Yugoslavia: Information on whether an ethnic Croat born in Vojvodina, but resident in Bosnia-Herzegovina, is considered to be national of Serbia
| Publisher | Canada: Immigration and Refugee Board of Canada |
| Author | Research Directorate, Immigration and Refugee Board, Canada |
| Publication Date | 1 April 1992 |
| Citation / Document Symbol | YUG10743 |
| Cite as | Canada: Immigration and Refugee Board of Canada, Yugoslavia: Information on whether an ethnic Croat born in Vojvodina, but resident in Bosnia-Herzegovina, is considered to be national of Serbia, 1 April 1992, YUG10743, available at: https://www.refworld.org/docid/3ae6ab5c6c.html [accessed 17 September 2023] |
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A copy of the Yugoslav nationality act is not currently available to the IRBDC. However, a consular official at the Embassy of Yugoslavia in Ottawa indicated in an interview on 24 April 1992 that there is a federal law on nationality in Yugoslavia, and that an individual is both a national of Yugoslavia and of the republic in which he/she was born. The official indicated that the republic of residence does not affect an individual's status as a Yugoslav national.
An official at the Embassy of Yugoslavia in Washington, D.C. provided the following information in an interview on 24 April 1992. The federal Yugoslav law on nationality currently applies in the republics of Serbia and Montenegro. A person is entitled to nationality if he/she was born in one of the republics of Yugoslavia or has parents who are Yugoslav nationals. The republic of residence, even if the republic is no longer a part of Yugoslavia, does not automatically affect a person's status as a Yugoslav national. In accordance with the Yugoslav law, a person is a national of Yugoslavia and at the same time a national of the republic in which he/she was born.
There is no further information currently available to the IRBDC on this topic.
References
Embassy of Yugoslavia, Ottawa. 24 April 1992. Telephone Interview with Consular Official.
Embassy of Yugoslavia, Washington, D.C. 24 April 1992. Telephone Interview with Consular Official.