a> (<a href="/wiki/8th_Presidium_of_the_Workers%27_Party_of_Korea" title="8th Presidium of the Workers' Party of Korea">8th</a>) <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Kim_Jong_Un" title="Kim Jong Un">Kim Jong Un</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Choe_Ryong-hae" title="Choe Ryong-hae">Choe Ryong-hae</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Jo_Yong-won" title="Jo Yong-won">Jo Yong-won</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Kim_Tok-hun" title="Kim Tok-hun">Kim Tok-hun</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Ri_Pyong-chol" title="Ri Pyong-chol">Ri Pyong-chol</a></li></ul></li></ul></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Secretariat_of_the_Workers%27_Party_of_Korea" title="Secretariat of the Workers' Party of Korea">Secretariat</a> (<a href="/wiki/8th_Secretariat_of_the_Workers%27_Party_of_Korea" title="8th Secretariat of the Workers' Party of Korea">8th</a>)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Central_Military_Commission_of_the_Workers%27_Party_of_Korea" title="Central Military Commission of the Workers' Party of Korea">Central Military Commission</a> (<a href="/wiki/8th_Central_Military_Commission_of_the_Workers%27_Party_of_Korea" title="8th Central Military Commission of the Workers' Party of Korea">8th</a>) <ul><li>Chairman <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Kim_Jong_Un" title="Kim Jong Un">Kim Jong Un</a></li></ul></li> <li>Vice Chairman <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Ri_Yong-gil" title="Ri Yong-gil">Ri Yong-gil</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Ri_Pyong-chol" title="Ri Pyong-chol">Ri Pyong-chol</a></li></ul></li></ul></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Central_Auditing_Commission_of_the_Workers%27_Party_of_Korea" title="Central Auditing Commission of the Workers' Party of Korea">Central Auditing Commission</a> (<a href="/wiki/8th_Central_Auditing_Commission_of_the_Workers%27_Party_of_Korea" title="8th Central Auditing Commission of the Workers' Party of Korea">8th</a>) <ul><li>Chairman <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Kim_Jae-ryong" title="Kim Jae-ryong">Kim Jae-ryong</a></li></ul></li></ul></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Organization_and_Guidance_Department" title="Organization and Guidance Department">Organization and Guidance Department</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Propaganda_and_Agitation_Department" title="Propaganda and Agitation Department">Propaganda and Agitation Department</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/United_Front_Department_of_the_Workers%27_Party_of_Korea" title="United Front Department of the Workers' Party of Korea">United Front Department</a></li></ul></li></ul></div></div></td> </tr><tr><td class="sidebar-content"> <div class="sidebar-list mw-collapsible mw-collapsed"><div class="sidebar-list-title" style="border-top:1px solid #aaa;padding-bottom:0;;color: var(--color-base)"><a href="/wiki/Supreme_People%27s_Assembly" title="Supreme People's Assembly">Supreme People's Assembly</a></div><div class="sidebar-list-content mw-collapsible-content" style="text-align:left;padding-top:0;"><b> <a href="/wiki/14th_Supreme_People%27s_Assembly" class="mw-redirect" title="14th Supreme People's Assembly">14th term</a> </b> <ul><li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/Chairman_of_the_Supreme_People%27s_Assembly" title="Chairman of the Supreme People's Assembly">Chairman</a></span> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Pak_In-chol_(politician)" title="Pak In-chol (politician)">Pak In-chol</a></li></ul></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Standing_Committee_of_the_Supreme_People%27s_Assembly" class="mw-redirect" title="Standing Committee of the Supreme People's Assembly">Standing Committee</a> (<a href="/wiki/14th_Standing_Committee_of_the_Supreme_People%27s_Assembly" title="14th Standing Committee of the Supreme People's Assembly">14th</a>) <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Chairman_of_the_Standing_Committee_of_the_Supreme_People%27s_Assembly" title="Chairman of the Standing Committee of the Supreme People's Assembly">Chairman</a> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Choe_Ryong-hae" title="Choe Ryong-hae">Choe Ryong-hae</a></li></ul></li></ul></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Judiciary_of_North_Korea" title="Judiciary of North Korea">Judiciary</a> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Central_Court_(North_Korea)" title="Central Court (North Korea)">Central Court</a> (<a href="/w/index.php?title=14th_Central_Court&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="14th Central Court (page does not exist)">14th</a>) <ul><li><a href="/w/index.php?title=President_of_the_Central_Court&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="President of the Central Court (page does not exist)">President</a> <ul><li><a href="/w/index.php?title=Kang_Yun-sok&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Kang Yun-sok (page does not exist)">Kang Yun-sok</a></li></ul></li></ul></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=Central_Public_Prosecutors_Office&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Central