Citizenship routes

Ancestryreviewed
Naturalizationreviewed
Birthreviewed
Investmentreviewed
Birthactive

Citizenship at birth through a Tajik parent

Birth to a Tajik parent creates nationality. Birth in Tajikistan alone to foreign parents is not unrestricted jus soli; territorial rules cover foundlings and otherwise-stateless children.

Sources: Tajikistan Constitution (Constitute Project)

Ancestryactive

Tajik citizenship through a Tajik parent

A child at least one of whose parents is a Tajik citizen is a citizen (jus sanguinis), regardless of birthplace, with conditions for some children born abroad to one citizen parent.

Sources: Tajikistan Constitution (Constitute Project)

Naturalizationactive

Naturalization after about five years residence

Ordinary naturalization requires about five years of permanent residence plus basic Tajik-language knowledge; grant is discretionary. Renunciation of prior nationality is generally required except where the Russia treaty applies.

Sources: Tajikistan Constitution (Constitute Project)