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Generally yes, but I think the US is still the only one where you become a citizen just by being born on the territory? Most countries are "by blood" so just b
by throwaway67743 3y ago
Generally yes, but I think the US is still the only one where you become a citizen just by being born on the territory?
Most countries are "by blood" so just being born somewhere doesn't mean anything if neither parent is a citizen.
Obviously you probably already knew that but just for clarification...
- TheCoelacanth 3y agoI don't think that's remotely true. Nearly all of the Americas seem to be that way[1]. [1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jus_soli https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jus_soli
- throwaway67743 3y agoOh that's interesting, thanks, I thought most places were not doing that anymore, or had restrictions (ie former countries that split in two or similar where if before X date you can have both or choose)
- dopidopHN 3y agoThere is several other countries like that. France where the author is from is similar. You become French by having a French parent or being born on French soil. Overall it’s a more of a « new world » thing. But I would say a handful of other place in Europe have similar laws.
- throwaway67743 3y agoAh I wasn't aware of that, as pretty much all of Europe is by blood, although from Wikipedia in the French case it's not entirely automatic like say the US
- dopidopHN 3y agoYeah I remember looking at the differences a while back. It’s less automatic indeed. And some paper work has to be done to obtain definitive citizenship ( as opposed to a ad hoc visa ) That being said it’s still enough to be problematic in the comore / mayote area where people from the comore boat to nearby mayote to deliver kids on French soil. While I used to live with a French guy with US citizenship because he was accidentally born earlier there. ( he did not speak good English, never set a foot on US soil after his first month )