[3] Obtaining nationality by option is permitted in the following ten cases:[4] All of the options also have the same "good repute" requirements as for naturalisation, i.e. the applicant must not have made any false statements in conjunction with the request for citizenship or have been issued an immediate custodial sentence of 12 months or more or a suspended custodial sentence of 24 months or more, in any country, if that sentence was not fully served within the fifteen years before the application for acquiring citizenship.
[7] As of January 2022, a total of 31,151 people had claimed citizenship since the passing of the 2008 law,[8] of which more than 11,000 were Brazilian nationals.
[12] A Luxembourg citizen aged 18 or over may renounce their citizenship at any time, free of charge, provided that doing so would not render them stateless.
[13] A Luxembourg citizen who became such by naturalization, option or recovery may be stripped of their citizenship if it emerges that they obtained it by making false statements or through a marriage of convenience, provided that such an action would not render them stateless.
The QNI considers, in addition, to travel freedom on internal factors such as peace & stability, economic strength, and human development as well.