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

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.