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Skriven 2010-01-11 17:42:26 av Roy Witt (1:387/22)
   Kommentar till text 3001 av Ward Dossche (2:292/854)
Ärende: Lemme get this straight
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11 Jan 10 22:49, Ward Dossche wrote to Roy Witt:


 RW>> WD> ... or a woman going through childbirth, what nationality does
 RW>> the
 RW>> WD> child have?

 RW>> In the case of a US mother or father, one or both, the child cannot
 RW>> have dual citizenship, therefore is a US citizen by birth to a US
 RW>> citizen.

 WD> If the child is born aloft in, let's say, an airplane registered in
 WD> Mongolia, then according to international treaties the child has a
 WD> right to be a Mongol citizen if it so wishes.

Not until it has reached the age of adolescence. Which is too late, as the
airplane will land before the child is 12yo.

 WD> So, my dear man, if mama and papa are US citizens and the child opts
 WD> to be Mongol at a certain age (16 or 18) then it will be Mongol.

Wrong again, Ward. If a child is born to at least one US citizen on a
Mongol airplane in international territory or on the ground, according to
US law, the child is an American citizen. An American citizen, again by US
law, cannot hold dual citizenship. Of course, if you choose to leave your
newly born child in the country of origin of the airplane in question,
that's your perogative.

 WD> That choice is irreversable, so if that means denouncing US
 WD> citizenship, so be it.

There is no chance of that. The child will grow up not knowing that he was
born anything else but a US citizen. He'll be treated as one when he
becomes an adolesent and able to make up his mind about it. No one in
their right mind would choose to denounce their US citizenship to be a
Mongol citzen. Once educated in and having lived as a US citizen for over
12 years, unless he was influenced by some fanatical religion at a young
age. Those who do that are usually of Arab descent anyway, so good
riddance.

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