# Paraguay: ordinary naturalisation

The ordinary route requires adult status, three years counted from permanent admission, real residence, an occupation or activity and good conduct. An elementary language/civic examination applies, while nationality and citizenship rights have separate constitutional rules.

Scope: Ordinary adult nationality by naturalisation before the Supreme Court; honorary grants and birth/descent nationality are excluded.

Jurisdiction: Paraguay — nationality and citizenship. Sources reviewed 2026-09-22; review due 2026-12-21.

General information, not legal advice or a finding of eligibility. Requirements depend on the route, applicant and filing date. Verify the official instructions before applying.

## 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.

Evidence: conditional. [Corte Suprema de Justicia: Carta de Naturalización — current application guidance](https://www.pj.gov.py/contenido/463-carta-de-naturalizacion/463); [Corte Suprema de Justicia: Acordada 464/2007 — naturalisation procedure](https://www.pj.gov.py/images/contenido/acordadas/acordada464.pdf). Source location: Court requirements: admission card and residence certificate; Acordada 464 Article 42(a)–(b), PDF p.10..

## 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.

Evidence: conditional. [Corte Suprema de Justicia: Acordada 464/2007 — naturalisation procedure](https://www.pj.gov.py/images/contenido/acordadas/acordada464.pdf). Source location: Acordada 464 Article 42(c), PDF p.10..

## 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.

Evidence: documented. [Cámara de Diputados del Paraguay: Constitution — 2024 parliamentary edition](https://www.diputados.gov.py/pdf/ConstitucionNacional_2024.pdf); [Corte Suprema de Justicia: Carta de Naturalización — current application guidance](https://www.pj.gov.py/contenido/463-carta-de-naturalizacion/463). Source location: Constitution Article 148, printed p.26; Court requirements on profession/activity, records and personal presentation..

## 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.

Evidence: documented. [Corte Suprema de Justicia: Acordada 464/2007 — naturalisation procedure](https://www.pj.gov.py/images/contenido/acordadas/acordada464.pdf). Source location: Acordada 464 Article 46, PDF p.11..

## 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.

Evidence: conditional. [Cámara de Diputados del Paraguay: Constitution — 2024 parliamentary edition](https://www.diputados.gov.py/pdf/ConstitucionNacional_2024.pdf). Source location: Articles 149–150, printed p.26..

## 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.

Evidence: documented. [Cámara de Diputados del Paraguay: Constitution — 2024 parliamentary edition](https://www.diputados.gov.py/pdf/ConstitucionNacional_2024.pdf); [Corte Suprema de Justicia: Acordada 464/2007 — naturalisation procedure](https://www.pj.gov.py/images/contenido/acordadas/acordada464.pdf). Source location: Constitution Article 152(2), printed p.26; Acordada 464 Article 48, PDF p.11..

## Scope and limitations

- The Court's current procedure still expressly invokes Acordada 464/2007; only its relevant nationality provisions are summarised.
- The absence rule is preserved in the source's own annual/month wording; treatment of an exceptional absence must be confirmed with the Court.
- No guaranteed decision time, foreign-law renunciation consequence, CEFR standard or test exemption is inferred.

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