Article 7: Ukrainian citizenship by birth
A person whose parents or either of the parents was a citizen of Ukraine at the time of that
person's birth shall be a citizen of Ukraine.
A person born on the territory of Ukraine of stateless parents who are lawful residents of Ukraine
shall be a citizen of Ukraine.
A person born outside Ukraine of stateless parents who are lawful permanent residents of
Ukraine, and who has not acquired foreign citizenship by birth, shall be a citizen of Ukraine.
A person born on the territory of Ukraine of parents who are foreign subjects and who are also
lawful, permanent residents of Ukraine, and if that person does not acquire either parent's
citizenship at birth, that person shall be a citizen of Ukraine.
A person born on the territory of Ukraine of parents where either parent has refugee status or has
been granted asylum in Ukraine, and if that person did not acquire either parent's citizenship, or
acquired the citizenship of the parent having refugee status or asylum in Ukraine, that person
shall be a citizen of Ukraine.
A person born on the territory of Ukraine of parents with one being a foreign subject and the
other a stateless person permanently, lawfully residing in Ukraine, and if that person did not
receive the foreign parent's citizenship at birth, that person shall be a citizen of Ukraine.
A new-born found on the territory of Ukraine without known parents (i.e. in the case of a
foundling) shall be a citizen of Ukraine.
A person entitled to Ukrainian citizenship by birth shall be a citizen of Ukraine from the date of
his or her birth.
Article 8: Ukrainian citizenship by territorial origin
A person or at least one of that person's parents or both, grandfather or grandmother, sister or
brother born or constantly residing before 24 August 1991 on a territory that became part of
Ukraine as per the Law of Ukraine "On Ukraine's Legal Succession", as well as in other
territories being part of the Ukrainian National Republic, Western Ukrainian Republic, Ukrainian
State, Ukrainian Socialist Soviet Republic, Transcarpathian Ukraine, Ukrainian Soviet Socialist
Republic (Ukr.SSR), currently being a stateless person or foreigner and undertaking to terminate
foreign citizenship, and submitting an application for Ukrainian citizenship [declaration of
intention], as well as that person's children, shall be registered as citizens of Ukraine.
A minor born or permanently residing on the territory of the Ukr.SSR (or if at least one of that
person's parents, grandfather or grandmother was born or permanently resided in any of the
territories indicated in Section [Paragraph] 1 of this Article 8), currently being a stateless person,
shall be registered as a citizen of Ukraine if so applied for by either parent or by the minor’s
guardian/custodian.
A minor born on the territory of Ukraine of parents being foreigners, and if that minor received
the citizenship of any other country(ies), and [if that citizenship was later] terminated, shall be
registered as a citizen of Ukraine if so applied for by either of the parents or by the minor’s
guardian/custodian.
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