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• Saeimas Legal Committee established a sub-committee on elaboration of draft amendments to the Citizenship Law

The Saeima’s Legal Committee decided to establish a sub-committee on elaboration of draft amendments to the Citizenship Law. It is planned to discuss allowing dual citizenship to children born abroad in a family of Latvian citizen and foreigner and to those who got deprived of Latvian citizenship after receiving other’s countries citizenship. The MPs also will discuss granting Latvian citizenship to Latvians who emigrated from the country before the restoration of independence in 1991 (at present, only those immigrants were granted Latvian citizenship who registered before 1995); and granting citizenship automatically to children born in a family of Latvian non-citizens.

The Saeimas Legal Committee decided to establish a sub-committee on elaboration of draft amendments to the Citizenship Law. It is planned to discuss allowing dual citizenship to children born abroad in a family of Latvian citizen and foreigner and to those who got deprived of Latvian citizenship after receiving others countries citizenship. The MPs also will discuss granting Latvian citizenship to Latvians who emigrated from the country before the restoration of independence in 1991 (at present, only those immigrants were granted Latvian citizenship who registered before 1995); and granting citizenship automatically to children born in a family of Latvian non-citizens. Vesti Segodnya