While de jure recognition is conditional and temporary, de facto recognition is formal and final.

The diplomatic relations can be established with de jure entities only, and the representatives of de jure recognized entities alone are entitled to full diplomatic immunities and privileges.

Only a de jure recognized régime can claim to receive property located in the territory of the recognizing state.

Only a de jure state or government is entitled to espouse the cause of its citizens and exercise diplomatic protection for their injuries caused by the recognizing state.

If a sovereign state grants independence to its dependency or creates a separate state out of its territory, then the new state can be recognized de jure only.