Acquisition and Loss of Nationality|Volume 2: Country Analyses, Policies and Trends in 15 European Countries, Policies and Trends in 15 European Countries

Year

2006

Publisher

Amsterdam University Press

Language

English

Pages

ISBN

978-9-05356-921-4

Link

Last Update

21-May-2026

Keywords

Sociology

Description

The acquisition and loss of Austrian nationality are regulated by the Federal Law on Austrian Nationality 1985,¹ which was last amended in 2005; the new provisions came into force in March 2006.² Because the period of investigation of this book ends with mid 2005, this chapter primarily covers the legal status after the amendment to the nationality law in 1998, which came into force in January 1999.³ Nevertheless, the conclusions contain a summary of the current legal status as of March 2006. The Nationality Law of 1985 is based on five principles (Mussger, Fessler, Szymanski & Keller 2001: 26ff). First, according...