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Facultatief Protocol betreffende de verkrijging van nationaliteit,
Wenen, 24-04-1963
Optional Protocol concerning Acquisition of Nationality
The States Parties to the present Protocol and to the Vienna Convention on Consular Relations,
hereinafter referred to as “the Convention”, adopted by the United Nations Conference held at Vienna
from 4 March to 22 April 1963,
Expressing their wish to establish rules between them concerning acquisition of nationality by
members of the consular post and by members of their families forming part of their households,
Have agreed as follows:
Article I
For the purpose of the present Protocol, the expression “members of the consular post” shall have the
meaning assigned to it in subparagraph (g) of paragraph 1 of Article 1 of the Convention, namely,
“consular officers, consular employees and members of the service staff”.
Article II
Members of the consular post not being nationals of the receiving State, and members of their
families forming part of their households, shall not, solely by the operation of the law of the receiving
State, acquire the nationality of that State.
Article III
The present Protocol shall be open for signature by all States which may become Parties to the
Convention, as follows: until 31 October 1963 at the Federal Ministry for Foreign Affairs of the
Republic of Austria and, subsequently, until 31 March 1964, at the United Nations Headquarters in
New York.
Article IV
The present Protocol is subject to ratification. The instruments of ratification shall be deposited with
the Secretary-General of the United Nations.
Article V
The present Protocol shall remain open for accession by all States which may become Parties to the
Convention. The instruments of accession shall be deposited with the Secretary-General of the United
Nations.
Article VI
1. The present Protocol shall enter into force on the same day as the Convention or on the thirtieth
day following the date of deposit of the second instrument of ratification of or accession to the
Protocol with the Secretary-General of the United Nations, whichever date is the later.
2. For each State ratifying or acceding to the present Protocol after its entry into force in accordance
with paragraph 1 of this Article, the Protocol shall enter into force on the thirtieth day after deposit
by such State of its instrument of ratification or accession.
Article VII
The Secretary-General of the United Nations shall inform all States which may become Parties to the

Convention:
(a) of signatures to the present Protocol and of the deposit of instruments of ratification or
accession, in accordance with Articles III, IV and V;
(b) of the date on which the present Protocol will enter into force, in accordance with Article VI.
Article VIII
The original of the present Protocol, of which the Chinese, English, French, Russion and Spanish
texts are equally authentic, shall be deposited with the Secretary-General of the United Nations, who
shall send certified copies thereof to all States referred to in Article III.
IN WITNESS WHEREOF the undersigned plenipotentiaries, being duly authorized thereto by their
respective Governments, have signed the present Protocol.
DONE at Vienna, this twenty-fourth day of April, one thousand nine hundred and sixty-three.