Amended by Law No. (24) for the year 2003
Law No. 6 of 1990 on Yemeni Nationality
In the name of the people
Whereas the President of the Presidency Council
- In view of the Agreement establishing the Yemeni Republic,
- In view of the Constitution of the Yemeni Republic.
Whereas the Council of Deputies and the Council of the Presidency did adopt,
The President of the Presidency Council does hereby promulgate the Law of
which the following is the text:
CHAPTER ONE - Title and Definitions
Article (1)
a - This Law shall be known as the "Yemeni Nationality Law".
b - The following terms and expressions shall have the meanings listed against
each of them, unless the context indicates otherwise:
1 - A Yemeni: A person who enjoys Yemeni Nationality.
2 - A foreigner: A person who does not enjoy this Nationality.
3 - Age of Majority: eighteen full calendar years.
4 - The Minister: the Minister of the Interior
5 - Yemeni Nationality: Nationality of the Yemeni Republic.
CHAPTER TWO - Nationality Acquisition
Section I - Nationality by Birth or Nationality by Origin
Article (2)
Yemenis are: Those settled in Yemen who will have resided in the country for at
least fifty calendar years by the time this Law enters into effect. The residence of
ancestors shall be considered complementary to the residence of blood
descendants and write when they have the intention to settle.
Article (3)
The following shall enjoy Yemeni Nationality:
a) Anyone born to a Yemeni father who enjoys Yemeni Nationality.
b) Anyone born in Yemen to a mother of Yemeni Nationality and a father of
unknown nationality or without one.
c) Anyone born in Yemen to a mother of Yemeni Nationality and to a legally
unknown father.
d) Anyone born in Yemen to unknown parents. A foundling in Yemen shall be
considered born in it unless there is proof to the contrary.
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