However, if a foreign woman marries to an Indonesian man, she can be naturalized within one year of her marriage, once she renounces her original nationality (Article 7).

I should declare a personal interest here I was stateless for a time after my birth in Geneva. My father was American, but naturalized too recently to hand his US citizenship on to me.

In the United Kingdom, the government has had the legal authority to revoke naturalized Britons citizenship since 1918. But, until the terrorist bombings on the London transport system in 2005, this power was rarely exercised.

A naturalized Jordanian therefore enjoys all rights and privileges granted to Jordanians in general, which entitles him to correct errors appearing in his name in accordance with articles 32 to 35 of the Personal Status Act No. 9 of 2001 concerning the correction of entries in the personal status records.

If people are to feel committed to the place where they live, they must be allowed to influence decision making, and that influence should not depend on nationality. In Neuchatel, many naturalized citizens, including elected local councilors, retain their foreign passports for several reasons among European Union passport holders, doing so allows their children to study in the EU or to work there themselves.