Public Prosecutors Office (page does not exist)">Central Public Prosecutors</a> (<a href="/w/index.php?title=14th_Central_Public_Prosecutors_Office&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="14th Central Public Prosecutors Office (page does not exist)">14th</a>) <ul><li><a href="/w/index.php?title=Director_of_the_Central_Public_Prosecutors_Office&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Director of the Central Public Prosecutors Office (page does not exist)">Director</a> <ul><li><a href="/w/index.php?title=Kim_Myong-gil_(politician)&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Kim Myong-gil (politician) (page does not exist)">Kim Myong-gil</a></li></ul></li></ul></li></ul></li></ul></div></div></td> </tr><tr><td class="sidebar-content"> <div class="sidebar-list mw-collapsible mw-collapsed"><div class="sidebar-list-title" style="border-top:1px solid #aaa;padding-bottom:0;;color: 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<li><a href="/w/index.php?title=Pak_Hun&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Pak Hun (page does not exist)">Pak Hun</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Ju_Chol-gyu" title="Ju Chol-gyu">Ju Chol-gyu</a></li></ul></li></ul></div></div></td> </tr><tr><td class="sidebar-content"> <div class="sidebar-list mw-collapsible mw-collapsed"><div class="sidebar-list-title" style="border-top:1px solid #aaa;padding-bottom:0;;color: var(--color-base)"><a href="/wiki/Elections_in_North_Korea" title="Elections in North Korea">Elections</a></div><div class="sidebar-list-content mw-collapsible-content" style="text-align:left;padding-top:0;"> <ul><li>Recent elections <dl><dd><div class="hlist"><ul><li>Parliamentary: <a href="/wiki/2009_North_Korean_parliamentary_election" title="2009 North Korean parliamentary election">2009</a></li><li><a href="/wiki/2014_North_Korean_parliamentary_election" title="2014 North Korean parliamentary election">2014</a></li><li><a href="/wiki/2019_North_Korean_parliamentary_election" title="2019 North Korean parliamentary election">2019</a></li></ul></div></dd> <dd><div class="hlist"><ul><li>Local: <a href="/wiki/2015_North_Korean_local_elections" title="2015 North Korean local elections">2015</a></li><li><a href="/wiki/2019_North_Korean_local_elections" title="2019 North Korean local elections">2019</a></li><li><a href="/wiki/2023_North_Korean_local_elections" title="2023 North Korean local elections">2023</a></li></ul></div></dd></dl></li></ul></div></div></td> </tr><tr><td class="sidebar-content"> <div class="sidebar-list mw-collapsible mw-collapsed"><div class="sidebar-list-title" style="border-top:1px solid #aaa;padding-bottom:0;;color: var(--color-base)"><a href="/wiki/Administrative_divisions_of_North_Korea" title="Administrative divisions of North Korea">Administrative divisions</a></div><div class="sidebar-list-content mw-collapsible-content" style="text-align:left;padding-top:0;"> 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href="/wiki/Dong_(administrative_division)" title="Dong (administrative division)">Dong</a></i><span class="nowrap">  </span>(neighborhood)</dd> <dd><i><a href="/wiki/Ri_(administrative_division)" title="Ri (administrative division)">Ri</a></i><span class="nowrap">  </span>(village)</dd> <dd><i><a href="/w/index.php?title=Rodonjagu&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Rodonjagu (page does not exist)">Rodonjagu</a></i><span class="nowrap">  </span>(workers' district)</dd></dl></li></ul></div></div></td> </tr><tr><td class="sidebar-content"> <div class="sidebar-list mw-collapsible"><div class="sidebar-list-title" style="border-top:1px solid #aaa;padding-bottom:0;;color: var(--color-base)"><a href="/wiki/Foreign_relations_of_North_Korea" title="Foreign relations of North Korea">Foreign relations</a></div><div class="sidebar-list-content mw-collapsible-content" style="text-align:left;padding-top:0;"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Ministry_of_Foreign_Affairs_(North_Korea)" title="Ministry of Foreign Affairs (North Korea)">Ministry of Foreign Affairs</a> <dl><dd>Minister: <a href="/wiki/Choe_Son-hui" title="Choe Son-hui">Choe Son-hui</a></dd></dl></li></ul> <hr /> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/List_of_diplomatic_missions_of_North_Korea" title="List of diplomatic missions of North Korea">Diplomatic missions of</a> / <a href="/wiki/List_of_diplomatic_missions_in_North_Korea" title="List of diplomatic missions in North Korea">in North Korea</a></li></ul> <hr /> <ul><li><a class="mw-selflink selflink">Nationality law</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/North_Korean_passport" title="North Korean passport">Passport</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Visa_requirements_for_North_Korean_citizens" title="Visa requirements for North Korean citizens">Visa requirements</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Visa_policy_of_North_Korea" title="Visa policy of North Korea">Visa policy</a></li></ul> <hr /> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Korean_conflict" title="Korean conflict">Korean conflict</a></li> <li><a 