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Old 7th September 2004, 04:23 PM   #1 (permalink)
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Default Trip Report - Singapore / Malaysia

Miguel Cruz wrote:
>
> Gregory Morrow <gregorymorrowLUCKBEALADYTONIGHT@> wrote:
> > Malaysian women who are married to non-Malaysian men and give birth to
> > children outside of Malaysia cannot confer citizenship to their children,
> > these children are considered foreigners, into Malaysia. When a child is
> > born outside Malaysia, the child is not conferred citizenship by operation
> > of the law unless the father is a Malaysian citizen.5 A child whose mother
> > is a Malaysian citizen does not share the same privilege. The father must be
> > a Malaysian citizen in order for the child to be conferred citizenship in
> > Malaysia.

>
> It worked this way in the Netherlands up until a few years ago.
>

In the UK, too, until 1983.

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