In a move addressing public citizenship concerns, the Ministry of Home Affairs (MoHA) directed district authorities to issue hereditary citizenships to children based on their parents\u2019 resident proofs.<\/p>\n
The Ministry took this decision while the Citizenship Act is currently under discussions in the Federal Parliament.<\/p>\n
As part of parliamentary discussions, lawmakers have been debating with different opinions on provisions of the proposed Citizenship Act.<\/p>\n
While some argued for citizenship based on the basis of mother\u2019s proofs, the others favored citizenship for spouses marrying Nepali nationals. <\/p>\n
Considering the arguments, the Home Ministry proceeded with the Supreme Court\u2019s judgment for citizenship on the basis of a mother\u2019s name.<\/p>\n
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Based on this, the Ministry directed all the district-level authorities across the country to issue citizenship on the basis of hereditary, in line with the Nepal Citizenship Act, 2006, Nepal Citizenship Rules, 2006 and the Citizenship Certificate Distribution Procedures Directives, 2006.<\/p>\n
The Ministry raised a serious concern over the consequences that deprived public of their rights on citizenship.<\/p>\n
There has been a serious discussion around the citizenship rules, with public reporting concerns from the experiences they had at district-level offices.<\/p>\n