I am a Swiss-Canadian. I am planning to have children and my question is; Does my status as a holder of two citizenships go to my children aswell?
2007-01-20 02:18:02 · 6 answers · asked by H Vice 3 in Politics & Government ➔ Immigration
Yes. No matter where they are born - they will automatically become the citizenship by descent. If your partner has a different citizenship to yours - they can also have it, but at the age of 18 they will have to decide only on keeping two. Three citizenships are not allowed.
2007-01-20 12:07:54 · answer #1 · answered by Niu Su Hao 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Yes, it's possible. If you are not living in Canada or Switzerland at the time of having children, you would have to apply for the non-residential nationality for the children - it will be granted without any difficulties, by both countries.
If a child is born in the US, it will get the US citizenship anyway, so even three nationalities are possible.
A colleague of mine is Canadian, Swiss and German the same time, all since birth.
2007-01-21 08:30:54 · answer #2 · answered by swissnick 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
It depends on the laws of each country. My daughter has dual citizenship (Australian/American) and in order for her children to retain the Australian portion of her citizenship she had to file a lot of paperwork with the Australian Embassy.
2007-01-20 10:27:20 · answer #3 · answered by debwils_4kids 4 · 1⤊ 0⤋
Yes. For instance, if you give birth to your kids in Swizterland, they will be Swiss by birth because they are descendants of a Swiss resident/citizen. However, in that case you will have to register them as citizens of Canada by descent, through Canadian embassies in Switzerland.
If you give birth to them in Canada, then they'll be Canadian by birth because they are offspring of a citizen/resident of Canada. If that is the case, then you will have to register them as Swiss citizens by descent, through Swiss embassies in Canada.
If you give birth to them in a different country, say in the USA, then obviously they are not US citizens, unless one of the parents is a US citizen, even though they are born in USA. In such a case, you'll have to register the kids in both the Swiss and Canadian embassies as citizens by descent.
2007-01-20 10:29:04 · answer #4 · answered by Muga Wa Kabbz 5 · 0⤊ 1⤋
Here we go again with that supid law,,,If born in a country they will be a citizen just like our mexicans and their off springs are a lil ole america ,Silly law and needs to be changed for sure,
2007-01-20 10:23:26 · answer #5 · answered by Gypsy Gal 6 · 0⤊ 1⤋
Depends oneach country law.
2007-01-20 10:23:11 · answer #6 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