In 2005 Wikipedia's first sentence called it “status of being a citizen of the hashemite kingdom of jordan”. Today it says “jordanian national at birth”.
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The opening as it read in 2025
Jordanian Nationality Law, which came into force on 16 February 1954. Any person born to a Jordanian father is a Jordanian national at birth, regardless of the place of birth. Jordanian nationality is not transferrable to children of Jordanian mothers unless the fathers are stateless or their nationalities are unknown. Foreigners may become Jordanian nationals by naturalization after meeting a minimum residence requirement (usually four years) and demonstrating knowledge in the Arabic language . Individuals who make a substantial financial investment in the state are eligible for a facilitated naturalization process. Jordan was formerly administered as a British protectorate as part of a League of Nations mandate for Palestine and Transjordan and local residents were British protected persons . Jordan gained independence in 1946 but the dissolution of the mandate for Palestine in 1948 and ensuing conflict led to the Jordanian annexation of the West Bank . Following its loss of the West Bank in 1967, Jordan severed all legal and administrative ties with that region in 1988, creating a set of complex nationality circumstances for the Palestinian inhabitants of both the West Bank and Jordan proper.
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The opening as it stood in 2020
Jordanian citizenship is the status of being a citizen of the Hashemite Kingdom of Jordan . It can be obtained by birth or naturalisation . The Jordanian nationality is transmitted by paternity (fatherhood) (see Jus sanguinis ). Therefore, a Jordanian man who holds Jordanian citizenship can automatically confer citizenship to his children and foreign wives. Under the current law, descendants of Jordanian emigrants can only receive citizenship from their father as women cannot pass on citizenship to their children or foreign spouses. Since 2010, there has been an increasing public demand for giving the opportunity for Jordanian women to transmit their Jordanian nationality to their children and also to their husbands.
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Jordanian nationality law is the law governing the acquisition, transmission and loss of Jordanian citizenship.Jordanian citizenship is the status of being a citizen of the Hashemite Kingdom of Jordan and it can be obtained by birth , marriage or naturalization .Jordanian nationality is governed by Law No 6 of 1954 on Nationality, also known as the Jordanian Nationality Law, 1954, which was last amended in 1987.The law is administered by the Civil Status and Passports Department (CSPD), which is part of the Ministry of Interior .Without Jordanian citizenship, residents may have difficulty obtaining a driver’s licence and benefits from certain government services, such as free healthcare and education, as well as being able to obtain work permits, own property and invest in Jordan.
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In 2005 Wikipedia's first sentence called it “status of being a citizen of the hashemite kingdom of jordan”. Today it says “jordanian national at birth”. Read the current article and compare.
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status of being a citizen of the hashemite kingdom of jordan
Now
jordanian national at birth
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