The Netherlands: Information on whether a child born in the Netherlands is automatically a national of the Netherlands
| Publisher | Canada: Immigration and Refugee Board of Canada |
| Author | Research Directorate, Immigration and Refugee Board, Canada |
| Publication Date | 1 July 1992 |
| Citation / Document Symbol | NLD11250 |
| Cite as | Canada: Immigration and Refugee Board of Canada, The Netherlands: Information on whether a child born in the Netherlands is automatically a national of the Netherlands, 1 July 1992, NLD11250, available at: https://www.refworld.org/docid/3ae6ab8650.html [accessed 21 May 2023] |
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A Consular Officer at the Embassy of the Netherlands in Ottawa provided the following information on the above subject during a telephone interview on 13 July 1992.
A child born in the Netherlands is not automatically a national of the Netherlands unless one of the child's parents is a Dutch national. A child would also be a national of the Netherlands if the child's father or mother who died before or during the child's birth was a Dutch national.
There are also exceptional cases. For instance, an abandoned child found on a Dutch ship or airplane would be considered a Dutch national. However, the government of the Netherlands would revoke the child's Dutch nationality within five years if it found that the child possessed another nationality.
Attached please find an official translation of Act of 19 Dec[ember] 1982 Containing New, General Stipulations Re Dutch Citizenship, Replacing the Act of 12 Dec[ember] 1892, Gazette 268 Re Dutch Citizenship and Residentship (Act on Netherlandership). This document corroborates the above-mentioned information while also providing information on the status of a child born of a mother or father who is residing in the Netherlands. It also provides information on different avenues through which a person may acquire Dutch nationality.
Additional information on the above subject is currently unavailable to the IRBDC.
Reference
Official Gazette of the Kingdom of The Netherlands, Year 1984. Act of 19 Dec[ember] 1982 Containing New, General Stipulations Re Dutch Citizenship, Replacing the Act of 12 Dec[ember] 1892, Gazette 268 Re Dutch Citizenship and Residentship (Act on Netherlandership). Translated by Secretary of State of Canada, Multilingual Services Division: Translation Bureau.
Embassy of the Netherlands, Ottawa. 13 July 1992. Telephone Interview with Consular Officer.
Attachment
Official Gazette of the Kingdom of The Netherlands, Year 1984. Act of 19 Dec[ember] 1982 Containing New, General Stipulations Re Dutch Citizenship, Replacing the Act of 12 Dec[ember] 1892, Gazette 268 Re Dutch Citizenship and Residentship (Act on Netherlandership). Translated by Secretary of State of Canada, Multilingual Services Division: Translation Bureau, pp. 1-9.
