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Benin: Whether a child born abroad to a Benin father and a foreign mother is entitled to citizenship of Benin (March 2004)

During a 15 March 2004 telephone interview, a Minister-Counsellor and Consul at the Embassy of Benin in Ottawa, stated that a child whose one of two parents (mother or father) is a citizen of Benin, is automatically entitled to Beninese citizenship, regardless of the place of his (her) birth.

According to information found in the Citizenship Laws of the World database, which appears on the United States Office of Personnel Management Investigations Service Website, a "child of a Beninese mother or father, regardless of the country of birth," is a Beninese citizen by descent (United States Mar. 2001).

This Response was prepared after researching publicly accessible information currently available to the Research Directorate within time constraints. This Response is not, and does not purport to be, conclusive as to the merit of any particular claim to refugee status or asylum. Please find below the list of additional sources consulted in researching this Information Request.

References

Embassy of the Republic of Benin, Ottawa. 15 March 2004. Telephone interview with a Minister-Counsellor and Consul.

United States. March 2001. Office of Personnel Management Investigations Service. "Benin." <http://www.opm.gov/extra/investigate/is-01.pdf> [Accessed 15 March 2004]