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| Title | Yemen: How a person who was born outside Yemen but whose father is Yemeni can have his or her Yemeni nationality recognized by the Yemeni authorities |
| Publisher | Immigration and Refugee Board of Canada |
| Country | Yemen |
| Publication Date | 3 January 2001 |
| Citation / Document Symbol | YEM35982.E |
| Reference | 2 |
| Cite as | Immigration and Refugee Board of Canada, Yemen: How a person who was born outside Yemen but whose father is Yemeni can have his or her Yemeni nationality recognized by the Yemeni authorities, 3 January 2001, YEM35982.E, available at: http://www.unhcr.org/refworld/docid/3df4bec70.html [accessed 30 May 2012] |
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Yemen: How a person who was born outside Yemen but whose father is Yemeni can have his or her Yemeni nationality recognized by the Yemeni authorities
The following is excerpted from the Yemeni legislation entitled "Republican Decree No. 3 of 1994: Executive Regulation of Law No. 6 of 1990 AD Concerning the Yemeni Nationality":
Article 7
To establish the nationality of the children of Yemeni emigrants ... the following shall be a condition:
1) Establishment of the parenthood/branch of the father legally.
2) That there should not occur a discontinuation between the branch and the homeland for more than fifty Gregorian years.
...
Article 8
... the nationality of the children of the Yemeni shall be established by all means of proof, among them the following:
1) The birth certificate issued outside the homeland.
2) The father's personal identity card or the family card.
3) The passport of the mother.
4) The travel document or the passport by which he arrived at the Republic [of Yemen].
5) The identification form prepared by the [Yemeni Immigration, Passports and Nationality] Authority and issued by a resolution of the Minister.
The following is excerpted from the Yemeni legislation entitled "Republican Decree No. 2 of 1994 Concerning the Executive Regulation of Law No. 7 of 1990 Concerning Passports":
Article 3
Whosoever enjoys the Yemeni nationality shall be granted a passport in accordance with the following conditions and circumstances:
...
The applicant who is the son of a Yemeni emigrant domiciled in the country emigrated to, have to produce a birth certificate and fill the application form and which must be endorsed by the accredited diplomatic mission.
Article 6
An exigent travel document shall be issued for one trip only and shall be granted under the following circumstances:
...
Those who are born abroad to Yemeni emigrants and do not hold Yemeni documents establishing their identities after co-ordination with the Yemeni diplomatic or consular missions.
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
Republic of Yemen. 1994. "Republican Decree No. 2 of 1994 Concerning the Executive Regulation of Law No. 7 of 1990 Concerning Passports." (Republic of Yemen, 1997: Laws and Executive Regulations of The Immigration, Passports and Nationality Authority)
_____. 1994. "Republican Decree No. 3 of 1994: Executive Regulation of Law No. 6 of 1990 AD Concerning the Yemeni Nationality." (Republic of Yemen, 1997: Laws and Executive Regulations of The Immigration, Passports and Nationality Authority)
Additional Source Consulted
Letter to the Embassy of Yemen, Ottawa
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