Article 12. Citizenship of a child with different citizenship of the parents of the Law on Citizenship of the Republic of Kazakhstan

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If the parents have different nationalities, one of which was a citizen of the Republic of Kazakhstan at the time of the child's birth, the child is a citizen of the Republic of Kazakhstan if he was born:

1) on the territory of the Republic of Kazakhstan;

2) outside the Republic of Kazakhstan, but the parents or one of them had permanent residence in the territory of the Republic of Kazakhstan at that time.

In case of different citizenship of the parents, one of whom was a citizen of the Republic of Kazakhstan at the time of the child's birth, if at that time both parents had permanent residence outside the Republic of Kazakhstan, the citizenship of the child born outside the Republic of Kazakhstan is determined by written agreement of the parents.

A child, one of whose parents was a citizen of the Republic of Kazakhstan at the time of the child's birth, and the other was a stateless person, or his citizenship is unknown, is a citizen of the Republic of Kazakhstan regardless of the place of birth.

In case of establishing the paternity of a child whose mother is a stateless person, and a citizen of the Republic of Kazakhstan is recognized as the father, a child under the age of 14 becomes a citizen of the Republic of Kazakhstan, regardless of the place of birth. In the case of permanent residence of this child outside the Republic of Kazakhstan, his citizenship is determined by a written application from the parents.

If the parents could not come to an agreement on the citizenship of the child, the citizenship is determined in court.

The footnote. Article 12 as amended by the Laws of the Republic of Kazakhstan dated 05/17/2002 No. 322; dated 11/24/2015 No. 421-V (effective ten calendar days after the date of its first official publication).

The Law of the Republic of Kazakhstan dated December 20, 1991 1017-XII. This Law regulates the issues of citizenship of the Republic of Kazakhstan.

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