Honduras: Information on the process for a Honduran national in Mexico to renounce his Honduran citizenship, on the process to re-acquire his Honduran citizenship, and on the possibility of Honduran citizenship being available to his Mexican wife and Mexican-born children, 1989 to present
| Publisher | Canada: Immigration and Refugee Board of Canada |
| Author | Research Directorate, Immigration and Refugee Board, Canada |
| Publication Date | 1 July 1997 |
| Citation / Document Symbol | HND27367.E |
| Cite as | Canada: Immigration and Refugee Board of Canada, Honduras: Information on the process for a Honduran national in Mexico to renounce his Honduran citizenship, on the process to re-acquire his Honduran citizenship, and on the possibility of Honduran citizenship being available to his Mexican wife and Mexican-born children, 1989 to present, 1 July 1997, HND27367.E, available at: https://www.refworld.org/docid/3ae6ac1924.html [accessed 17 May 2023] |
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Please note that the Honduran constitution distinguishes between nationality and citizenship.
For information on the process for a Honduran national married to a Mexican citizen to renounce Honduran citizenship, please consult the copy of the current Law on Nationality and Naturalization attached to Response to Information Request MEX15021 of 13 August 1993, available in all Regional Documentation Centres.
In a 30 July 1997 telephone interview, a consular representative of the Embassy of Honduras in Ottawa stated that someone who is a Honduran by birth automatically reaquires his Honduran nationality and citizenship after taking up residency in Honduras and declaring his or her intent to recover Honduran nationality to Ministry of the Interior and Justice authorities. Someone who is a Honduran by birth would also have to renounce his Mexican citizenship, as would his Mexican-born wife and children, before the same Ministry of the Interior and Justice authorities if Honduran nationality is to be obtained (ibid.). Dual nationality is not permitted in Honduras (ibid.). The source added that the Mexican-born wife and children would not automatically acquire Honduran nationality, but could not specify how long the process would take (ibid.).
Information on the reacquisition of Honduran nationality for someone who was a Honduran national by birth and the possibility of obtaining Honduran nationality for the spouse and children of someone who was a Honduran by birth can be found in the attached articles from the Constitution of the Republic of Honduras, as published in Constitutions of the Countries of the World.
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.
Reference
Embassy of Honduras, Ottawa. 30 July 1997. Telephone interview with consular representative.
Attachment
Blaustein, Albert P. June 1997. Vol. 8. "The Constitution of the Republic of Honduras," Constitutions of the Countries of the World. Edited by Gisbert H. Flanz. Dobbs Ferry, NY: Oceana Publications, pp. 8-13.
