PROCEDURE TO OBTAIN CAMEROONIAN NATIONALITY THROUGH MARRIAGE
According to Sections 17, 18, and 19 of Law No. 68/LF/3 of 11th June 1968, marriage is one of the ways through which a person who is not born a Cameroonian can acquire Cameroon Nationality. Under the Nationality Code, a foreign woman marrying a Cameroonian may acquire Cameroonian Nationality at the moment of celebration of her marriage by express request Acquisition through marriage must be done through a declaration signed before the Judge of the Court of First Instance or Diplomatic Representative of Cameroon abroad, or the President of the Civil Court at the Chief Town of the Subdivision in which the declarant resides. According to Decree No. 68 DF/478 of the 16th December 1968, establishing the rules of procedure under the Nationality Code, the such declaration must be done in three copies and signed before or at the time the marriage is being celebrated between the Cameroonian and the foreign woman, or one presumed to be foreign.
Cameroon Nationality Acquisition Through Marriage
The Nationality Code spells out that the acquisition of Cameroonian nationality by marriage may be prevented by a Government Decree, 06 months after the celebration of the marriage while this Law is in force or 06 months from the date of promulgation of this Law for marriages that have already been celebrated.
Article by CHUO ANGABUA JUNIOR
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