Birthactive
Citizenship at birth through a Lebanese father
Birth to a Lebanese father creates nationality. Birth in Lebanon alone to foreign parents is not unrestricted jus soli; a narrow safety net covers those born to unknown or stateless parents.
Citizenship routes
Ancestryreviewed
Naturalizationreviewed
Birthreviewed
Investmentreviewed
Naturalizationactive
Naturalization as the spouse of a citizen
The foreign wife of a Lebanese may apply for nationality one year after the marriage is registered.
Ancestryactive
Lebanese citizenship through a Lebanese father
A child of a Lebanese father is Lebanese by descent. A Lebanese mother married to a foreigner generally cannot pass her nationality to her children — a long-criticized gender asymmetry.
Naturalizationactive
Naturalization after about five years residence
Ordinary naturalization requires roughly five years of residence plus Arabic knowledge and good character, but is granted only by discretionary decree of the Council of Ministers and is rare.