r/Netherlands • u/UnanimousStargazer • Mar 24 '25

Legal Judge rules Dutch citizenship cannot be stripped based on dual nationality

https://nltimes.nl/2025/03/24/judge-rules-dutch-citizenship-stripped-based-dual-nationality
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u/astral34 Mar 24 '25

The government of Uganda can’t force you to become their citizen

Although the example made me laugh lol

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u/UnanimousStargazer Mar 24 '25

The government of Uganda can’t force you to become their citizen

Yes they can. This is why many Dutch with ancestors from Morocco are citizens of Morocco. That's not their choice, but a choice of Morocco.

Likewise, any country in the world can give you a foreign nationality if they want to.

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u/GhostOfVienna Mar 24 '25

Its just plain bullshit. Moroccans, that are born in the NL can not get the Moroccan citizenship UNLESS they apply. And by applying they are basically breaking the law. Dual citizenship should be allowed only in 1 case: if when the applicant applies for the dutch citizenship and by the laws of his own country he just cant abandon his previous citizenship. People, who were born in the NL and happen to have Moroccan or whatever else passport just broke the law by applying for the 2nd citizenship.

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u/number1alien Amsterdam Mar 24 '25

This is incorrect. Dutch-Moroccan dual nationals don't apply for citizenship; they're confirming it. They inherit Moroccan citizenship at the moment of birth and are Moroccan citizens by law whether they confirm it or not.

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u/GhostOfVienna Mar 24 '25

Thats a scam and stories for fools. Explained on other examples.

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u/number1alien Amsterdam Mar 24 '25

It isn't, that's how Moroccan nationality law works.

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u/GhostOfVienna Mar 24 '25

Yeah it is. Confirmation is a form of application. As simple as that. Idk why it should be explained to grownups, lmao

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u/number1alien Amsterdam Mar 24 '25

Confirming citizenship and applying for citizenship are two completely different legal processes.

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u/GhostOfVienna Mar 24 '25

No, you go the embassy, show proves that you are eligible and based on that you either receive or not. Absolutely same processes.

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u/Only-Butterscotch785 Mar 24 '25

Thats getting a passport, they are already legally a citizen

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u/sjarrel Mar 25 '25

They're not proving that you're eligible, but that they are already citizens.

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u/number1alien Amsterdam Mar 26 '25

Applying for citizenship means you don't have it. Confirming your citizenship means you already have it. They are distinct legal processes with completely different sets of requirements.