naturalization
noun [ U ] (UK usually naturalisation) uk/ˌnætʃ.ər.əl.aɪˈzeɪ.ʃən/ us/ˌnætʃ.ɚ.rə.ləˈzeɪ.ʃən/
归化（非某国公民依法取得该国国籍的行为）
the act of making someone a legal citizen of a country that they were not born in
laws regulating naturalization and immigration 管理入籍和移民的法律
If they can't prove their citizenship, they have to go through the naturalization process. 如果他们不能证明自己的公民身份就必须完成入籍程序。
See: naturalize
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- Citizenship is either by birth or naturalization.
- He is asking the court to grant his naturalization application.
- She spent most of her life in England, undergoing naturalization in 1902.