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There 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 soi
by dopidopHN 3y ago
There 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 )