Nationality law of the People's Republic of China of the Ninth National People's Congress on December 29, 1998. Unlike the UK, Portugal did not have an overseas nationality, which means that residents of Macau had the same type of Portuguese nationality as those in Portugal. Unique provisions include clarification for individuals of both Chinese and Portuguese descent, who may choose either Chinese or Portuguese nationality without losing right to abode. Negotiations between China and Portugal over Macau were considerably smoother than those between the United Kingdom and China over Hong Kong, and in the former a pragmatic practical agreement was understood making double nationality possible "de facto" for
British nationality law and the Republic of Ireland British nationality law and the Republic of Ireland This article is about British nationality law in respect of citizens of Ireland. The latter is referred to in British nationality law as the "Republic of Ireland" and was previously referred to as "Eire" "(sic)" between 1937 and 1949 and as the Irish Free State between 1922 and 1937. (This article does not discuss Irish nationality law). When the Irish Free State left the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland in 1922, the existing status of "British subject" was, from the point of view of British nationality law, left unaffected. Broadly