Botswana to allow dual citizenship

Progressive: Batshu
Progressive: Batshu

Minister of Nationality, Immigration and Gender Affairs, Edwin Batshu intends to present to Parliament a Bill to amend the Citizenship Act in order to allow for dual citizenship in certain restricted circumstances.

The objective of the Bill is to amend the Citizenship Act among others to “resume Botswana citizenship of persons who ceased to be citizens of Botswana as a result of acquiring citizenship of another country as a consequence of marriage” and “align the act with the age of majority set out in the Interpretation Act”.

The Citizenship (Amendment) Bill of 2016 was published on January 27, 2017 in the Government Gazette.

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