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Not quite. Children born in France only get French citizenship from birth if at least one parent either is a French citizen or was born in France. Otherwise, t
by Ichthypresbyter 5y ago
Not quite.
Children born in France only get French citizenship from birth if at least one parent either is a French citizen or was born in France. Otherwise, there are various processes for them to acquire citizenship later in life if they spend enough of their childhood in France.
In contrast, almost any child born in the US, regardless of the nationality or immigration status of the parents, is a citizen automatically from birth. The only exceptions are children of foreign diplomats and (hypothetically) children of members of an invading army. Even if the parents are visiting as tourists and the child leaves two weeks after birth and never returns, it's still a citizen.
British law is somewhere in between the two- a child born in the UK is a citizen if at least one parent has "settled status" (in other words is a citizen, permanent resident, or otherwise has an unrestricted right to live in the UK).
- Zababa 5y agoThanks for the correction!
- bbarnett 5y agoYou've just sparked a new form of gene propagation. Imagine being a sperm donor, but in dozens of countries. Now your progeny will have a large range of citizenship, and locations, from which they may thrive during disaster. Better than sailors and ports, for one can travel, experience sunny and interesting destinations, make a deposit, and... success! I see a new startup, which combines cruise ships and pre-arranged donation instructions / locations. Looking for a co-founder...
- FooBarBizBazz 5y agoWouldn't it be cheaper to ship the semen? Less entertaining for the donor, of course. Though, if the goal is to maximize the donor's entertainment, I don't see why we're using artificial insemination. ... Have you ever seen a stud bull get shipped to a farm? ... I feel this could end very badly. Like, Form AirBnB. ...many years later... All real estate is unaffordable. Like, there'd be throngs of George Clooneys and Barack Obamas with weird recessive diseases. And a bizarre fan-club in China of Vladimir Putin babymommas. ... Didn't Stephen Colbert have a product like this? (I swear, if it had been real, some people would have bought and used it.) ... We'd recreate that unexplained prehistoric situation, preserved in the genetic record, where a population bottleneck shows up only on the Y chromosome.
- sidewndr46 5y agoThat isn't distinctly different from marriage fraud, or whatever the US government calls it now. As a US citizen, you can basically jump start the immigration process by just having a recognized marriage to a foreigner. It's pretty messed up in my opinion and encourages bad behavior on the part of both parties.
- triceratops 5y agoWhat's the alternative though? US citizens with non-American spouses would have to leave the US or live apart from their spouse. Assuming the spouse couldn't independently qualify for permanent residence or a work visa.