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Acquiring Citizenship
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Residence linked to property ownership is one form of temporary non-tourist residence that may be granted to foreigners in Egypt. Minister of Interior Decision No. 977 of 2023 reorganized the financial thresholds associated with this type of residence and linked the duration of residence to the value of the property or properties owned by the […]
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Egyptian nationality constitutes the legal bond that determines an individual’s affiliation with the State and the rights and obligations arising from that affiliation. The regulation of the transmission of nationality from parents underwent an important development with the enactment of Law No. 154 of 2004, which amended Nationality Law No. 26 of 1975 and established […]
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Nationality constitutes a legal and political bond between the individual and the State, defining the person’s status as a citizen and the rights and obligations arising from that status. Accordingly, Egyptian Nationality Law No. 26 of 1975 does not leave the loss of nationality to unrestricted administrative considerations, but instead regulates specific cases of withdrawal, […]
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Introduction Assisted reproductive technologies, such as artificial insemination, in vitro fertilization, and intracytoplasmic sperm injection, have become common medical methods for treating certain cases of delayed conception. As their use has expanded, legal issues have arisen beyond the medical aspect, most notably establishing the child’s parentage, registering the birth, and determining the effect of such […]
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Introduction Egyptian law allows a citizen to acquire a foreign nationality while continuing to hold Egyptian nationality, but this does not occur merely by acquiring the other nationality. The principle established by Article 10 of Egyptian Nationality Law No. 26 of 1975 is that permission from the Minister of Interior must first be obtained to […]
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Introduction Some Egyptians may choose to acquire a foreign nationality for reasons relating to residence, employment, or family stability, and this may take place after obtaining official permission to naturalize without retaining Egyptian nationality. In such a case, once the person actually acquires the foreign nationality and loses Egyptian nationality in accordance with the law, […]
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Introduction Purchasing real estate has become one of the legal routes available to a foreign national seeking to apply for Egyptian nationality through investment. The current minimum threshold for this route is USD 300,000, with the possibility of paying the amount in installments over a period not exceeding one year in accordance with the prescribed […]
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Introduction An Egyptian may lose nationality in the cases prescribed by Egyptian Nationality Law No. 26 of 1975. Nationality may also be withdrawn from a person who acquired it, or a person may be deprived of Egyptian nationality in the exceptional circumstances regulated by law. Conversely, the legislature has established more than one route for […]
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Introduction Real estate investment has become one of the routes permitted by the Egyptian legislature for granting nationality to foreign nationals, alongside investment in a project, a bank deposit, and direct contributions to the State Treasury. The real estate route is distinguished by combining investment in an asset owned by the investor with the possibility […]
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Introduction Dual nationality may provide its holder with practical advantages relating to residence, mobility, employment, and investment, but it may also raise complex questions concerning taxation, bank accounts, and income earned in more than one country. One of the most common misconceptions is that merely holding two nationalities automatically means being subject to tax in […]
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Introduction A stateless person—according to the internationally established definition—is a person who is not considered a national by any state under the operation of its laws. This situation differs from merely lacking an identity card, passport, or birth certificate. A person may legally be Egyptian or a foreign national but face difficulty proving nationality because […]
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Introduction The amendment of the Egyptian Nationality Law by Law No. 154 of 2004 represented a fundamental turning point in the legal status of children born to Egyptian women married to non-Egyptian men. Before this amendment, the mere establishment of maternity to an Egyptian woman was not sufficient, in all cases, to confer original Egyptian […]
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