In a second effort at compromise, Trumbull presented for Johnson's signature the first Civil Rights Bill, which sought to grant citizenship to the freedmen.

States normally grant citizenship to people who have immigrated to that state and have resided there for the given number of years.

Another concern was whether it was proper to grant citizenship to the French, Spanish, and free black people living in New Orleans, as the treaty would dictate.

As of 2000, Bulgaria started to grant Bulgarian citizenship to members of the Bulgarian minorities in a number of countries, including the Republic of Macedonia.

Swiss citizens living abroad are generally exempted from conscription in time of peace while dual citizenship by itself does not grant such exemption.

This right to immigrate did not and still does not grant citizenship.

Because of Israel's relatively new and culturally-mixed identity, Israel does not grant citizenship to persons born on Israeli soil.

The minister can also grant citizenship to minors, if their parent applies for them.

King Abdullah I of Jordan decided to grant citizenship to the Arab refugees and residents living in the West Bank against the wishes of many Arab leaders who still hoped to establish an Arab state.

In 1959, Egypt's new leader Gamal Abdul Nasser ordered the dismantling of the All-Palestine Government, yet notably refused to grant Palestinians in Gaza Egyptian citizenship.

In an August 2010 report, the Center for Immigration Studies, through direct communication with foreign government officials and analysis of relevant foreign law including statutory and constitutional law, was able to confirm that 30 of the world's 194 countries grant automatic birthright citizenship ( although they were not able to obtain definitive information from 19 countries ).

The white paper specifically states, " The new grant of British citizenship will not be a barrier, therefore, to those Overseas Territories choosing to become independent of Britain .... Our Overseas Territories are British for as long as they wish to remain British.

These amendments grant citizenship ( 14th ), and voting rights to all races ( 15th ), women ( 19th ), without poll tax ( 24th ) and youth 18 – 21 years old ( 26th ).

This unusual type of citizenship by descent is an intermediate form of citizenship in that it does not grant the full portfolio of rights enjoyed by Indian citizens.

Separately from this right, the Irish minister responsible for immigration may dispense with conditions of naturalisation to grant citizenship to an applicant who " is of Irish descent or Irish associations ", under section 15 of the Irish Nationality and Citizenship Act, 1986.

One aspect of Roman influence seen in British life was the grant of Roman citizenship.

On June 12, 2011, a document surfaced that most likely points to Rosenkopf as the first German town to grant Adolf Hitler honorary citizenship ( July 22, 1932 ), not Bad Doberan.

He also received American citizenship and a grant of land near present-day Columbus, Ohio, and was admitted to both the prestigious Society of the Cincinnati and the American Philosophical Society.

The court decision also ruled that Constantine's human rights were not violated by the Greek state's decision not to grant him Greek citizenship and passport until he acquires a surname, which Constantine does not possess.

While the action of Napoleon aroused in many Jews of Germany the hope that, influenced by it, their governments also would grant them the rights of citizenship, others looked upon it as a political contrivance.

The New Zealand Department of Internal Affairs ( in Māori Te Tari Taiwhenua ) is a state sector organisation whose roles include the issue of passports ; administering citizenship grant applications, and lottery grant applications ; enforcement of censorship and gambling law ; registration of births, deaths, marriages and civil unions ; providing policy advice on a range of issues ; and supplying support services to Ministers of the Crown.

This view of citizenship and the General Will, once empowered, could simultaneously embrace the Declaration of the Rights of Man and of the Citizen and adopt the liberal French Constitution of 1793, then immediately suspend that constitution and all ordinary legality and institute Revolutionary Tribunals that did not grant a presumption of innocence.

Though the bill granted Native Americans citizenship it did not grant them the right to vote and Zitkala-Ša continued to work for civil rights and better access to health care and education for Native Americans up until her death in 1938.

* Fox News: Until 2004, the CRTC's apparent reluctance to grant a digital licence to Fox News under the same policy which made it difficult for RAI to enter the country-same-genre competition from foreign services-had angered many conservative Canadians, who believed the network was deliberately being kept out due to its perceived conservative bias, particularly given the long-standing availability of services such as CNN and BBC World in Canada.

