Concerning the Granting of Lebanese Nationality to Foreigners

Type

Law

Date of the text

27/05/1939

Official Gazette

published in 1939

Status today

In force as of 27/08/2026

Articles

2

What it provides

This law sets the conditions under which a foreigner may be granted Lebanese nationality by decree after an inquiry into the application, mainly ten years of continuous residence in Lebanon or five years after marrying a Lebanese woman, and allows nationality to be granted by Council of Ministers decree to foreigners w

The full text

This act was published in the Lebanese Official Gazette in 1939. Its full text and the original scan are in the Gherbal National Gazette archive.