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Is refusal to renew passport sufficient for applying as a stateless person in Switzerland
That's not possible because you are not stateless. You could presumably easily return to your country and serve in the military if you wanted to, that's pretty much the opposite of statelessness.
You ...
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Could one renounce one's native citizenship in order to prevent a second, naturalized citizenship from being revoked?
Such a scenario is indeed possible. For example, I know several countries where the law allows the authorities to strip a recently naturalised citizen of their citizenship if they have been found ...
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Could one renounce one's native citizenship in order to prevent a second, naturalized citizenship from being revoked?
First of all, we need to clarify what you mean by "revoke" here. Several of countries that you claimed can "revoke" the citizenship of naturalized citizens, including the US and Canada, actually ...
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Who has "always been stateless"?
Statelessness is a kind of negative state (falling through the cracks as it were) so I am not sure a full list can be created but here are some (actual, not merely theoretical) cases:
Born to parents ...
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Renouncing your citizenship but the government doesn't accept; can you still get a stateless person passport from Germany?
No, this is not the case. Germany will not consider you stateless.
In certain circumstances, Germany will tolerate dual citizenship upon nationalization.
Some countries don't allow a renunciation at ...
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Passport renewal refusal
You're not technically stateless if your home country has not actually revoked your nationality. Passports and nationality are different things. Refusing to issue you a passport does not mean they are ...
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Can stateless individuals in the European Union legally reside and work there?
Remember, any advice given is very YMMV but this is my understanding as it stands:
The UK will give you stateless person status if you willfully renounce your citizenship, provided you meet all other ...
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Passport renewal refusal
We are expecting a child anytime soon and in this scenario we wouldn't be able to transfer our nationality to child as we don't have passports and child's birth certificate couldn't be produced ...
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Passport renewal refusal
We are expecting a child anytime soon and in this scenario we wouldn't be able to transfer our nationality to child as we don't have passports and child's birth certificate couldn't be produced ...
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Can you work as a stateless person in Scotland?
If you are outside the UK you need a visa to enter for work. You can check this out here https://www.gov.uk/check-uk-visa/y, by selecting ‘Stateless or refugee’ as the nationality option.
If you’re ...
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Who has "always been stateless"?
An individual is born in a country that does not grant citizenship by virtue of being born there (jus solis) to parents whose birth country/countries don't grant/recognize birthright citizenship.
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