Title III. Citizenship
Article 32
Cuban citizenship is acquired through birth or through naturalization.
Article 33
A person is a Cuban citizen through birth if:
- They are born within the national territory, with the exception of the children of foreigners that are in the service of their government or an international organization. The law establishes the requirements and the formalities for cases involving the children of foreigners who are not permanent residents within the country;
- They are born abroad to a Cuban mother or father, who were completing an official mission;
- They are born abroad to a Cuban mother or father, having previously complied with the formalities indicated by the law, or
- They are born outside the national territory to a mother or father native to the Republic of Cuba that has lost Cuban citizenship, as long as they reclaim it in the form indicated by the law.
Article 34
A person is a Cuban citizen through naturalization if:
- They are a foreigner that acquires citizenship according to the provisions of the law.
- Having been arbitrarily deprived of their citizenship in their country of origin, they obtain Cuban citizenship at the discretion of the President of the Republic.
Article 35
Cuban citizens within national territory are governed by this condition, according to the terms established in the law, and may not make use of any foreign citizenship.
Article 36
Neither marriage nor divorce will affect the citizenship of spouses or their children.
Article 37
Cubans may not be deprived of their citizenship, except for legally sanctioned causes, nor may they be deprived of the right to change their citizenship.
The law establishes the procedure to be followed in order to formalize the loss or renouncement of citizenship as well as the authorities empowered to decide in these cases.
Article 38
Cuban citizenship may be recovered in the cases and the form prescribed by the law.
