Rights groups in Kenya are campaigning for refugees married to Kenyans to obtain citizenship. The Kenyan Constitution allows foreign nationals married to Kenyans to register for citizenship after seven years of marriage. But they must have residency status to apply, […]
Enfants apatrides sans identité, fantômes et invisibles, l’État gabonais ne veut plus de cette situation sur son territoire. Notifiée en septembre 2022 par le ministre de la Santé, et sans grande portée, la gratuité et non conditionnelle de la délivrance des actes […]
By Maëliss GUILLAUD France’s highest administrative court has denied statelessness status to a Sahrawi-born individual residing in the country since 2013. The decision, based on procedural grounds and a narrow interpretation of statelessness, raises important questions about the imposition of […]
Issued by Angel Khanyile MP – DA Shadow Minister of Home Affairs The Department of Home Affairs’ is failing to issue Smart ID cards to naturalised South African citizens. While the DHA introduced Smart ID cards in 2013, priority was […]
By Hertta-Maria Amutenja The Namibian Government estimates that there are at least 141 048 stateless and undocumented people residing in Namibia. This was revealed by the Minster of Home Affairs, Immigration, Safety, and Security, Albert Kawana this week during the […]
« Nous sommes depuis lors, sans suite. Nous avons fourni tous les documents nécessaires en vue de l’établissement de l’acte de naissance de l’enfant. Comment allons-nous faire pour le scolariser, s’il n’a pas sa pièce d’état civil ? », s’interroge un parent. Les […]
La ministre de la Justice, Landy Mbolatiana Ramanantenasoa, a reçu le représentant de l’Organisation internationale de la francophonie (OIF), Léonard-Emile Ognimba, hier à Faravohitra. La lutte contre la corruption, la protection des données et l’octroi de l’état civil, ont été […]
The Executive Secretary of the National Identification Authority (NIA), Prof. Kenneth Agyemang Attafuah, has said over 800,000 printed national identification cards (Ghana Card) remain uncollected. According to Prof. Attafuah, the NIA has opened a total of 276 district offices which […]
GOVERNMENT NOTICE No. 428 published on 30/6/2023 Amendments to principal regulations (1997), and requirements and fees for residence permits. Download: Tanzania Immigration (Amendment) Regulations 2023
Summary: LHR and CCL is pleased to see that the Bill proposes provisions which allow for identity numbers which contain a non-binary gender marker; as well as the establishment of a database recording the details of non-nationals. We congratulate the […]
Bronwen Manby (European University Institute) On 13 June 2023, the South African Supreme Court of Appeal found to be unconstitutional the requirement established by the Citizenship Act for adults who voluntarily acquire another citizenship to gain permission to hold dual citizenship from the minister of […]
By Adeyemi Adepetun The number of National Identification Numbers (NINs) issued by the National Identity Management Commission (NIMC) has reached 101 million. According to the latest data from the NIMC, the issued NINs are now 101,013,279. The data show that […]