Although the Pancha Sila ( Five Principles of Peaceful Coexistence ) was the basis of the 1954 Sino-Indian border treaty, in later years, Nehru's foreign policy suffered through increasing Chinese assertiveness over border disputes and Nehru's decision to grant political asylum to the 14th Dalai Lama.

Parliament approved “ An Act to enable His Majesty to grant commissions to a certain number of foreign Protestants, who have served abroad as officers or engineers, to act and rank as officers or engineers in America only, under certain restrictions and regulations .” Earl of Loudoun, who as commander-in-chief of the forces in North America, was appointed colonel-in-chief of the regiment.

" Developing countries aspiring to purchase foreign goods and services to invest in, inter alia, port facilities, roads, public transport, health care, or drinking water facilities may be eligible for a special Dutch grant facility.

The grant facility, known as ORET ( a Dutch acronym for Ontwikkelingsrelevante Exporttransacties, or Development-Related Export ) serves to award grants to governments of developing countries for making payments to foreign suppliers.

Anne Boleyn was able to grant petitions, receive diplomats, give patronage and had enormous influence over her future husband to plead the cause of foreign diplomats.

He found no difficulty in obtaining a grant for foreign travel from the government, and he left his native country for the first time, joining Steffens at Halle in August 1805.

According to Lawrence and Wolff, in 1984, there was a consensus among scholars that Carthaginian children were sacrificed by their parents, who would make a vow to kill the next child if the gods would grant them a favor: for instance that their shipment of goods were to arrive safely in a foreign port.

The letters did not grant a full monopoly ; rather they acted as an extended passport, allowing foreign workers to travel to England and practice their trade.

Both asserted that to grant Assent to a Catholic Emancipation bill would violate the coronation oath, which required the Sovereign to preserve and protect the established Church of England from Papal domination, and would grant rights to individuals who were in league with a foreign power which did not recognize their legitimacy.

The language and locale have attracted foreign investment with money from Hong Kong building up infrastructure at possible tourist sites and a $ 209, 000 grant from the Ford Foundation to build a Nüshu museum scheduled to open in 2007.

When foreign heads of state would not grant him an audience, as he was only a private citizen, he persuaded the governor of the state of Connecticut make him a lieutenant colonel and aide-de-camp in the state militia.

* Hours before the first ships transporting heavy United States military equipment to Turkey were supposed to reach port, the Turkish government announces that it will withhold approval to dock unless the United States increases a reciprocal $ 6 billion foreign aid grant to $ 10 billion.

The Italian foreign ministry approved al-Husseini's proposal, recommended giving him a grant of one million lire, and referred him to Benito Mussolini, who met al-Husseini on 27 October.

' Madison's argument led the Framers to grant the Senate prerogatives in foreign policy, an area where steadiness, discretion, and caution were deemed especially important ".

Western Australian residents and corporate bodies wishing to obtain a grant of Arms must continue to obtain such grants, and any protection for those grants, from foreign authorities.

The languishing of the design in administrative limbo caused Pancor to go bankrupt, as they could not fill foreign orders without the blessing of the State Department, and the State Department would not grant export licenses while it was being ostensibly tested by the Department of Defense.

Income tax systems that impose tax on residents on their worldwide income tend to grant a foreign tax credit for foreign income taxes paid on the same income.

The licenses could only grant rights to print in the territory of the state that had granted them, but they did usually prohibit the import of foreign printing.

Reeling from devastating losses against the Russian Empire in 1813 and 1828 as well as the British Empire in 1857, not only was the Qajar government forced to grant countless concessions to these foreign powers, but Iranian bazaaris ( merchants ) were left in a highly vulnerable position as they couldn ’ t compete with the numerous economic advantages gained by merchants from Europe.

The Constitution and later federal laws grant local sovereignty to tribal nations, yet do not grant full sovereignty equivalent to foreign nations, hence the term " domestic dependent nations ".