Honduran nationality law

Honduran nationality law is regulated by the Constitution, the Migration and Aliens Act (Spanish: Ley de Migración y Extranjería), the 2014 Law on Protection of Honduran Migrants and their Families (Spanish: Ley de Protección de los Hondureños Migrantes y sus Familiares) and relevant treaties to which Honduras is a signatory.^[1] These laws determine who is, or is eligible to be, a citizen of Honduras. The legal means to acquire nationality and formal membership in a nation differ from the relationship of rights and obligations between a national and the nation, known as citizenship.^[2][3][4] Honduran nationality is typically obtained either on the principle of jus soli, i.e. by birth in Honduras; or under the rules of jus sanguinis, i.e. by birth abroad to a parent with Honduran nationality. It can also be granted to a permanent resident who has lived in the country for a given period of time through naturalization.^[5]