Cape Verdean nationality law

Cape Verdean Nationality Law
Parliament of Cape Verde
  • Lei nº 80/III/90, de 29 de junio de 1990: Lei da Nacionalidade, condições de atribuição, aquisição, perda e reaquisição da nacionalidade cabo-verdiana
Enacted byGovernment of Cape Verde
Status: Current legislation

Cape Verdean nationality law is regulated by the Constitution of Cape Verde, as amended; the Nationality Act, and its revisions; and various international agreements to which the country is a signatory.[1][2] These laws determine who is, or is eligible to be, a national of Cape Verde.[3] 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.[4][5] Cape Verdean nationality is typically obtained under the principle of jus sanguinis, i.e. by birth in Cape Verde or abroad to parents with Cape Verdean nationality.[6] 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.[7]

  1. ^ Manby 2010, pp. 45, 96.
  2. ^ CEDAW Committee 2019.
  3. ^ Manby 2010, pp. 3–4.
  4. ^ Fransman 2011, p. 4.
  5. ^ Rosas 1994, p. 34.
  6. ^ Manby 2010, pp. 38, 40.
  7. ^ Manby 2010, p. 68.