2006-11-01 15:38:28 · 17 answers · asked by Anonymous in Politics & Government ➔ Immigration
Your child will be a flight attendant, of course!
Actually, the child has the citizenship of its parent under International law.
2006-11-01 15:40:53 · answer #1 · answered by Harvie Ruth 5 · 5⤊ 1⤋
You've gotten a few correct answers, but not many.
There are two ways to determine citizenship: the citizenship of one or both parents (jus sanguinis), and - rarely - the place of birth (jus soli). There are very few countries in the world in which citizenship is accorded by jus soli, by right of simply by being born there (or, yes, overhead). The US is one; there are not many others.
Where the airplane took off from makes no difference: on a plane overflying the US on the way nonstop from Russia to Mexico, if a woman gives birth over Nebraska, the child will be a US citizen - if the time and location of the birth can be properly documented. Over other countries, however, their own laws will apply, or not.
2006-11-02 00:21:22 · answer #2 · answered by dognhorsemom 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
I am going to have to disagree with most of the previous answers. There are 2 primary ways a person's citizenship is determined. The first of which is where the person is born. If a person is born in the U.S. 99% of the time that person is a U.S. citizen. The second way is through the citizenship of the parents. If a child is born in Canada and his parents (or one parent) are U.S. citizens; then that child would be a Canadian citizen by birth and would derive U.S. citizenship from his parents. To answer your question specifically, the child would be a citizen of whatever country the plane took off from.
2006-11-02 00:02:35 · answer #3 · answered by Paul Q 2 · 1⤊ 1⤋
Although medically one is not allowed to fly after 35 weeks gestation, premature births can occur....
I saw this on a science website which may clear up a few things:
HALIFAX, Nova Scotia, Sept. 25 (UPI) -- A British Airways flight crew delivered a baby in Canadian airspace over the Atlantic on a flight from London to Boston.
Baby Nadine and her mother, Rabab Ahmed, were resting in a Halifax hospital Monday, the Canadian Broadcasting Corp. reported. The plane was diverted to Nova Scotia when the pilot reported the medical emergency Saturday.
Ahmed said when she realized what was happening she worried about how her fellow passengers would react to the delay.
"I thought they would be mad or upset," she said. "But everyone was clapping."
Ahmed was en route to Boston, where her father was waiting for her. Nadine is her first child, and she said she did not realize she was in labor at first.
She was 7 1/2 months pregnant and had visited a doctor the day before she left London, getting clearance to fly.
Ahmed holds dual U.S.-Egyptian citizenship. Nadine holds Canadian citizenship thanks to her birth in Canadian airspace.
2006-11-02 05:43:11 · answer #4 · answered by prithivimata 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
It's citizenship is nothing, pregnant mothers within the last trimester are not allowed to fly in most countries. Even in countries that do allow mothers to fly in the last trimester the cut off point is six weeks before the due date and the mother has to file a certificate that her condition has been verified by two different Doctors. If the child was born premature while the plane was in the air, it's survival would be problamatic at best.
2006-11-01 23:52:55 · answer #5 · answered by Anonymous · 3⤊ 0⤋
Your child will have the same citizenship as you do. There is no territorial imperative in upper space, or in outer space.
PS: Sorry, Jeremy. Where you are born DOES make a difference. In most countries of the world, if you are born in that country, you automatically become a citizen of that country. That's why dual citizenship exists --to acknowledge that you were born in one country but your parents are citizens of another country.
2006-11-01 23:48:23 · answer #6 · answered by old lady 7 · 2⤊ 1⤋
I assume you're talking about an international flight. I think the citizenship status would be whatever the parents' is - most of the time, it isn't where you're born that makes you a citizen, but who you're born to.
2006-11-01 23:42:09 · answer #7 · answered by JerH1 7 · 3⤊ 1⤋
May be according the territory the plane was above , may be not and that it is the parents nationality , ask an experienced person , I study law , but the Nationality subject is still the next term :D Cheers.
2006-11-01 23:41:45 · answer #8 · answered by MandO 2 · 1⤊ 1⤋
You need to list a country first
2006-11-01 23:49:53 · answer #9 · answered by HOMER 1 · 1⤊ 0⤋
Generally, when you get back to your home country you will fill out a form and it will be a citizen of that country.
2006-11-01 23:41:11 · answer #10 · answered by ZCT 7 · 2⤊ 1⤋