Latvia permits dual citizenship to its citizens, only with 40 countries in the list below. This applies to born and naturalized citizens. Children of citizens of Latvia may hold dual citizenship with any country until they turn 25 years of age.
A citizen of Latvia who has acquired citizenship with an unpermitted country has an obligation to submit an application for the renunciation of citizenship of Latvia within 30 days after acquiring citizenship of this country.
Reporting
The Office of Citizenship and Migration Affairs advises citizens of Latvia who have acquired citizenship of another country to follow of the Register of Natural Persons, namely to provide information about acquiring citizenship of foreign country.
Conditions
Double Citizenship of Latvia may be retained for persons who have acquired:
- Citizenship of another EU Member State or another EFTA Member State;
- Citizenship of another NATO Member State;
- Citizenship of Australia, Brazil or New Zealand;
- Citizenship of such a country with which Latvia has concluded an agreement on the recognition of dual citizenship (no such agreement is currently concluded);
- Citizenship of a country not referred to previously if due to important national interests permission from the Cabinet is received to retain dual citizenship;
- Citizenship of a country not referred to previously if it has been acquired automatically (ex lege) through marriage or as a result of adoption.
List of Permitted Countries
| Citizenship of the European Union Member State | Citizenship of the European Free Trade Association (EFTA) member state | Citizenship of the North Atlantic Treaty Organisation (NATO) member state | as well as citizenship of the following countries | Citizenship of the country which Latvian has entered into the treaty regarding recognising double citizenship with |
| Austria | Iceland | Albania | Commonwealth of Australia | None for the time being |
| Belgium | Lichtenstein | United States of America | Federative Republic of Brazil | |
| Bulgaria | Norway | United Kingdom | New Zealand | |
| Czech Republic | Switzerland | Canada | ||
| Denmark | Montenegro | |||
| France | Germany | |||
| Greece | Turkey | |||
| Croatia | North Macedonia | |||
| Estonia | ||||
| Italy | ||||
| Ireland | ||||
| Cyprus | ||||
| Lithuania | ||||
| Luxembourg | ||||
| Malta | ||||
| The Netherlands | ||||
| Poland | ||||
| Portugal | ||||
| Romania | ||||
| Slovakia | ||||
| Slovenia | ||||
| Finland | ||||
| Spain | ||||
| Hungary | ||||
| Germany | ||||
| Sweden |
Examples of non-permitted countries include India, Pakistan, Egypt, Bangladesh, China etc.
