Uganda/South Africa: Whether a child born in Sudan of a South African father and a Ugandan mother has claim to either Ugandan or South African citizenship
| Publisher | Canada: Immigration and Refugee Board of Canada |
| Author | Research Directorate, Immigration and Refugee Board, Canada |
| Publication Date | 1 August 1998 |
| Citation / Document Symbol | ZZZ29915.E |
| Cite as | Canada: Immigration and Refugee Board of Canada, Uganda/South Africa: Whether a child born in Sudan of a South African father and a Ugandan mother has claim to either Ugandan or South African citizenship, 1 August 1998, ZZZ29915.E, available at: https://www.refworld.org/docid/3ae6aac614.html [accessed 21 May 2023] |
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Conditions for a claim to South African citizenship by a person born outside of South African by a South African father and a non-South African mother are spelled out in the attached letter from the High Commission for South Africa (12 Aug. 1998).
According to article 10 (b) of the Constitution of Uganda, "every person born in or outside Uganda one of whose parents or grandparents was at the time of birth of that person a citizen of Uganda by birth," is a citizen of Uganda (Flanz Mar. 1996, 14). However, Uganda does not recognize dual citizenship and the Constitution stipulates that "a Ugandan citizen shall not hold the citizenship of another country concurrently with his or her Ugandan citizenship." Furthermore, "a citizen of Uganda shall cease forthwith to be a citizen of Uganda if, on attaining the age of eighteen years he or she, by voluntary act other than marriage, acquires or retains the citizenship of a country other than Uganda" (ibid.). For additional information on Ugandan citizenship, please consult Constitutions of the Countries of the World, Vol. 20. Chapter 3, pages 11-19, available at Regional Documentation Centres.
This Response was prepared after researching publicly accessible information currently available to the Research Directorate 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.
References
Flanz, Gisbert H. March 1996. Vol. 20. "Republic of Uganda, " Constitutions of the Countries of the World. Edited by Gisbert H. Flanz. Dobbs Ferry, NY: Oceana Publications.
High Commission for South Africa, Ottawa. 12 August 1998. Letter received by fax.
Attachment
High Commission for South Africa, Ottawa. 12 August 1998. Letter received by fax.
