The Latvian citizenship shall be retained for persons who have acquired the citizenship of a Member State of the European Union, a Member State of the European Free Trade Association, the Commonwealth of Australia, Brazil or New Zealand (see below).
The Latvian citizenship shall be retained also for the persons, who have acquired the citizenship of the country not specified above, if in relation to important interests of the State a permit of the Cabinet of Ministers has been received to retain the dual citizenship or if it has been acquired automatically (ex lege) by entering into marriage or due to adoption.
Persons registering citizenship of Latvia as Latvians or Livs, or exiles will have the right to retain dual citizenship with any country. After acquiring citizenship of Latvia new citizenship of another country may only be acquired in accordance with the general provisions (permitted countries, permission from the Cabinet, marriage, adoption).
The Republic of Latvia permits dual citizenship only under limited circumstances as mentioned below.
Permitted Countries
Citizenship of Latvia may be retained for persons who have acquired:
- citizenship of another EU Member State or another EFTA Member State;
- citizenship of another NATO Member State;
- citizenship of Australia, Brazil or New Zealand;
- citizenship of such a country with which Latvia has concluded an agreement on the recognition of dual citizenship (no such agreement is currently concluded);
- citizenship of a country not referred to previously if due to important national interests permission from the Cabinet is received to retain dual citizenship;
- citizenship of a country not referred to previously if it has been acquired automatically (ex lege) through marriage or as a result of adoption.
| Citizenship of the European Union Member State | Citizenship of the European Free Trade Association (EFTA) member state | Citizenship of the North Atlantic Treaty Organisation (NATO) member state | as well as citizenship of the following countries | Citizenship of the country which Latvian has entered into the treaty regarding recognising double citizenship with |
| Austria | Iceland | Albania | Commonwealth of Australia | None for the time being |
| Belgium | Lichtenstein | United States of America | Federative Republic of Brazil | |
| Bulgaria | Norway | United Kingdom | New Zealand | |
| Czech Republic | Switzerland | Belgium | ||
| Denmark | Bulgaria | |||
| France | Czech Republic | |||
| Greece | Denmark | |||
| Croatia | France | |||
| Estonia | Greece | |||
| Italy | Croatia | |||
| Ireland | Estonia | |||
| Cyprus | Italy | |||
| Lithuania | Iceland | |||
| Luxembourg | Canada | |||
| Malta | Lithuania | |||
| The Netherlands | Luxembourg | |||
| Poland | Montenegro | |||
| Portugal | The Netherlands | |||
| Romania | Norway | |||
| Slovakia | Poland | |||
| Slovenia | Portugal | |||
| Finland | Romania | |||
| Spain | Slovakia | |||
| Hungary | Slovenia | |||
| Germany | Spain | |||
| Sweden | Hungary | |||
| Gemany | ||||
| Turkey | ||||
| North Macedonia |
Renunciation
In order to notify on the acquisition of the citizenship of another country, the Latvian citizens have to submit to OCMA or representative office of Latvia abroad a document, confirming the existence of the citizenship of another country, such as, a passport, personal identity card or certificate of citizenship and the personal identification document of the Latvian citizen.
At the same time if an adult citizen of Latvia has become a citizen of the country with which the establishment of a dual citizenship is not permitted, the person shall have a duty within 30 days after acquisition thereof to submit a submission regarding renounciation of the Latvian citizenship.
Children
Children reaching the age of majority, have to make a choice between citizenship of Latvia and citizenship of the unpermitted country by the age of 25