Question about citizenship of unborn child?

Question

I am pregnant and my husband and I live in Austria. He is German - I am American. The baby will be born in Austria. Which citizenship will my child have once he or she is born?

I was born and raised in America - I lived there from conception until I was 33 years old. Also, my parents and their parents were American citizens.

BTW - thanks for all of the help!

Answer 1

Oh, I just wish that people that do not know the answer to a question would not try to confuse others with their guesses.

Both the US and Germany give citizenship to children born to their citizens (ius sanguinis principle), no matter where they are born, so your child has both the US and German citizenship (my husband is American, I am German, our daughter is US and German citizen). Austria does NOT give citizenship to children born to foreigners in Austria. Your child has, however, the opportunity to apply for naturalization in Austria after only 6 year instead of the general 10 years of residence ( but since Austria doe not allow you to keep a foreign citizenship if you naturalize, you child would have to give up the US and German citizenship).

It is best to get official documentation from Germany and the US for your child that show that it has the respective citizenship so you won't have to always prove the child's citizenship. In the US the Department of State is responsible to handle birth abroad, see: http://travel.state.gov/family/family_issues/birth/birth_593.html
In Germany you can apply for a German birth certificate from the Standesamt Berlin (this is optional but it will save your child from having to constantly prove its German citizenship), see: http://www.berlin.de/standesamt1/kind/index.html

Answer 2

that is actually a question that would require more information. the answer is probably dual-citizenship.

which country do you want the child to be a citizen of?
HERE is the info about US citizenship.
Have you ever lived in the United States? If so how long and how old were you at the time?

Birth Abroad to One Citizen and One Alien Parent in Wedlock: -----A child born abroad to one U.S. citizen parent and one alien parent acquires U.S. citizenship at birth under § 301(g) INA provided the citizen parent was physically present in the U.S. for the time period required by the law applicable at the time of the child's birth. (For birth on or after November 14, 1986, a period of five years physical presence, two after the age of fourteen is required to transmit U.S. citizenship to the child.

Answer 3

i would say the child would be dual citizen between German and American!!!

btw Birth in Austria does not in itself confer Austrian citizenship. However it may lead to a reduction in the residence requirement for naturalization as an Austrian citizen.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Austrian_nationality_law

Answer 4

No a child doesn't automatically get British citizenship if it's born in the UK. One either parent has to be British for that child to get British citizenship. Yes a non British can be named on the birth certificate.

Answer 5

The baby will have citizenship in Austria, the place of its birth.

Answer 6

The child will have dual. citizenship, as you're an American

Answer 7

Dual citizenship because you are an american citizen the child will also be american as well as austian.

Answer 8

Austrian

Answer 9

Both. They will eventually probably want to choose one when they are older, but if you are an America, then your child is an naturalized American.

Answer 10

the child will be austrian and will need austrian paperwork unless you transfer the birth records.