The Council as a whole supported the law on the introduction of the Institute of Multiple Citizenship in Ukraine

On May 18, the Verkhovna Rada adopted in general the bill No. 11469 on the introduction of the Institute of Multiple Citizenship in Ukraine.

Source: MP Yaroslav Zheleznyak in Telegram

Direct Language: “Parliament has generally adopted a law on the introduction of the Institute of Multiple Citizenship in Ukraine No. 11469”.

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Details: According to him, 243 people’s deputies voted in favor of the relevant decision.

“All the amendments were taken into account as it was in the Committee,” Zheleznyak said.

What was before:

On December 17, the Verkhovna Rada adopted as a basis the bill “On Amendments to Certain Laws of Ukraine on Ensuring the exercise of the right to acquire and preserve Ukrainian citizenship”.

In August, President Volodymyr Zelensky submitted to the Verkhovna Rada a project of the Law on Multiple Citizenship.

The explanatory note is indicatedthat the adoption of this law will help to ensure the conditions for the return of citizens who have left Ukraine through the war, as well as their citizenship of Ukraine.

In addition, it will expand the opportunities for acquiring Ukrainian citizenship with some categories of foreigners and stateless people.

The head of state proposes that the multiplicity of citizenship (nationality) is allowed in the following cases:

• simultaneous acquisition of the child by birth of Ukrainian citizenship and citizenship of another state;
• acquisition of a child who is a citizen of Ukraine, the citizenship of his adopters-foreigners;
• automatic acquisition of other citizenship by the citizen of Ukraine as a result of marriage with a foreigner;
• automatic acquisition by a citizen of Ukraine who has reached the age of majority, other citizenship as a result of the application of the legislation on citizenship of a foreign state, if such a citizen of Ukraine did not receive a document confirming the presence of another state’s citizenship with him;
• acquisition of Ukrainian citizenship in a simplified manner for foreigners who are citizens of states who are included in the list of those who can obtain citizenship in a simplified manner;
• The acquisition of citizenship of states by the citizen of Ukraine from the list of those whose citizens acquire the citizenship of Ukraine in a simplified manner.

In addition, the multiplicity of citizenship will not be admitted to people who have Russian citizenship (ie a country recognized by the Verkhovna Rada of the aggressor state / occupier) or a state that does not recognize the territorial integrity and sovereignty of Ukraine.