10. The first scenario is where nationality is obtained “automatically…without being required to undertake any further administrative requirements”. This is made up of two elements.
10.1 The first element requires that nationality be obtained “automatically”. This will generally occur when a player is born, subject to the relevant national law, in line with the principle of jus solis (nationality is linked to the place of birth) or jus sanguinis (nationality is linked to the nationality held by one or both parents), or a combination of both.
 10.2 The second element requires that the automatic grant of nationality does not oblige the player to “undertake any further administrative requirements”. 10.2.1 Where the relevant national law demands certain formalities connected to childbirth be completed prior to the automatic grant of nationality (e.g. registration of birth; nationality request due to being born abroad), these are not considered “further administrative requirements”.
10.2.2 Where the relevant national law provides a substantial precondition to be met prior to the automatic grant of nationality (e.g. to abandon another nationality; a substantial waiting period following childbirth), this will be considered a “further administrative requirement”.
10.2.3 In such cases, prior to the substantial precondition being met, the player is considered “eligible to obtain a nationality” as opposed to “holding a nationality”. For the avoidance of doubt eligibility to obtain a nationality does not make a player eligible to participate for representative teams of the MA concerned.

The only document considered to be valid proof of a player’s identity and nationality shall be a permanent international passport that explicitly, and in Latin characters, states the player’s first name(s) and surname(s), as well as his day, month and year of birth. Identity cards or other local supporting official documents shall not be accepted as a valid means of identification…