2006-06-22 20:49:59 · 11 answers · asked by Reddfella 2 in Politics & Government ➔ Immigration
Regardless of where a child is born, they automatically get the citizenship of whatever country their parents' are citizens of. For most countries, they are also considered citizens of whatever country they are born in. So, in theory, you could have a Mother from one country, a Father from a second country, and they could be traveling or whatever and have a baby in a third country, and the child would have citizenship in all 3.
Some countries allow a person to maintain their dual citizenship their whole lives, and others require them to choose an allegiance when they reach the age of majority in that country. For example, my daughter. My husband and I are both US citizens, and she was born while we were stationed in Newfoundland. So, she has dual citizenship - US and Canadian. Canadian law allows you to have dual citizenship, but the US requires her to pick when she's 18. As long as she picks the US, she basically gets to retain her dual citizenship.
So, if a child was born truly in international waters on an international plane, then there would be no "home country" - just the country(ies) of the parents'. Unless the country that the airline in question was based out of, or the country that the flight was going into decided to grant the child citizenship as well.
2006-06-22 21:04:15 · answer #1 · answered by seasailorwife 2 · 3⤊ 0⤋
It depends upon the laws of the different countries. Some places, like the United States, makes you eligible for citizenship if you are the first port of entry. There are attempts to change this law to make you a citizen based on the citizenship of your parents - but that is not the case just yet.
2006-06-22 20:56:33 · answer #2 · answered by Coach D. 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
An airplane is a property of a company, or a country. It does not determine your nationality at all. If you are born in an airplane, you still carry your parent's nationality. It is like saying, what nationality would I belong to if I was born in the international waters. If you are born in embassies of a country is a different story.
2006-06-22 21:20:59 · answer #3 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
The aeroplane flies the flag of the country where it is registered and under the International Law the Ships and the Aeroplanes are extra-territorial, that is extended territory of the country whose flag is flown, within certain limitations governed by internatioal conventions.
Hence, the child has the nationality of the parents or the country whose flag the plane flies. It also depends on the Municipal Laws of the country governing the parents, which differs from State to State.
2006-06-22 21:17:47 · answer #4 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
The citizenship of a newborn is determined by the citizenship of the parents, not where it was born.
For example, if an American couple were off visiting Australia, and the birth came a couple weeks early, the baby would not have Australian citizenship.
2006-06-22 20:53:27 · answer #5 · answered by The Electric Skeptic 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
it depends which country the plane was flying over when the baby was born and if they consider citizenship . otherwise the baby would acquire it's parents citizenship.
2006-06-22 20:53:21 · answer #6 · answered by dxb 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Oh this is easy. It just depends on the airline he was born on. He could me continental, American, Jet Blue, etc.
2006-06-22 20:54:23 · answer #7 · answered by de rak 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
I guess it depends on what country your flying over and its immigration laws.
2006-06-22 20:52:09 · answer #8 · answered by D 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
I believe it's the mothers, as in "Mother Land"
2006-06-22 20:53:29 · answer #9 · answered by grldragon101 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
the parents's
2006-06-22 20:50:46 · answer #10 · answered by Oh, Natey-O! 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