11.   The added staff, he said, should help more Mexican Americans acquire dual citizenship quicker.

12.   The exception would be that, if the player changes nationalities, he must wait three years after acquiring new citizenship before being eligible to play in the Olympics.

13.   The Olympic charter states that athletes who have competed for one nation must wait three years after acquiring citizenship to compete for another one.

14.   Pirinski, the U.S.-born foreign minister, reportedly was unable to document how he acquired Bulgarian citizenship.

15.   Both have acquired Canadian citizenship but have decided to return to Hong Kong.

16.   But government officials responded that those Russians who wanted to immigrate had already acquired Russian citizenship.

17.   El-Zein acquired Swiss citizenship through the marriage.

18.   For a newborn to acquire Hong Kong citizenship, one of the parents has to be a Hong Kong citizen.

19.   Goldberger told reporters in Lillehammer, Norway, on Sunday that he had acquired Yugoslav citizenship.

20.   Goldberger told reporters in Lillehammer, Norway, on Sunday that he had acquired Yugoslav citizenship in order to be able to compete.