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href="/wiki/Template:Politics_of_North_Korea" title="Template:Politics of North Korea"><abbr title="View this template">v</abbr></a></li><li class="nv-talk"><a href="/wiki/Template_talk:Politics_of_North_Korea" title="Template talk:Politics of North Korea"><abbr title="Discuss this template">t</abbr></a></li><li class="nv-edit"><a href="/wiki/Special:EditPage/Template:Politics_of_North_Korea" title="Special:EditPage/Template:Politics of North Korea"><abbr title="Edit this template">e</abbr></a></li></ul></div></td></tr></tbody></table> <p><b>North Korean nationality law</b> details the conditions in which an individual is a national of the <a href="/wiki/North_Korea" title="North Korea">Democratic People's Republic of Korea</a> (DPRK), commonly known as North Korea. </p> <meta property="mw:PageProp/toc" /> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="History">History</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=North_Korean_nationality_law&action=edit&section=1" title="Edit section: History"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>Until 1963, the DPRK had no formal nationality law. This led to situations which were quite unusual from the perspective of international law, most notably the <a href="/wiki/Soviet_Union" title="Soviet Union">Soviet Union</a>'s unilateral declaration that the <a href="/wiki/Sakhalin_Koreans" title="Sakhalin Koreans">Sakhalin Koreans</a> were DPRK citizens—in effect, one sovereign state granting its residents the citizenship of another sovereign state, presumably without any consultation.<sup id="cite_ref-Ginsburghs1983-19_1-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Ginsburghs1983-19-1"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>1<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>The DPRK's first nationality law, passed on 9 October 1963, provided quite a broad definition of DPRK citizenship.<sup id="cite_ref-Ginsburghs1983-19_1-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Ginsburghs1983-19-1"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>1<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Specifically, it stated that anyone who had citizenship of undivided <a href="/wiki/Korea" title="Korea">Korea</a> and had retained it up to the promulgation of the new citizenship law, as well as descendants of such persons, was thenceforth a citizen of the DPRK.<sup id="cite_ref-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-2"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>2<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> This raised the possibility that every member of the <a href="/wiki/Korean_diaspora" title="Korean diaspora">Korean diaspora</a> would be considered a DPRK citizen, as there had previously been no clear procedure for renunciation of Korean citizenship, and few had taken such an official step. The new law also established that foreigners could gain DPRK nationality by <a href="/wiki/Naturalization" title="Naturalization">naturalisation</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-Ginsburghs1983-19_1-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Ginsburghs1983-19-1"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>1<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The law was amended on 23 March 1995.<sup id="cite_ref-3" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-3"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>3<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>The law permits <a href="/wiki/Multiple_citizenship" title="Multiple citizenship">multiple citizenship</a>, and specifies that nationality treaties with other countries take precedence over the text of the law.<sup id="cite_ref-4" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-4"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>4<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Due to the lack of normal <a href="/wiki/Japan%E2%80%93North_Korea_relations" title="Japan–North Korea relations">diplomatic relations between the DPRK and Japan</a>, <a href="/wiki/Koreans_in_Japan" title="Koreans in Japan">Koreans in Japan</a> with dual citizenship of the DPRK and Japan have had their requests to renounce <a href="/wiki/Japanese_nationality_law" title="Japanese nationality law">Japanese citizenship</a> in favour of solely retaining DPRK citizenship refused by Japan's <a href="/wiki/Ministry_of_Justice_(Japan)" title="Ministry of Justice (Japan)">Justice Ministry</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-5" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-5"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>5<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> It is also legally possible to renounce DPRK nationality; the DPRK issues certificates of loss of nationality in such cases, which may be required by other states in which a former DPRK national seeks to naturalise. However, such certificates have become more difficult to obtain as of 2011<sup class="plainlinks noexcerpt noprint asof-tag update" style="display:none;"><a class="external text" href="https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=North_Korean_nationality_law&action=edit">[update]</a></sup>, according to South Korean media reports.