Syrian Citizenship Disappeared # Status of the husband Status of the wife Confirmation of Status of marriage and legiti- births/children mation 6 ajnabi (the male a Syrian national who is registered within the records of ajanib) marriage is often not confirmed (owning to not obtaining approval from the Political Security). The approval was only for legitimation (passing the status of the father to the children). Officially the wife is single and the husband too. unregistered/ maktumeen (in case of obtaining no security approval for the legitimation), but obtain the red card (ajanib) in case they obtained the security approval for legitimation but not approval for marriage. 7 a Syrian national ajnabiyah (the female who has records within the ajanib's) the marriage is Syrian nationfirstly confirmed als in the court then the file sent to the Ministry of Interior where the majority approvals occurred then the registration in the records done. General notes In normal occasions the births were not registered automatically in the Personal Status Departments. After 2000, the parents retained a lawyer who sent the marriage contract issued from the Sharia Court attached with a birth certificate issued from the mukhtar lawfully and the police record from the police station in the area the couples live, to the Ministry of Interior which in turn sent it to the Political Security which frequently approved to the legitimation i.e. to pass the status of the father to the children (ajnabi) without the confirmation of marriage. An anachronism. 39