Paraguay: ordinary naturalisation

Three years from permanent admission

The Court requires three years of residence counted from the resolution granting permanent admission. Acordada 464 calls for continued residence and an actual home in Paraguay; a business address while living abroad is insufficient.

Absence limitation

Article 42(c) excludes the applicant who, despite permanent admission, is absent for periods exceeding three months per year during each of the three years before applying. The source's months are not converted into an invented day count.

Adult status, activity and conduct

The Constitution requires adulthood, regular exercise of a profession, trade, science, art or industry in Paraguay, and good conduct. Court guidance requests activity evidence and local and origin-country criminal records; its procedure includes a personal sworn declaration.

Elementary language and civic examination

The examination assesses elementary knowledge of one official language, national history and geography, and constitutional rules on loss of nationality. It may be oral or written, evaluated by the Court president or a designated representative. No CEFR equivalence or general exemption is established here.

Multiple nationality and loss

Multiple nationality may be admitted through a treaty or constitutional-level reciprocity. Naturalised Paraguayans lose nationality for an unjustified absence exceeding three years declared judicially, or voluntary acquisition of another nationality. These rules do not establish universal permission to retain every prior nationality.

Nationality is not immediate citizenship

Article 152(2) makes a naturalised national a citizen after two years from obtaining nationality. The Court decides the application; a favourable decision is followed by a fidelity oath and the nationality diploma. Nationality acquisition and political citizenship must not be collapsed.