Cuba 2019 Constitution - Page 5 of 15

Table of Contents

Title IV. Citizenship

Article 33

Cuban citizenship is acquired through birth or through naturalization.

Article 34

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, according to the requirements and formalities established by the law;
They are born abroad to a Cuban mother or father, having previously complied with the requirements and 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 35

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 36

The acquisition of other citizenship does not imply the loss of Cuban citizenship. Cuban citizens, as long as they are within national territory, are governed by this condition, in the terms established by the law, and may not make use of another citizenship.

Article 37

Neither marriage, civil union, nor legal separation will affect the citizenship of spouses, partners, or children.

Article 38

Cubans may not be deprived of their citizenship, except for legally sanctioned causes.

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.