<sup id="cite_ref-6" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-6"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>6<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Naturalisation">Naturalisation</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=North_Korean_nationality_law&action=edit&section=2" title="Edit section: Naturalisation"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>DPRK law prescribes that any person wishing to naturalise as a DPRK national should petition to the <a href="/wiki/Supreme_People%27s_Assembly" title="Supreme People's Assembly">Supreme People's Assembly</a>. As the SPA is a <a href="/wiki/Rubber_stamp_(politics)" title="Rubber stamp (politics)">rubber-stamp legislature</a>, actual naturalisation powers lie in whoever the <a href="/wiki/Supreme_leader_of_North_Korea" class="mw-redirect" title="Supreme leader of North Korea">Supreme Leader of North Korea</a> is at the time. Naturalised North Koreans without Korean relatives would be granted the <a href="/wiki/Songbun" title="Songbun">songbun</a> "of foreign origin", and are not required to attend ideological training sessions.<sup id="cite_ref-:0_7-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-:0-7"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>7<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>There are four main groups of naturalised North Koreans: <a href="/wiki/Koryo-saram" title="Koryo-saram">Soviet Koreans</a>, the <a href="/wiki/Hwagyo" class="mw-redirect" title="Hwagyo">Hwagyo</a>, Japanese wives of repatriated <a href="/wiki/Zainichi" class="mw-redirect" title="Zainichi">Zainichi</a>, and those who have been naturalised individually.<sup id="cite_ref-:0_7-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-:0-7"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>7<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="See_also">See also</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=North_Korean_nationality_law&action=edit&section=3" title="Edit section: See also"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Citizenship_in_North_Korea" title="Citizenship in North Korea">Citizenship in North Korea</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/North_Korean_passport" title="North Korean passport">North Korean passport</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Visa_requirements_for_North_Korean_citizens" title="Visa requirements for North Korean citizens">Visa requirements for North Korean citizens</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Visa_policy_of_North_Korea" title="Visa policy of North Korea">Visa policy of North Korea</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/South_Korean_nationality_law" title="South Korean nationality law">South Korean nationality law</a></li></ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Notes">Notes</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span 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law">Burundi</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Cameroonian_nationality_law" title="Cameroonian nationality law">Cameroon</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Cape_Verdean_nationality_law" title="Cape Verdean nationality law">Cape Verde</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Central_African_nationality_law" title="Central African nationality law">Central African Republic</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Chadian_nationality_law" title="Chadian nationality law">Chad</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Comorian_nationality_law" title="Comorian nationality law">Comoros</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Congolese_nationality_law" class="mw-redirect" title="Congolese nationality law">Congo Republic</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Democratic_Republic_of_the_Congo_nationality_law" title="Democratic Republic of the Congo nationality law">Democratic Republic of the Congo</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Djiboutian_nationality_law" title="Djiboutian nationality law">Djibouti</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Egyptian_nationality_law" title="Egyptian nationality law">Egypt</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Equatoguinean_nationality_law" title="Equatoguinean nationality law">Equatorial Guinea</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Eritrean_nationality_law" title="Eritrean nationality law">Eritrea</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Emaswati_nationality_law" title="Emaswati nationality law">Eswatini</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Ethiopian_nationality_law" title="Ethiopian nationality law">Ethiopia</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Gabonese_nationality_law" title="Gabonese nationality law">Gabon</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Gambian_nationality_law" title="Gambian nationality law">The Gambia</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Ghanaian_nationality_law" title="Ghanaian nationality law">Ghana</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Guinean_nationality_law" title="Guinean