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| Title | Costa Rica/Netherlands: Whether a Costa Rican citizen whose father was born in Holland has dual citizenship or is able to take up permanent residence in Holland |
| Publisher | Immigration and Refugee Board of Canada |
| Country | Costa Rica | Netherlands |
| Publication Date | 5 March 2002 |
| Citation / Document Symbol | ZZZ38655.E |
| Reference | 2 |
| Cite as | Immigration and Refugee Board of Canada, Costa Rica/Netherlands: Whether a Costa Rican citizen whose father was born in Holland has dual citizenship or is able to take up permanent residence in Holland, 5 March 2002, ZZZ38655.E, available at: http://www.unhcr.org/refworld/docid/3df4bed910.html [accessed 14 February 2012] |
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Costa Rica/Netherlands: Whether a Costa Rican citizen whose father was born in Holland has dual citizenship or is able to take up permanent residence in Holland
An official at the Embassy of Costa Rica in Ottawa states that there is no constitutional or legal impediment to dual citizenship in Costa Rica (26 Feb. 2002). A Costa Rican citizen cannot lose his/her citizenship unless the individual chooses to renounce it (ibid.).
An official at the Embassy of the Netherlands in Ottawa states that, under stage 1 of the new Netherlands Nationality Act (RWN) implemented on 1 February 2001, an individual under 28 years of age whose father was a Dutch citizen would retain Dutch nationality and could get a passport from any Dutch embassy (27 Feb. 2002). An individual over the age of 28 would not retain Dutch nationality, but would be able to regain it under stage 2 of the RWN, which is expected to be implemented at some undetermined date in 2002 (ibid.). This information was corroborated by the Website of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs' of the Netherlands (n.d.).
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.
References
Embassy of Costa Rica. 26 February 2002. Telephone interview with an official.
Embassy of the Netherlands. 27 February 2002. Telephone interview with an official.
Ministry of Foreign Affairs of the Netherlands. n.d. "Important News: Dutch Nationality Restored." <http://www.minbuza.nl/english/Content.asp?Key=420293&Pad=257568,407783,408376> [Accessed 26 Feb. 2002]
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