Naturalization

Acquiring Liechtenstein citizenship

In principle, a distinction can be made between five different ways to acquire Liechtenstein citizenship:

• By birth (§ 4 LGBl. 1996 No. 124)
  Children of a Liechtenstein mother or father acquire Liechtenstein citizenship. This also applies in principle to adopted children (adoption in lieu of a child).
• Naturalization in the ordinary procedure (§ 6 LGBl. 2008 No. 306)
  Naturalization in the ordinary procedure is carried out by admission to the municipal citizenship, which is decided by the municipal citizens residing in the municipality in a vote. The applicant must have been a regular resident of Liechtenstein for ten years and renounce his previous citizenship.
• Naturalization as a result of marriage (§ 5 LGBl. 2008 No. 306)
  The most important prerequisite for this is that the applicant has been married to a Liechtenstein citizen or the applicant has been married to a Liechtenstein citizen for at least five years, has the ordinary residence in Liechtenstein and renounces the previous citizenship.
• Naturalization as a result of registered partnership (§ 5 LGBl. 2008 No. 306)
  The most important prerequisite for this is that the applicant lives with a Liechtenstein citizen in a registered partnership for at least five years, has ordinary residence in Liechtenstein and renounces the previous citizenship.
• Naturalization as a result of longer-term residence (§ 5a LGBl. 2008 No. 306)
  For naturalization as a result of longer-term residence, a regular residence in Liechtenstein of 30 years is required, whereby the years up to the age of 20 are counted twice. The applicant must renounce his previous citizenship.
• Naturalization as a result of statelessness (§ 5b LGBl. 2008 No. 306)
  For naturalization due to statelessness, a regular residence in Liechtenstein of five years is required. You were born in the country, have been stateless since birth, and have not yet reached the age of 21.

Documents that are not written in German must be translated by a translator recognized in Liechtenstein .