I live in America. If I fly to Africa and have my child, will my child be an African. Or lets say I fly and have that same baby in Italy. Is my child Italian?? Or, lets say I fly to Russia and have this child. Is my child Russian?? Kobe Bryant was born in Italy. Is he Italian?
2006-11-15 04:47:33 · 17 answers · asked by Anonymous in Pregnancy & Parenting ➔ Other - Pregnancy & Parenting
If you are an american citizen your child is an american citizen no matter where in the world he or she is born.
2006-11-15 04:51:13 · answer #1 · answered by fat_albert_999 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
If you live in America and you are an American citizen, it does not matter where you child is born. It will be an american if you choose.
Depending on the country you may be able to choose the citizenship.
For example, in the US any baby born on US soil can automatically be an american...but it is the parents choice. Other countries vary on this.
2006-11-15 12:53:00 · answer #2 · answered by Brad N 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
The baby will have a birth certificate that says that reads that he/she was born in that country making the baby a citizen of that country. So if born in Russian, then the baby would be a Russian citizen. But since you are a US citizen, your baby automatically will be a US citizen. This happens with military families a lot.
2006-11-15 12:51:44 · answer #3 · answered by Sparkles 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
If your child is born in another country, he or she has dual citizenship. This means, the child is considered a citizen both in the U.S. and in the country in which he or she is born. It doesn't necessarily make that child "African" or "Italian".
Depending on the country in which the child has the dual citizenship, there could be perks of having the dual citizenship. For instance, my husband has a friend who was born in St. Lucia, but is an American and has lived in the U.S. all his life. He has dual citizenship in St. Lucia and the U.S., and one of the perks is that he is able to compete in the Olympics for St. Lucia if he cannot make the U.S. team.
2006-11-15 12:54:57 · answer #4 · answered by Amy S 1 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Great question! The baby actually gets "dual" citizenship. They are a citizen of the country they were born in, as well as American (parents are both citizens.)
2006-11-15 12:56:55 · answer #5 · answered by soleilshewitch 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Each country has its own citizenship laws. Some grant automatic citizenship for people born there (like the USA). Others say that if your parents are visiting, then you have their citizenship instead, or dual citizenship (the USA generally does not recognize dual citizenship). Look at the embassy website for the place you'd be visiting.
2006-11-15 12:56:48 · answer #6 · answered by sarcastro1976 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
I'm looking forward to the answer to this too because I know illegal immigrants have kids here and they are automatically American- which sucks by the way! But if a kid is born out of the country are they American? I wonder about that.
2006-11-15 12:50:35 · answer #7 · answered by Alison 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
No your baby is whatever yu and your wife back ground is, if they are born outside the US they are a citizen born abroad!! They will be the american citizens.
2006-11-15 12:53:15 · answer #8 · answered by Jody 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
I'd say that if you conceive the child in the same country you give birth in (not leaving the country for the pregnancy), THEN your child can be "classified" like that.
2006-11-15 12:51:07 · answer #9 · answered by Grisu 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
I guess they would be considered citizens but it certainly does not make them of italian, african, or russian heritage.
2006-11-15 13:13:40 · answer #10 · answered by KathyS 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