If I was pregnant and in ......Jamaica.Would my baby be a Jamaican just for being born there?Would that give me dual citizenship?....damn that would be cool,having a kid with a Jamaican accent,I love accents.
Do all countries in the world have this same belief?
2006-08-16 13:28:06 · 20 answers · asked by Anonymous in Politics & Government ➔ Immigration
They certainly don't .... most European countries don't have it ... Ireland had it and renounced it by popular demand in 2004 .... here's a list of countries if you're interested .. http://www.cis.org/articles/1993/back793.html
Chula ... Sweden doesn't, I know that for a fact ....
2006-08-16 13:46:06 · answer #1 · answered by Sashie 6 · 5⤊ 2⤋
What you write about is not a "belief:" it either is or is not a law.
Every country has different immigration and nationality laws. Many, but not all, accord automatic citizenship to a child born within their jurisdiction. And citizenship is never accorded to the parent of that child just through the fact of giving birth to a citizen.
Also, many countries do not allow dual citizenship. Jamaica does, and it also accords citizenship at birth. So your child born there might be a dual citizen; you would not be.
Here is a reasonably accurate web site that is also easy to read:
2006-08-16 13:59:16 · answer #2 · answered by dognhorsemom 7 · 1⤊ 0⤋
Most countries require more than being born on their soil for citizenship rights. Usually they are considered foreign nationals of the parents country of citizenship.
2006-08-16 13:55:07 · answer #3 · answered by Anonymous · 2⤊ 0⤋
In some countries it would but in most countries in the western, developed world the parent or parents also need to be a citizen. Canada recently changed their law to that effect I believe, but I may have the country wrong.
Sashie, thanks for the link. Not Canada then, maybe Ireland. So Canada, which has the same land mass we do more or less, and 10% of our population still has this, but otherwise the common 'lifeboat' countries do not. Except us. Interesting.
2006-08-16 14:09:27 · answer #4 · answered by DAR 7 · 2⤊ 1⤋
It would give your child dual citizenship.........not you! I don't know if it is the same for every country though. It's not a matter of belief......but of what laws are on the books. lol and unless you raised your kid there............he/she isnt going to have a Jamaican accent........but I think you knew that! LOL
2006-08-16 13:35:54 · answer #5 · answered by Ambervisions 4 · 2⤊ 2⤋
The first and only time I saw this slur was here on YA. To answer your question the only countries I can honestly say could have this is Canada, the Netherlands, and Sweden. These countries do not, however have rampid cases of xenophobia like in the USA.
2006-08-16 13:55:49 · answer #6 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 1⤋
My son was born in Germany, in a German hospital and shares dual citizenship. He was never called anything as disgusting as an ANCHOR BABY. He was just called my son.
2006-08-16 13:41:27 · answer #7 · answered by sqwirlsgirl 5 · 1⤊ 3⤋
Chula, by Columbian friends, do you mean Dealers? Because either you or they are completely baked. Sashie's link was correct, not what your buddies told you. Thanks for the links Sashie & Dognhorsemom.
If you read Sashies link you will see why we really have that law and why it's being abused.
2006-08-16 14:23:11 · answer #8 · answered by Kris B 5 · 2⤊ 0⤋
Nope, it stems from a misinterpretation of the fourteenth amendment to the US Constitution.
2006-08-16 13:41:53 · answer #9 · answered by Anonymous · 2⤊ 2⤋
What if he was conceived in Jamaica, but born in France?
What would that accent sound like?
2006-08-16 13:37:20 · answer #10 · answered by Professor Chaos386 4 · 1⤊ 2⤋