Glossary
The EMN Glossary – as one of the key products of the EMN - improves comparability by enabling a common understanding and use of terms and definitions relating to asylum and migration. The Glossary draws on a variety of sources, but primarily on the legislation of the EU asylum and immigration acquis, and makes terms available in the majority of EU Member State languages.
The online version is regularly updated and available in various languages.
- BG: придобиване на гражданство
- CZ: nabytí státního občanství
- DE: Erwerb der Staatsangehörigkeit / Staatsbürgerschaft
- EE: kodakondsuse omandamine / kodakondsuse saamine
- EN: acquisition of citizenship
- ES: adquisición y atribución de nacionalidad
- FI: kansalaisuuden saaminen
- FR: acquisition de la citoyenneté
- GA: saoránacht a fháil
- GR: κτήση ιθαγένειας
- HU: állampolgárság megszerzése
- IT: acquisizione di cittadinanza
- LT: pilietybės įgijimas
- LV: pilsonības iegūšana
- MT: Ksib ta’ ċittadinanza
- NL: verkrijging van het staatsburgerschap
- NO: erverv av statsborgerskap (b) / erverv av statsborgarskap (n)
- PL: nabywanie obywatelstwa
- PT: aquisição de nacionalidade
- RO: obtinerea cetateniei / dobandirea cetateniei
- SE: förvärv av medborgarskap
- SK: nadobudnutie štátneho občianstva / získanie štátneho občianstva
- SL: pridobitev državljanstva
The particular legal bond between an individual and their State, acquired by birth or naturalisation, whether by declaration, choice, marriage or other means according to national legislation.
2. One of the possible ways of acquiring citizenship is through naturalisation, which refers more to the decision / administrative process by the relevant authorities for the granting of nationality.
EUDO Glossary on Citizenship and Nationality
- BG: гражданство
- CZ: státní občanství
- DE: Staatsangehörigkeit / Staatsbürgerschaft
- EE: kodakondsus
- EN: citizenship
- ES: nacionalidad
- FI: kansalaisuus
- FR: citoyenneté
- GA: saoránacht
- GR: ιθαγένεια; υπηκοότητα
- HU: állampolgárság
- IT: cittadinanza
- LT: pilietybė
- LV: pilsonība
- MT: Ċittadinanza
- NL: staatsburgerschap
- NO: statsborgerskap (b) / statsborgarskap (n)
- PL: obywatelstwo
- PT: nacionalidade
- RO: cetăţenie
- SE: medborgarskap
- SK: štátne občianstvo / štátna príslušnosť
- SL: državljanstvo
The particular legal bond between an individual and their State, acquired by birth or naturalisation, whether by declaration, choice, marriage or other means according to national legislation.
2. According to Art. 1 of the Hague Convention on Certain Questions Relating to the Conflict of Nationality Law, 1930, it is for each State to determine under its own laws who are its nationals.
3. The tie of nationality confers individual rights and imposes obligations that a State reserves for its population. Nationality carries with it certain consequences as regards migration, such as the right of a State to protect its nationals against violations of their individual rights committed by foreign authorities (particularly by means of diplomatic protection), the duty to accept its nationals onto its territory, and the prohibition to expel them.
- BG: натурализация
- CZ: nabytí občanství
- DE: Einbürgerung
- EE: naturalisatsioon
- EN: naturalisation
- ES: adquisición de nacionalidad
- FI: kansalaistaminen
- FR: naturalisation
- GA: eadóirsiú; eadóirseacht
- GR: πολιτογράφηση
- HU: honosítás
- IT: naturalizzazione
- LT: natūralizacija
- LV: naturalizācija
- MT: Naturalizzazzjoni
- NL: naturalisatie
- NO: naturalisering
- PL: naturalizacja
- PT: naturalização
- RO: obţinerea cetăţeniei / naturalizare
- SE: naturalisation
- SK: naturalizácia
- SL: naturalizacija
Any mode of acquisition after birth of a nationality not previously held by the target person that requires an application by this person or their legal agent as well as an act of granting nationality by a public authority.
This definition does not include automatic acquisition that is not initiated by the individual concerned or their legal agent (even in cases where the individual has an option to decline this attribution of nationality) or acquisition of nationality based on a unilateral act by the target person (e.g. acquisition by declaration or option).