freedomdwarf1
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ORIGINAL: Greta75 In my country, if a foreigner marries a Singaporean, and have a kid in our country, that kid couldn't even get citizenship automatically most of the time, also the foreigner cannot get citizenship through marriage, they still need to prove they got the skills to contribute to the country to get citizenship or that person will get deported, regardless of marriage. Wrong!! For someone who is apparently a born-and-bred Singaporean, you don't know your own laws. Singaporean nationality law Singaporean nationality law is derived from the Constitution of Singapore and is based on jus sanguinis and a modified form of jus soli. There are four ways of acquiring Singaporean citizenship: by birth, by descent, by registration or by naturalisation. Citizenship by birth A person is a Singaporean citizen by birth if he or she is born in Singapore with at least one parent who is a Singaporean citizen provided both parents are registered officially as legally married. Citizenship by descent A person born outside Singapore on or after 15 May 2004, with at least one parent who is a Singaporean citizen, is a Singaporean citizen by descent. If the parent from whom the child derives citizenship is a Singaporean citizen by descent, the parent must have been resident in Singapore for a total of at least four years before the child's birth or a total of at least one year out of the five years immediately preceding the child's birth. Citizenship by registration Registration is the term used in the Constitution to refer to the process commonly known as naturalisation. A person can apply for registration as a Singaporean citizen if he or she has been a Permanent Resident for at least two years and is gainfully employed or married to a Singaporean citizen. Citizenship by naturalisation Although provided for in the Constitution, citizenship by naturalisation is no longer granted. The government instead uses the constitutional provision for citizenship by registration to grant citizenship to resident aliens. It looks very similar to most western world rules for citizenship.
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