New Citizenship Changes Expected To Have Huge Impact On Home Ministry

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The Home Ministry is confident that amendments to the Federal Constitution to allow children born overseas to Malaysian women to be given citizenship can have a big impact on the ministry in dealing with related matters.
Home Minister Saifuddin Nasution Ismail said this was because the ministry received many applications related to citizenship issues.
“There are applications in this category so that is why the amendments will have to go through the due process and it will have a big impact on several components of the Home Ministry,” he said.
Saifuddin (above) said this after officiating at the Home Ministry Madani 2023 programme at Kompleks Perpaduan Jajahan Machang today, which was also attended by the Inspector-General of Police Acryl Sani Abdullah Sani and Immigration director-general Khairul Dzaimee Daud.
Earlier, Saifuddin and Minister in the Prime Minister's Department  (Law and Institutional Reform) Azalina Othman Said said in a joint statement that the cabinet had agreed to the proposed amendment to the Federal Constitution to allow children born abroad to Malaysian mothers married to foreigners to obtain Malaysian citizenship.
The statement said the Constitution (Amendment) Bill 2023 is expected to be tabled in Parliament in the current session after fulfilling legal requirements.
The proposed amendment to the Federal Constitution on this matter is to replace the word “whose father” in Part I and Part II of the Second Schedule with the words “at least one of the parents” to enable Malaysian mothers to receive their just rights according to the Federal Constitution.
- Bernama

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