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The legal means to acquire nationality, formal legal membership in a nation, differ from the domestic relationship of rights and obligations between a national and the nation, known as citizenship. [4] [5] Samoan nationality is typically obtained either on the principle of jus soli (by birth in Samoa) or under the rules of jus sanguinis (by ...
Message in the passport of an American Samoan, stating that the passport holder is a "national", but not a citizen, of the United StatesAmerican Samoa is a territory of the United States with a population of about 44,000 people, [1] but the people of American Samoa do not have birthright citizenship in the United States (unless at least one of their parents was a U.S. citizen at the time of ...
The Citizenship (Western Samoa) (Restoration) Amendment Act 2024 proposes restoring citizenship eligibility to a group of older Samoans born between 1924 and 1949 when Samoa was still a New Zealand League of Nations mandate territory. [5] [4] The Act grants New Zealand citizenship to: Persons who were born in Samoa between 13 May 1924 and 1 ...
Samoa Police Service; Samoan nationality law; Supreme Court of Samoa This page was last edited on 31 March 2022, at 13:39 (UTC). Text is available under the Creative ...
The Constitution of Samoa is a written constitution which is the supreme law in Samoa. It establishes Samoa as a parliamentary republic with a Westminster system and responsible government . It outlines the structure and powers of the Samoan government's three parts: the executive , legislature , and judiciary .
Pages in category "Law of American Samoa" The following 11 pages are in this category, out of 11 total. ... American Samoan citizenship and nationality; C.
Tuaua v. United States is a court case, originally filed in 2012, [1] in which a group of American Samoans sued the State Department and the Obama administration.They sued to force the government to recognize American Samoans' birthright citizenship, arguing that the Fourteenth Amendment to the United States Constitution guarantees that anyone born in the United States is automatically granted ...
The Legislative Assembly (Samoan: Fono Aoao Faitulafono a Samoa), also known as the Parliament of Samoa (Samoan: Palemene o Samoa), is the national legislature of Samoa, seated at Apia, where the country's central administration is situated. Samoan Parliament is composed of two parts: the O le Ao o le Malo (head of state) and the Legislative ...