Citizenship routes

Ancestryreviewed
Naturalizationreviewed
Birthreviewed
Investmentreviewed
Birthactive

Citizenship at birth through a Turkmen parent

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

Sources: Turkmenistan Constitution (Constitute Project)

Naturalizationactive

Naturalization after about seven years residence

Ordinary naturalization requires about seven years of permanent residence plus sufficient Turkmen-language fluency and a legitimate source of income; grant is discretionary and renunciation of prior nationality is effectively required.

Sources: Turkmenistan Constitution (Constitute Project)