Birthactive
Citizenship at birth through a Sierra Leone parent
Birth to a Sierra Leone parent creates nationality. Birth in Sierra Leone alone to two foreign parents is not unrestricted jus soli under the modeled framework.
Citizenship routes
Ancestryreviewed
Naturalizationreviewed
Birthreviewed
Investmentreviewed
Ancestryactive
Sierra Leone nationality through a Sierra Leone parent
A child of a Sierra Leone parent is a national under the constitutional nationality framework and nationality statute.
Naturalizationactive
Naturalization after about 5 years residence
Adults generally need about 5 years lawful residence before ordinary naturalization, plus character, language or integration, and other statutory conditions. Grant is discretionary under the nationality law.