Latvia's eligibility provisions are second only to MT at the bottom of MIPEX tied with HU and PL. Migrants who are already long-term residents must wait a further five years to be eligible for citizenship. Their children and grandchildren must also wait, unless they were born in Latvia after independence and fulfill many other criteria. The spouses of Latvians must be married for five years to become long-term residents and then wait another five years to become eligible to naturalise. The procedure to meet the conditions for nationality is fairly short and affordable. But they have to pass a high-level oral and written language test and a citizenship test on the Constitution and the text of the national anthem. In addition, any applicant with a criminal conviction is rejected. Naturalised Latvians are critically insecure in their status (see box). Dual nationality is never allowed for the children of foreigners and is only sometimes allowed for naturalising citizens.