nationality law">Guinea</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Bissau-Guinean_nationality_law" title="Bissau-Guinean nationality law">Guinea-Bissau</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Ivorian_nationality_law" title="Ivorian nationality law">Ivory Coast</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Kenyan_nationality_law" title="Kenyan nationality law">Kenya</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Basotho_nationality_law" title="Basotho nationality law">Lesotho</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Liberian_nationality_law" title="Liberian nationality law">Liberia</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Libyan_nationality_law" title="Libyan nationality law">Libya</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Malagasy_nationality_law" title="Malagasy nationality law">Madagascar</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Malawian_nationality_law" title="Malawian nationality law">Malawi</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Malian_nationality_law" title="Malian nationality law">Mali</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Mauritanian_nationality_law" title="Mauritanian nationality law">Mauritania</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Mauritian_nationality_law" title="Mauritian nationality law">Mauritius</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Moroccan_nationality_law" title="Moroccan nationality law">Morocco</a></li> <li><a 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Sahara</a><sup><small>3</small></sup></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Zambian_nationality_law" title="Zambian nationality law">Zambia</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Zimbabwean_nationality_law" title="Zimbabwean nationality law">Zimbabwe</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%;line-height:1.3em; text-align:center;">Americas</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"></div><table class="nowraplinks navbox-subgroup" style="border-spacing:0"><tbody><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%;line-height:1.3em; text-align:center;">North</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Antiguan_and_Barbudian_nationality_law" class="mw-redirect" title="Antiguan and Barbudian nationality law">Antigua and Barbuda</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Bahamian_nationality_law" title="Bahamian nationality law">Bahamas</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Barbadian_nationality_law" title="Barbadian nationality law">Barbados</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Belizean_nationality_law" title="Belizean nationality law">Belize</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Canadian_nationality_law" title="Canadian nationality law">Canada</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Costa_Rican_nationality_law" title="Costa Rican nationality law">Costa Rica</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Cuban_nationality_law" title="Cuban nationality law">Cuba</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Dominican_nationality_law" title="Dominican nationality law">Dominica</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Dominican_Republic_nationality_law" title="Dominican Republic nationality law">Dominican Republic</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Salvadoran_nationality_law" title="Salvadoran nationality law">El Salvador</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Danish_nationality_law" title="Danish nationality law">Greenland <small>(Kingdom of Denmark)</small></a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Grenadian_nationality_law" title="Grenadian nationality law">Grenada</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Guatemalan_nationality_law" title="Guatemalan nationality law">Guatemala</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/History_of_Haitian_nationality_and_citizenship" title="History of Haitian nationality and citizenship">Haiti</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Honduran_nationality_law" title="Honduran nationality law">Honduras</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Jamaican_nationality_law" title="Jamaican nationality law">Jamaica</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Mexican_nationality_law" title="Mexican nationality law">Mexico</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Nicaraguan_nationality_law" title="Nicaraguan nationality law">Nicaragua</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Panamanian_nationality_law" title="Panamanian nationality law">Panama</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Kittitian_and_Nevisian_nationality_law" title="Kittitian and Nevisian nationality law">St. Kitts and Nevis</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Saint_Lucian_nationality_law" title="Saint Lucian nationality law">St. Lucia</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Vincentian_nationality_law" title="Vincentian nationality law">St. Vincent and the Grenadines</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Trinidadian_and_Tobagonian_nationality_law" title="Trinidadian