What is Naturalization?
{{Sources|date=February 2025}} '''Naturalization''' is when a person changes their [[nationality]]. ==Overview== Most people have the nationality of the country where they are [[birth|born]] and grow up. In other cases, one can be a citizen of a [[country]] when the person has a [[parent]] or [[grandparent]] who was/is a [[citizen]] of a different country. If they [[Immigration|move]] to another country, they would keep their own nationality. However, if they stay there for a certain number of years, they may be able to change their nationality. ==Regional differences== Different countries have different laws about naturalization. Usually the person must make a promise in a court of [[law]]. He will have to promise to be a good citizen and obey the country's laws. A country may grant [[citizenship]] to someone who has not asked for it. Usually, a person can keep their first nationality when getting a new one. This is called ''dual nationality''. Sometimes children whose parents have different nationalities are allowed to have dual nationality. Someone who has been naturalized will normally have all the [[Civil rights|rights]] that any other person who belongs to that country has. ==Denaturalization== The reverse also happens. States sometimes [[loss of citizenship|remove the citizenship]] of certain naturalized citizens, which can leave the former citizen stateless. ==Related pages== * [[Civil rights]] * [[Immigration]] * [[Human rights]] * [[Egalitarianism]] {{politics-stub}} == References == [[Category:Citizenship]]