A baby is born on a plane going from Boston to London. What country is it a citizen of?

Answer 1

???? the country it's parents are citizens of????

Answer 2

Depends, if the baby is born within the first 3 minutes of flight then it would still be within the borders of the U.S (up to 12 miles into the Atlantic) and could be considered a US citizen

Once the baby enters international waters, if the parents aren't U.S citizens, then he/she would have be treated as an alien upon returning to the U.S.

Upon landing in London, again, if the parents were British, the baby would be given citizenship to Britian. If non-British, would be treated as an alien as well.

If the plane was within 12 miles of another country enroute (i.e. Canada, Greenland, Iceland) then that baby could be considered a citizen of those countries if those countries have similiar residency regulations as the US.

Poor baby.

Answer 3

If the plane was in the USA territory at the time of birth then the bay would be a citizen of that region and it is the same if the plane was in the british region, the pilot would know what region the plane was in at the hour the baby was born, it cant be no other way than that.

Answer 4

The mother and the baby should be seen by the doctor as soon as they landed in London. They're gonna fix the baby's birth certificate and everything (i.e health, probable complication)right away in London. Therefore the country which the baby should be citizen of, is London.

Answer 5

First of all what is a mother doing flying that far away while she is about to have a baby and second of all if the parents are from Boston than the child would be a US resident if the parents are from England than she would be a resident of England

Answer 6

He is a citizen of the same country as the parents AND whichever country they were over at the time of birth.

Answer 7

confident, that's a citizen of the U. S.. President Herbert Hoover became born distant places of yankee mom and dad and became considered an area born American and subsequently eligible to be President. although, there is quite some place of work work to be filled out with the yankee embassy earlier they might convey the infant abode. some international places recognize twin citizenship and it might additionally be considered a citizen of the country wherein it became born, others do no longer.

Answer 8

I THINK there is a choice.

Obviously the nationality of the parents, but I THINK also of the country the aeroplane is registered in and / or first lands in. This used to be the situation on ships.

Answer 9

I had a friend who was born on a flight to France--his parents were on their way to the funeral of a very close relative. He had dual citizenship until he was 21--at which time he had to declare citizenship of the country in which he established residence.

Answer 10

the country the plane is from but i still think its an american baby, if your parents are in the military and you are born in japan your a american baby because you probably was born on us soil(in japan)

Answer 11

It is a citizen of the country its parents are from...FYI....airlines ban women in their last trimester from flying just to avoid this stupid question!!!