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Naturalized citizen

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Naturalized citizen  (NATURALIZED citizen)


Aliens may acquire the nationality of their country of residence by naturalization1 and become naturalized citizens2 or naturalized persons2. In some countries certificates of naturalization3 may be revoked4 and naturalized persons will then suffer loss of nationality5. Persons may occasionally have more than one nationality, and will then be said to possess dual nationality6. A distinction is sometimes drawn between resident aliens7, who habitually live in a country other than their own, and alien visitors8 or visiting aliens8, who are there only for relatively short periods.
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