Sri Lanka/Malaysia: Current information on whether a Malaysian national can acquire Sri Lankan citizenship by marriage to a Sri Lankan national, and on the procedures to do so
| Publisher | Canada: Immigration and Refugee Board of Canada |
| Author | Research Directorate, Immigration and Refugee Board, Canada |
| Publication Date | 1 May 1997 |
| Citation / Document Symbol | ZZZ26933.E |
| Cite as | Canada: Immigration and Refugee Board of Canada, Sri Lanka/Malaysia: Current information on whether a Malaysian national can acquire Sri Lankan citizenship by marriage to a Sri Lankan national, and on the procedures to do so, 1 May 1997, ZZZ26933.E, available at: https://www.refworld.org/docid/3ae6acba54.html [accessed 7 June 2023] |
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For information on the acquisition of Sri Lankan citizenship by marriage, please consult Part III ("Citizenship by Registration"), in particular Section 12 ("Registration of spouse, widow or widower of citizen of Ceylon"), of the Citizenship Act of Sri Lanka of 15 November 1948. This Citizenship Act includes amendments up to and including 2 April 1993. This Act is available on REFLEG of the UNHCR's REFWORLD database, which can be found in the "Research: Country of Origin Research" section of SHARENET, which is available at Regional Documentation Centres.
For additional information, please also consult Responses to Information Requests LKA20930.E of 8 August 1995 and LKA21792.E of 5 September 1995 which provide information on the acquisition of Sri Lankan citizenship by marriage. These Responses are available at Regional Documentation Centres.
This Response was prepared after researching publicly accessible information currently available to the DIRB within time constraints. This Response is not, and does not purport to be, conclusive as to the merit of any particular claim to refugee status or asylum.
