Yemen: Whether a person born in Aden before South Yemen became independent would receive South Yemeni citizenship when South Yemen became independent, even if he or she was not in South Yemen at the time of independence, and whether under Yemeni law a person must be a Yemeni citizen to have a Yemeni passport
| Publisher | Canada: Immigration and Refugee Board of Canada |
| Author | Research Directorate, Immigration and Refugee Board, Canada |
| Publication Date | 3 April 2000 |
| Citation / Document Symbol | YEM34063.E |
| Reference | 2 |
| Cite as | Canada: Immigration and Refugee Board of Canada, Yemen: Whether a person born in Aden before South Yemen became independent would receive South Yemeni citizenship when South Yemen became independent, even if he or she was not in South Yemen at the time of independence, and whether under Yemeni law a person must be a Yemeni citizen to have a Yemeni passport, 3 April 2000, YEM34063.E, available at: https://www.refworld.org/docid/3ae6ad4840.html [accessed 17 September 2023] |
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On 3 April 2000 an official at the Embassy of the Republic of Yemen in Ottawa stated that a person who was born in Aden before South Yemen became independent would have been entitled to South Yemeni citizenship when South Yemen became independent, even if he or she was not living in South Yemen at the time, if his or her parents were Yemeni (i.e. belonged to the indigenous population of South Yemen during the colonial period). The official added that under Yemeni law today, only Yemeni citizens can have Yemeni passports.
This Response was prepared after researching publicly accessible information currently available to the Research Directorate within time constraints. This Response is not, and does not purport to be, conclusive as to the merit of any particular claim to refugee status or asylum.
Embassy of the Republic of Yemen, Ottawa. 3 April 2000. Telephone interview.