El Salvador: Information on the acquisition of Salvadoran nationality by the wife and son of a Salvadoran, and the possibility of multiple nationality
| Publisher | Canada: Immigration and Refugee Board of Canada |
| Author | Research Directorate, Immigration and Refugee Board, Canada |
| Publication Date | 1 April 1992 |
| Citation / Document Symbol | SLV10486 |
| Cite as | Canada: Immigration and Refugee Board of Canada, El Salvador: Information on the acquisition of Salvadoran nationality by the wife and son of a Salvadoran, and the possibility of multiple nationality, 1 April 1992, SLV10486, available at: https://www.refworld.org/docid/3ae6abfd98.html [accessed 1 June 2023] |
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Please find attached a copy of Response to Information Request SLV10190 of 22 January 1992 and the section on citizenship (Title IV) of the Salvadoran Constitution, as published in Constitutions of the Countries of the World. The latter document indicates that the children of a Salvadoran parent are "Salvadorians by birth," adding that a foreign woman who marries a Salvadoran man and has two years of residence in El Salvador "prior to or after the time of marriage" may obtain Salvadoran status by naturalization (Blaustein & Flanz 1984, 40-41).
Response to Information Request SLV10190 quotes the Embassy of El Salvador in Ottawa as indicating that El Salvador allows multiple nationality. The attached copy of the Salvadoran Constitution states that "Salvadorans by birth have the right to enjoy double or multiple nationalities," and indicates that "natives of other states that constituted the Federal Republic of Central America, who, having a domicile in El Salvador, declare, before a competent authority, their desire to be Salvadorian" are considered Salvadorans by birth who are not required to renounce their nationality of origin (Blaustein & Flanz 1984, 40).
A staff member of the Embassy of El Salvador in Ottawa added that, although Salvadorans by birth can hold multiple nationalities, the possibility of a foreigner acquiring Salvadoran nationality without losing the previous nationality would depend on the country of origin of the person (24 Apr. 1992).
Additional and/or corroborating information could not be found among the sources currently available to the IRBDC.
References
Blaustein, Albert P. and Gisbert H. Flanz, eds. 1984. "El Salvador," Constitutions of the Countries of the World. Updated by Steven A. Holt and Albert P. Blaustein. Dobbs Ferry, NY: Oceana Publications.
Embassy of El Salvador, Ottawa. 24 April 1992. Telephone Interview with Staff Member.
Immigration and Refugee Board Documentation Centre (IRBDC), Ottawa. 22 January 1992. Response to Information Request SLV10190.
Attachments
Blaustein, Albert P. and Gisbert H. Flanz, eds. 1984. "El Salvador," Constitutions of the Countries of the World. Updated by Steven A. Holt and Albert P. Blaustein. Dobbs Ferry, NY: Oceana Publications, pp. 40-41.
Immigration and Refugee Board Documentation Centre (IRBDC), Ottawa. 22 January 1992. Response to Information Request SLV10190.
