Angolan nationality law

Angolan Nationality Law
Parliament of Angola
  • Lei nº 02/16, de 15 de abril de 2016: Lei da Nacionalidade, que estabelece as condições de atribuição, aquisição, perda e reaquisição da nacionalidade angolana
Enacted byGovernment of Angola
Status: Current legislation

Angolan nationality law is regulated by the Constitution of Angola, as amended; the Nationality Act, and its revisions; and various international agreements to which the country is a signatory.[1] These laws determine who is, or is eligible to be, a national of Angola.[2] The legal means to acquire nationality, formal legal membership in a nation, differ from the domestic relationship of rights and obligations between a national and the nation, known as citizenship.[3][4] Angolan nationality is typically obtained under the principle of jus sanguinis, i.e. by birth in Angola or abroad to parents with Angolan nationality.[5] It can be granted to persons with an affiliation to the country, or to a permanent resident who has lived in the country for a given period of time through naturalization.[6]

  1. ^ Jerónimo 2019, pp. 3, 9.
  2. ^ Jerónimo 2019, p. 9.
  3. ^ Fransman 2011, p. 4.
  4. ^ Rosas 1994, p. 34.
  5. ^ Jerónimo 2019, p. 7.
  6. ^ Jerónimo 2019, pp. 8–9.