For six years 25,464 people forwarded a request for waiver of citizenship of BiH

According to the Council of Ministers in the period from 2010 to 2016, 25,464 persons have applied for renunciation of citizenship of Bosnia and Herzegovina.

It is the information that the Council of Ministers submitted to the parliamentary question Senad Sepic, which referred to the number of persons who looked for printing from BiH. citizenship. As noted, in 2010 the request for waiver of citizenship of Bosnia and Herzegovina filed a 3592 persons, 2011, 3,380 people, in 2012 3,499 people, in 2013 3,516 people, in 2014 3,515 people, in 2015 3,576 people, while in 2016 . the 4,386 people.

It is particularly disturbing trend in the number of people who give up BH. citizenship. This demonstrated by the fact that the increase in the number of requests received is 794 compared to 2010 and 2016. The person who gives up citizenship of Bosnia and Herzegovina gives a statement about the surrender in person or by proxy at the prepared form with the Ministry of Civil Affairs in Sarajevo or in diplomatic and Consular Representations of BiH abroad.

The Law on Citizenship of Bosnia and Herzegovina states that a citizen who has reached 18 years, who lives abroad and has citizenship of another state, or has been guaranteed the citizenship of another state, has the right to renounce the citizenship of BiH.

Also, a child who lives abroad and has citizenship of another country, or is it guaranteed, terminated the citizenship of BiH by renunciation upon the request of both parents whose citizenship of BiH was lost by renunciation, or at the request of one parent whose citizenship was terminated by renouncement, if the other parent is dead or lost parental rights or is a foreigner or a stateless person, or at the request of the adopter if he stopped BiH citizenship renunciation and if the relationship between the adopter and the adopted child of full adoption. If the child is older than 14 years requires his consent.

"The decision on the waiver may be revoked at the request of the person concerned, and that left BiH, if that person has not acquired a foreign citizenship within a period of one year from the day when she lost BiH citizenship renunciation", written in the law on citizenship of Bosnia and Herzegovina .

• 11 May, 2017
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