Nationality Code of Burundi | |
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Parliament of Burundi | |
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Enacted by | Government of Burundi |
Status: Current legislation |
Burundian nationality law is regulated by the Constitution of Burundi, as amended; the Nationality Code of Burundi (French: Code de la nationalité burundaise), and its revisions; and various international agreements to which the country is a signatory. These laws determine who is, or is eligible to be, a national of Burundi.[1][2] The legal means to acquire nationality, formal legal membership in a nation, differ from the domestic relationship of rights and obligations between a national and the nation, known as citizenship.[3][4] Burundian nationality is typically obtained under the principle of jus sanguinis, i.e. by birth in Burundi or abroad to parents with Burundian nationality.[5] It can be granted to persons with an affiliation to the country, or to a permanent resident who has lived in the country for a given period of time through naturalization.[6]