DESK REVIEW ON POPULATIONS AT RISK OF STATELESSNESS Concerning Nationality, Passports and Amendments thereof.”167 Under Part One, Chapter One, Article (2) A citizen by law is: A. An Arab who was residing in a member Emirate in 1925 or before and continued to reside therein up to the effective date of this law. Ancestors’ residence shall be deemed complementary descendant’s residence. B. Anyone born in the country or abroad to a father who is a citizen by law. C. Anyone born in the country or abroad to a mother who is a citizen by law, whose fatherhood is not substantiated. D. Anyone born in the country or abroad to a mother who is a citizen by law, whose father is unknown or without nationality. E. Anyone born in the country to unknown parents. A founding shall be deemed to have been born in the country unless proved to be otherwise. It is reported that Shaikh Khalifa issued a decree by Federal Law No 16 of 2017,168 on the amendment of some provisions of Federal Law No 17 of 1972, on Nationality and Passports, such that citizenship may now be granted to the sons and daughters of Emirati women married to non-Emiratis after a minimum of six years from their birth date, and that citizenship may also be granted to the daughters of Emirati women married to foreigners, who are also married to non-Emiratis.169 Under Article 3, marriage by an alien woman to a UAE citizen shall not entitle her to nationality unless: (1) she informs the Ministry of Interior of her wish to naturalize; (2) she subsequently waits three years during which time the marriage continues; and (3) she revokes her original nationality. An alien husband may not acquire the nationality of his wife in any circumstances.170 However, the wife of a naturalized citizen, is deemed naturalized if she renounces her original nationality, and their underaged children are deemed naturalized and may select their nationality within one year after they reach the age of maturity.171 United Arab Emirates: Federal Law No. 17 for 1972 Concerning Nationality, Passports and Amendments Thereof [United Arab Emirates], 18 November 1972, available at: https://www.refworld.org/docid/3fba182d0.html. 167 See entry in International Labour Organization Database of national labour, social security and related human rights legislation, at: https://www.ilo.org/dyn/natlex/natlex4.detail?p_lang=en&p_isn=107250. 168 Decree of federal law No. (16) of 2017 concerning the amendment of some provisions of federal law No. (17) of 1972 regarding nationality and passports; See Also: Asma I. Abdulmalik (op-ed), “Emiratis are united by values,” Gulf News, 29 November 2017, available at: https://gulfnews.com/opinion/op-eds/emiratis-are-united-by-values-1.2132860. 169 54 170 Federal Law No. 17 for 1972, Article 3. 171 Federal Law No (17) for 1972, Concerning Nationality, Passports and Amendments thereof, Article 10. UNHCR / April 2021