and Tobagonian nationality law">Trinidad and Tobago</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/United_States_nationality_law" title="United States nationality law">United States</a> (<a href="/wiki/Puerto_Rican_citizenship_and_nationality" title="Puerto Rican citizenship and nationality">Puerto Rico</a>, <a href="/wiki/United_States_Virgin_Islander_citizenship_and_nationality" title="United States Virgin Islander citizenship and nationality">US Virgin Islands</a>)</li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%;line-height:1.3em; text-align:center;">South</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Argentine_nationality_law" title="Argentine nationality law">Argentina</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Bolivian_nationality_law" title="Bolivian nationality law">Bolivia</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Brazilian_nationality_law" title="Brazilian nationality law">Brazil</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Chilean_nationality_law" title="Chilean nationality law">Chile</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Colombian_nationality_law" title="Colombian nationality law">Colombia</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Ecuadorian_nationality_law" title="Ecuadorian nationality law">Ecuador</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Guyanese_nationality_law" title="Guyanese nationality law">Guyana</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Paraguayan_nationality_law" title="Paraguayan nationality law">Paraguay</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Peruvian_nationality_law" title="Peruvian nationality law">Peru</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Surinamese_nationality_law" title="Surinamese nationality law">Suriname</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Uruguayan_nationality_law" title="Uruguayan nationality law">Uruguay</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Venezuelan_nationality_law" title="Venezuelan nationality law">Venezuela</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr></tbody></table><div></div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%;line-height:1.3em; text-align:center;">Asia</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Afghan_nationality_law" title="Afghan nationality law">Afghanistan</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Bahraini_nationality_law" title="Bahraini nationality law">Bahrain</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Bangladeshi_nationality_law" title="Bangladeshi nationality law">Bangladesh</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Bhutanese_nationality_law" title="Bhutanese nationality law">Bhutan</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Bruneian_nationality_law" title="Bruneian nationality law">Brunei</a></li> <li><a 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title="Kazakhstani nationality law">Kazakhstan</a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=Kyrgyzstani_nationality_law&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Kyrgyzstani nationality law (page does not exist)">Kyrgyzstan</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Kuwaiti_nationality_law" title="Kuwaiti nationality law">Kuwait</a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=Laotian_nationality_law&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Laotian nationality law (page does not exist)">Laos</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Lebanese_nationality_law" title="Lebanese nationality law">Lebanon</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Malaysian_nationality_law" title="Malaysian nationality law">Malaysia</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Mongolian_nationality_law" title="Mongolian nationality law">Mongolia</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Myanmar_nationality_law" title="Myanmar nationality law">Myanmar</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Nepali_nationality_law" title="Nepali nationality law">Nepal</a></li> <li><a class="mw-selflink selflink">North Korea</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Omani_nationality_law" title="Omani nationality law">Oman</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Pakistani_nationality_law" title="Pakistani nationality law">Pakistan</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/History_of_Palestinian_nationality" title="History of Palestinian nationality">Palestine</a><sup><small></small></sup></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Philippine_nationality_law" title="Philippine nationality law">Philippines</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Qatari_nationality_law" title="Qatari nationality law">Qatar</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Saudi_Arabian_nationality_law" title="Saudi Arabian nationality law">Saudi Arabia</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Singaporean_nationality_law" title="Singaporean nationality law">Singapore</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/South_Korean_nationality_law" title="South Korean nationality law">South