Nationality follows parentage under art. 18; there is no general birthright citizenship, only limited anti-statelessness and foundling provisions.
not verified against primary law — Not verified against primary law.
A spouse married to an Iraqi for five years, with residence, may naturalize, instead of ten.
A child born to an Iraqi father or an Iraqi mother is Iraqi by descent (Constitution art. 18); for some children born outside Iraq to an Iraqi mother, recognition is conditional and discretionary.
Ordinary naturalization requires about ten years of lawful residence plus good conduct and self-sufficiency, subject to ministerial approval; a foreign woman married to an Iraqi man has a shorter path. Naturalized citizens face limits on high office.
Where a licence connected to Iraq can be exchanged, based on mapped official lists. Search every issuing country.
Licence issued in Iraq
1 mapped destinationExchange normally requires residence in the destination and replaces the original licence. The official authority still decides validity, deadlines, classes, and any extra checks.