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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. 628) permits children of either a Dutch father or mother to receive Dutch nationality by descent. In the last case, the child gets Dutch nationality retroactively since the child's birth.įrom 1 January 1985 the Kingdom Act on the Netherlands nationality (Rijkswet op het Nederlanderschap 19 December 1984, Stb. Since then children who were not acknowledged before birth may nonetheless acquire Dutch citizenship through the option procedure, or through obtaining proof of paternity from a court. Before 1 April 2003, an acknowledgement could be given after birth. It is irrelevant where the child is born.Ī 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.

2.2 By acquisition of another citizenshipĪcquisition of citizenship By descent or automatic acquisition of Dutch nationality Ī person born on or after 1 January 1985 to a Dutch father or mother ( afstamming) is automatically a Dutch national at birth ( van rechtswege).

2.1 By residence outside the Netherlands.

1.4.2 Exemptions to the requirement to renounce foreign citizenship.1.4.1 Exemptions to the residence requirement.1.1 By descent or automatic acquisition of Dutch nationality.

A minor revision concerning people born before 1985 to a Dutch mother went into effect on 1 January 2011. The Kingdom Act on the Netherlands nationality was significantly amended with effect from 1 April 2003. Children born in the Netherlands to two foreign parents do not acquire Dutch citizenship at birth, unless special criteria are met.ĭespite the existence of four countries in the Kingdom of the Netherlands, only one category of citizen is distinguished in Dutch nationality law ( Nederlandse burgers). Thus citizenship is conferred primarily by birth to a Dutch parent, irrespective of place of birth. Rijkswet op het Nederlanderschap (Kingdom Law on Dutch Nationality)ĭutch 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.