Korea</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Sri_Lankan_nationality_law" title="Sri Lankan nationality law">Sri Lanka</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Syrian_nationality_law" title="Syrian nationality law">Syria</a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=Tajikistani_nationality_law&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Tajikistani nationality law (page does not exist)">Tajikistan</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Taiwanese_nationality_law" title="Taiwanese nationality law">Taiwan</a><sup><small>3</small></sup></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Thai_nationality_law" title="Thai nationality law">Thailand</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Turkish_nationality_law" title="Turkish nationality law">Turkey</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Turkmen_nationality_law" class="mw-redirect" title="Turkmen nationality law">Turkmenistan</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Emirati_nationality_law" title="Emirati nationality law">United Arab Emirates</a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=Uzbek_nationality_law&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Uzbek nationality law (page does not exist)">Uzbekistan</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Vietnamese_passport" title="Vietnamese passport">Vietnam</a></li> <li><a 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law">Austria</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Belgian_nationality_law" title="Belgian nationality law">Belgium</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Bulgarian_nationality_law" title="Bulgarian nationality law">Bulgaria</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Croatian_nationality_law" title="Croatian nationality law">Croatia</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Cypriot_nationality_law" title="Cypriot nationality law">Cyprus</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Czech_nationality_law" title="Czech nationality law">Czech Republic</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Danish_nationality_law" title="Danish nationality law">Denmark</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Estonian_nationality_law" title="Estonian nationality law">Estonia</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Finnish_nationality_law" title="Finnish nationality law">Finland</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/French_nationality_law" title="French nationality law">France</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/German_nationality_law" title="German nationality law">Germany</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Greek_nationality_law" title="Greek nationality law">Greece</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Hungarian_nationality_law" title="Hungarian nationality law">Hungary</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Icelandic_nationality_law" title="Icelandic nationality law">Iceland</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Irish_nationality_law" title="Irish nationality law">Ireland</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Italian_nationality_law" title="Italian nationality law">Italy</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Latvian_nationality_law" title="Latvian nationality law">Latvia</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Liechtensteiner_nationality_law" title="Liechtensteiner nationality law">Liechtenstein</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Lithuanian_nationality_law" title="Lithuanian nationality law">Lithuania</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Luxembourg_nationality_law" title="Luxembourg nationality law">Luxembourg</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Maltese_nationality_law" title="Maltese nationality law">Malta</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Dutch_nationality_law" title="Dutch nationality law">Netherlands</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Norwegian_nationality_law" title="Norwegian nationality law">Norway</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Polish_nationality_law" title="Polish nationality law">Poland</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Portuguese_nationality_law" title="Portuguese nationality law">Portugal</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Romanian_nationality_law" title="Romanian nationality law">Romania</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Slovak_nationality_law" title="Slovak nationality law">Slovakia</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Slovenian_nationality_law" title="Slovenian nationality law">Slovenia</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Spanish_nationality_law" title="Spanish nationality law">Spain</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Swedish_nationality_law" title="Swedish nationality law">Sweden</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Swiss_nationality_law" title="Swiss nationality law">Switzerland</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%;line-height:1.3em; text-align:center;">Rest of 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