Please if you are familiar with this help me. I cannot find answers for these questions. Are these people U.S. Citizens? Why? I haven't been able to figure these out.
1. Mark was born on a U.S. passenger ship near the coast of Japan. (Is he a U.S. citizen? Why)
2. Ashley was born on a U.S. army base in Guam. (Is she?)
2007-07-20 03:41:06 · 12 answers · asked by blacknwhitepuma 2 in Politics & Government ➔ Immigration
Thats all the information the questions have.
2007-07-20 03:48:06 · update #1
yes- because he was born on a US ship
yes- because a base is considered US property
Also if both parents are citizens of the US the child is automatically a citizens regardless where he/she was born
2007-07-20 03:51:50 · answer #1 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 1⤋
Ashley is for sure a US citizen since she was born in Guam which is an american possession.
Mark on the other hand was born in international waters. Japan is not a US territory. But I think as long as his parents are US citizens, he will be too. I think it would depend what his parents are.
2007-07-20 10:54:28 · answer #2 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
Mark is a citizen because the Passenger ship is based out of the US and the loop hole in the constitution does cover him.
Ashley is a citizen because any military base or Embassy is considered sovereign territory of the US.
2007-07-20 10:54:18 · answer #3 · answered by maggiemae363 3 · 1⤊ 0⤋
2. If either parant is an American.
1. Under old interpretations, Mark would be a US citizen if born on the high seas, but if in Japanese territorial waters, I have no clue. However, if his parents were American he'd be American.
In either event the parents would have to file a form regarding a US Citizen born abroad.
2007-07-20 10:47:48 · answer #4 · answered by DAR 7 · 2⤊ 0⤋
well, in my opinion, they are not citizen of the us reason being even though they were born in a us army base or passenger ship over an international country, doesn't mean that they are us citizen, the us passenger ship and us army base are located in those country which is not a territory of the united states, so them being born there doesn't make them citizen unless your a parent of these 2 people and your are an american citizen than biologically they are citizen. but, thats just me....
2007-07-20 11:42:12 · answer #5 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 1⤋
2. Yes -- she has the right to claim US citizenship, if either of her parents were stationed on that base.
1. Maybe -- Mark has no automatic claim to citizenship until he lands in the US. If his parents (at least one) are citizens, then he can become a citizen by registering his birth here. But if neither of his parents are US citizens, then just being a US-flagged ship is not enough.
2007-07-20 10:46:29 · answer #6 · answered by coragryph 7 · 1⤊ 1⤋
If mom or dad are American citizens so is the child. doesn't matter where they are born.
and depending on the country they may be able to apply for citizenship there for the child all so.
at one time if you were born on U.S. soil you were automatically a U.S. citizen.
2007-07-20 11:29:18 · answer #7 · answered by roadkill55 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Mark: not by virtue of location of birth. If either of his parents are American - yes.
Ashely - yes, if the US base and/or Guam qualifies as "USA territiory" underConstitution (I think it does, since Guam is a US territory).
2007-07-20 10:47:09 · answer #8 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
I am not sure, I think since neither place is actually in America they are only citizens if their parents are.
Again not sure.
My first wife was born in Germany on a military base and she was a citizen, but so were both her parents.
2007-07-20 10:48:41 · answer #9 · answered by Anonymous · 2⤊ 1⤋
They are the children of Americans citizens, so they are American...doesnt matter where they are born...
Same with the children born of illegal Mexican,,,they are Mexican.
2007-07-20 12:21:35 · answer #10 · answered by Grogan 5 · 0⤊ 1⤋