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The first nationality law of Latvia was adopted in August, 1919. [2] In September, 1940, the Supreme Soviet of the Soviet Union adopted a decree on the order of receiving USSR citizenship by the citizens of the Latvian, Lithuanian and Estonian SSRs, after the Baltic states had been occupied by the Soviet Union. [3]
In December 2005, the Saeima voted 65–5 to approve an amendment to the Constitution of Latvia banning same-sex marriage. [53] The amendment took effect on 17 January 2006. Article 110 reads: [54] "The State shall protect and support marriage — a union between a man and a woman, the family, the rights of parents and rights of the child". [h]
Marriage is defined as a union solely between a man and a woman in the constitutions of Armenia, Belarus, Bulgaria, Croatia, Georgia, Hungary, Latvia, Lithuania, Moldova, Montenegro, Russia, Serbia, Slovakia and Ukraine. Of these, however, Croatia, Hungary, Latvia and Montenegro allow civil unions for same-sex couples.
In June 2018, the European Court of Justice ruled that EU members states must grant married same-sex couples, where at least one partner is an EU citizen, full residency rights and recognise their freedom of movement. [22] No other rights of marriage are conferred to the couple. [23]
citizens of the countries that have had mutual recognition of dual citizenship with Latvia; people who were granted dual citizenship by the Cabinet of Ministers of Latvia; people of Latvian or Livonian ethnicity or exiles registering citizenship of Latvia [99] people who applied for dual citizenship before the previous Latvian Citizenship law ...
Because my Polish citizenship is based on descent, I also needed to submit documents proving that I was descended from my grandfather, including my grandparent's marriage certificate and my ...
Latvia: A person born since 1 January 2020 in Latvia or to Latvian-resident parents defaults to Latvian citizenship, although the child can instead gain a different citizenship at birth if both parents agree on this; if either parent is a citizen of another country, the parents must submit documentation disclaiming any other birthright ...
In 2011, the party ForHRUL initiated gathering signatures (certified by notaries) for amendments to the Citizenship law. [1] The amendments provide to add to the Section 2 of the law (establishing which groups form the circle of citizens of Latvia) the following Clause 6: “Since 1 January 2014 – non-citizens, who have not submitted an application on keeping the status of a non-citizen ...