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Citizenship is the status of a person recognized under the custom or law as being a member of a country . A person may have multiple citizenships and a person who does not have citizenship of any state is said to be stateless .
Nationality is often used as a synonym for citizenship in English – notably in international law – although the term is sometimes understood as denoting a person's membership of a nation (a large ethnic group ). In some countries, e.g. the United States, the United Kingdom , nationality and citizenship can have different meanings (for more information, see Nationality#Nationality versus citizenship ).
A person can be a citizen for several reasons. Usually citizenship of the place of birth is automatic; in other cases an application may be required. Each country has their own policies and regulations which change the criteria of who is issued citizenship.