If a US soilder fathers a child in IRAQ, is the child a US citizen?

Answer 1

In general, yes, children of U.S. citizens are also U.S. citizens, regardless of where they are born.

Answer 2

not unless he marries the woman. A buddy of mine had all of his kids in Germany,and they have dual citizenship.
Most of the people that have answered are wrong. The woman must be married to the American for the child to claim rights as a U.S. citizen,before the birth not after.
It does not matter where the child is born either,my buddies kids were born in German hospitals,not an Army hospital.They don't have to be born on an American base,or American soil.
It would be the same thing if you went overseas and married a foreigner,and then had a child over there,your child would have dual citizenship from whatever country your child was born in.

Answer 3

If the father signs an afidavit of support, affirming that he will support the child and be responsible for him until he or she is 18, and the paternity of the child is established before the child is 18, that child is a United States citizen, retroactive until birth.

If the soldier marries the mother, then the child is a USC, even without the affadavit, again, retroactive to birth.

It is called Derivative Citizenship. The child would derive his or her citizenship from the USC father.

Answer 4

My father fell in love with a german woman when he was stationed there. My oldest brother was born in Germany, but didn't have to go through anything special when my mom came over and became a citizen. i am not sure if it was an age issue or what. I was under the belief that he was a citizen because of my father?

Answer 5

Citizenship of Children

The 14th Amendment of the U.S. Constitution guarantees citizenship at birth to almost all individuals born in the United States or in U.S. jurisdictions, according to the principle of jus soli. Certain individuals born in the United States, such as children of foreign heads of state or children of foreign diplomats, do not obtain U.S. citizenship under jus soli.


Certain individuals born outside of the United States are born citizens because of their parents, according to the principle of jus sanguinis (which holds that the country of citizenship of a child is the same as that of his / her parents). The U.S. Congress is responsible for enacting laws that determine how citizenship is conveyed by a U.S. citizen parent or parents according to the principle of jus sanguinis. These laws are contained in the Immigration and Nationality Act.

In addition, Each year, many people adopt children from outside the U.S. The Child Citizenship Act of 2000 (CCA) grants those children the ability to automatically become U.S. citizens when they immigrate to the United States.

Answer 6

Not unless the child is born in America. If it's born in Iraq, it's Iraqi.

Answer 7

If paternity has no longer been typical, there is not any data of him fathering the infant. The courts desires data of paternity till now ordering infant help. the infant grew to become into born out of wedlock, so logically, a DNA attempting out is mandatory to envision paternity till now help is ordered. think of roughly it; absolutely everyone ought to for this reason declare infant help by using only naming a father - without data. The courts can not award help in step with hearsay.

Answer 8

If you mean with an Iraqi women, yes, the infant is an American citizen, until the Iraqis find it and its mother. The father is a criminal. Literally.

Answer 9

The child theoretically must maintain a dual citizenship based upon the citizenship status of his two parents, although, if no one finds out...i guess it doesn't matter then.

Answer 10

If the child is born on a US military base , yes.

Answer 11

Look at what happened in Vietnam after the war there. The children, technically would be American, but not the mothers. That's where you have the problem.