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Rwandan nationality law is regulated by the Constitution of Rwanda, as amended; the Nationality Code of Rwanda (French: Code de la nationalité rwandaise), and its revisions; the Law of Persons and Family; and various international agreements to which the country is a signatory. These laws determine who is, or is eligible to be, a national of ...
The Rwandan passport is a passport issued by the Republic of Rwanda to Rwandan citizens for the purpose of international travel. Rwanda started issuing East African Community Biometric Passport also known as e-Passport (with which entry to all east African countries is visa-free) in June 2019 replacing the old ones that will only stay valid until June 2021.
The authorities of various states place administrative entry restrictions on citizens of Rwanda.As of 2 July 2019, Rwandan citizens had visa-free or visa on arrival access to 54 countries and territories, ranking the Rwandan passport 89th in terms of travel freedom (tied with the passports of Gabon, Guinea, Senegal and Togo) according to the Henley Passport Index.
In September 2024, Rwanda signed mutual visa waiver agreements with the Dominican Republic, Dominica and the Bahamas which are yet to be ratified. [9] [10] [11] Rwanda signed visa exemption agreements for holders of diplomatic and service passports with Azerbaijan in September 2023 and with Kazakhstan in September 2024 and they are yet to be ...
Jus sanguinis (English: / dʒ ʌ s ˈ s æ ŋ ɡ w ɪ n ɪ s / juss SANG-gwin-iss [1] or / j uː s-/ yooss -, [2] Latin: [juːs ˈsaŋɡwɪnɪs]), meaning 'right of blood', is a principle of nationality law by which nationality is determined or acquired by the nationality of one or both parents.
A prominent example of a country with jus matrimonii laws is Cape Verde. The common practice within and among states at the beginning of the 20th century was that a woman should have the nationality of her husband; i.e., upon marrying a foreigner, the wife would automatically acquire the nationality of her husband and lose her previous ...
Naturalization (or naturalisation) is the legal act or process by which a non-national of a country acquires the nationality of that country after birth. [1] The definition of naturalization by the International Organization for Migration of the United Nations excludes citizenship that is automatically acquired (e.g. at birth) or is acquired by declaration.
Multiple citizenship (or multiple nationality) is a person's legal status in which a person is at the same time recognized by more than one country under its nationality and citizenship law as a national or citizen of that country.