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Pakistan

Pakistan allows its citizens to hold dual citizenship with 16 countries (official agreements). Please correct image Rzafar (talk) 18:15, 23 January 2011 (UTC)

Taiwan

Taiwan allows dual citizenship, I'm wonder why it is red on this map. zh: User: Elnino199127

Moldova

Moldova allows multiple citizenship. Why is it red? --Dima1 (talk) 09:19, 19 September 2011 (UTC)

Spain

The 1978 Spanish Constitution allows the dual nationality (Art. 11.3)

In Spanish:

"El Estado podrá concertar tratados de doble nacionalidad con los países iberoamericanos o con aquellos que hayan tenido o tengan una particular vinculación con España. En estos mismos países, aun cuando no reconozcan a sus ciudadanos un derecho recíproco, podrán naturalizarse los españoles sin perder su nacionalidad de origen."

North Korea

• Oddly enough, North Korea does allow multiple citizenship: [1] NKMS156 (talk) 10:54, 15 July 2015 (UTC)

Latvia

Latvia allows dual citizenship with some countries (Citizenship law, article 9) [2] 212.142.76.165 17:03, 15 November 2015 (UTC)

That is true! Please add another colour (maybe yellow), that signifies that dual citizenship is allowed in some cases (for Latvia). 185.85.219.28 11:06, 12 August 2016 (UTC)

Crimea

People who live in Crimea are allowed to have dual citizenship due to the Russian laws which operate here now. — Preceding unsigned comment was added by 130.255.129.251 (talk) 12:00, 27 July 2016 (UTC)

First, dual citizenship, so as citizenship at all, are not related to residency.

Second, Crimea is contested territory. 128.73.149.133 10:00, 11 September 2016 (UTC)

Accuracy

Apart that this version of the map does not include disputed European territories (e.g. Kosovo, Northern Cyprus etc) and new countries (e.g. South Sudan), it’s incomplete (e.g. Serbia (Serbian Ministry of Foreign Affairs, II Acquiring of citizenship by admission, C)), Albania (Article 3), Macedonia (Article 2) allow dual citizenship), it’s inaccurate (e.g. Germany allows dual citizenship on conditions (Germany ([3], [4], [5], [6]), and the map does not correspond with the text (e.g. appears Greece, Austria, and Germany as not allowing it, while text says –rightly–otherwise).

But the major problem is that while most of the (at least European) countries do allow a future citizen to retain the old citizenship, or allow own citizens to acquire a new citizenship ex lege, they do not allow own citizens to obtain another citizenship by will, before they renounce their citizenship (or automatically lose it). E.g. Greek citizen give birth to a child that ex lege can acquire (e.g.) Canadian citizenship: no problem, dual citizenship. Alien citizen (whose country allows dual citizenship) wants to become Greek citizen: no problem, dual citizenship. Greek citizen wants to become (e.g.) US citizen: problem, loses Greek citizenship. Greek citizen takes up public service in a foreign state, service that entails the acquisition of that foreign state: problem, loses Greek citizenship.

In order for this map to be accurate, it must include more legends, e.g.:

1. dual citizenship both ways – countries that allow a person wanting to become citizen not to relinquish prior citizenship, and a citizen want to acquire another citizenship, to retain the citizenship of his country
2. dual citizenship only ex lege – countries that allow a citizen acquire a citizenship of another country that is entitled ex lege, but would not allow a citizen to acquire willingly another citizenship before relinquishing his / her citizenship
3. only allow the citizenship of the country no matter what
4. limited to certain countries
5. Striped legend for conditions – that is, where there are conditions under which something is allowed or not allowed.

Or something like that. Actually, because only few countries (I don’t know, if any?) allow only the country’s citizenship NO MATTER WHAT, we can start by finding them and add them to the map as red. Then, find the countries that (again I don’t know if any) allows dual citizenship again no matter what (except of course of fraud, law violation etc), and add them with green. And stop there, because all the other countries in world would allow dual citizenship one way or another. Wolfymoza (talk) 06:37, 7 October 2016 (UTC)

It also seems that Mexico and Macedonia require foreign nationals to renounce their old citizenship before taking theirs, but do not require those who already hold citizenship to renounce their citizenship of those respective countries. Also, I believe we should have additional information about the countries which allow dual-citizenship in childhood only (Japan and South Korea, I believe) and countries which will only allow dual-citizenship theoretically with special permission (Saudi Arabia, Egypt, North Korea (apparently)). Germany is a complex case, which should really be striped with at least three colors (certain other countries, only those who already hold citizenship, theoretically with special permission).--Molandfreak (talk) 05:38, 11 October 2016 (UTC)

Egypt

Egypt allows dual citizenship! It only does not allow them from becoming parliamentarians. --Mahmudmasri (talk) 20:39, 9 September 2017 (UTC)

Official source (Google translated). Would someone please help correct the map? @NuclearVacuum: @Heitordp: ? I don't know how to edit svg files. --Mahmudmasri (talk) 21:31, 28 February 2018 (UTC)

Thanks for the explanation. I updated the map. Heitordp (talk) 21:38, 5 March 2018 (UTC)