Honduras: Information on the acquisition of Honduran nationality by a person born of foreign parents in Honduras
| Publisher | Canada: Immigration and Refugee Board of Canada |
| Author | Research Directorate, Immigration and Refugee Board, Canada |
| Publication Date | 1 September 1992 |
| Citation / Document Symbol | HND11589 |
| Cite as | Canada: Immigration and Refugee Board of Canada, Honduras: Information on the acquisition of Honduran nationality by a person born of foreign parents in Honduras, 1 September 1992, HND11589, available at: http://www.refworld.org/docid/3ae6acd414.html [accessed 5 November 2017] |
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In addition to the information on the above subject provided by previous Responses to Information Requests, the information that follows was provided by the Consul of Honduras in Canada (16 Sept. 1992). Additional and/or corroborating information could not be found among the sources currently available to the IRBDC.
All persons born in Honduras, except those born of foreign parents fulfilling a diplomatic mission in the country, have the right to acquire Honduran nationality. The procedure for acquiring Honduran nationality must be carried out in Honduras by a lawyer. The document needed to request Honduran nationality is a Honduran birth certificate. If the person does not have a copy of the certificate, one may be obtained from the public records. The task is made much easier if the person knows his/her approximate place and date of birth. If a birth certificate for the person does not exist, a hospital's birth record or a church's baptismal record may enable the person to begin the process to obtain Honduran nationality. A person may request Honduran nationality at any age, although minors require their parents' approval for carrying out the procedure. The only case in which Honduran nationality would certainly be denied is when the person holds another nationality and intends to continue holding the other country's nationality.
Reference
Consulate of Honduras, Ottawa. 16 September 1992. Telephone Interview with Consul.
