The issue of acquiring citizenship of the PMR by birth

Law-in-draft of deputies concerning the acquisition of Pridnestrovian citizenship by birth was considered in the course of the meeting of the Committee on Legislation, Protection of Rights and Freedoms of Citizens. Parliamentarians Galina Antyufeeva, Oleg Petrik and Grigory Dyachenko initiated an amendment to the Constitutional Law of the PMR "On Citizenship of the PMR" based on people's requests. The purpose of the law-in-draft is to improve the legal regulation of this issue.

The provisions of the Constitutional Law prescribe at the moment the possibility of acquiring citizenship of the PMR by birth on the territory of the PMR, regardless of the citizenship of the parents, subject to filing an application. The law-in-draft of the deputies, if adopted, will enshrine the principle of automatic acquisition of citizenship of the PMR for those born in the republic, and if at least one of the parents has Pridnestrovian citizenship.

The authors propose to establish a mandatory requirement for one of the parents or the only parent to submit an application for granting citizenship to a child born outside of Pridnestrovie, if both parents or one of them are citizens of the PMR. The application must also be submitted by the guardianship authorities if the child's parents are unknown.

The law-in-draft on amending the Constitutional Law of the PMR "On Citizenship of the Pridnestrovian Moldavian Republic" was recommended for adoption in the first reading in the course of the relevant Committee meeting.