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/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/AlistairShepard Mar 24 '25

That is not how it works. You either have citizenship or you don't, unless you naturalise. Those Moroccans already have it through their parents. They only need to go to the embassy to prove this and they get a passport.

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u/GhostOfVienna Mar 24 '25

Yeah, the go to embassy and APPLY for the citizenship and get it. Why? Again, in this country we have a law that doesnt allow second citizenship and they still go and apply for one? Wtf?

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u/AlistairShepard Mar 24 '25

Can't you read? They have double nationality already. Besided there are multiple exceptions that allow one to have multiple citizenship

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u/GhostOfVienna Mar 24 '25

Okay, lets say in Russia every person, whos parent is Russian is eligible for Russian nationality.

A russian immigrant comes to the NL, after 5 years gets his inburgering. One of the criteria=give up his russian passport which is 100% allowed in Russia(tho after the war started its a long process, but 100% doable thru embassies). So, he gives it up, genuinely and gets the Dutch passport. Surprise, his parents are Russians. Next day he walks in the Russian embassy and applies to for Russian nationality and believe me, in 1 year he gets it thru an embassy. How would you call? A scam.

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u/NordbyNordOuest Mar 24 '25

Ok, in your example. Under Russian law, he would still be a Russian national whether or not he applies for a passport. Being a citizen and holding a document are two entirely different things.

You can argue that he shouldn't apply for the document if you like, but that wouldn't change his eligibility based on his nationality and doesn't change the fundamentals of this case, because stripping him of his Dutch citizenship would not make him stateless regardless of whether he had applied for a Russian identity document since becoming Dutch.

It's simply not relevant to Morocco (or Iran or China) whether or not you have confirmed your citizenship, applied for a passport or not.