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RicROC

(1,203 posts) Mon Aug 23, 2021, 09:23 PM Aug 2021

Baby born on board during flight from Afghanistan....

Maybe the baby was born when the plan landed in Ramstein Airbase in Germany but before they deplaned.

So, can the baby claim to be natural born Afghan....or American.....or German?

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Baby born on board during flight from Afghanistan.... (Original Post) RicROC Aug 2021 OP

all of the above, and THREE babies; details to follow. elleng Aug 2021 #1

No Birth right northlake9 Aug 2021 #2

but the baby was born on a US air base, considered to be legal US soil? RicROC Aug 2021 #3

"Military bases outside of the United States are not considered 'in the United States' ..." sl8 Aug 2021 #4

elleng

(130,768 posts)

1. all of the above, and THREE babies; details to follow.

Reply to RicROC (Original post)

Mon Aug 23, 2021, 09:29 PM

Aug 2021

northlake9

(65 posts)

2. No Birth right

Reply to RicROC (Original post)

Mon Aug 23, 2021, 10:09 PM

Aug 2021

Germany does not have a birth right provision for citizenship.

You must have at least one US citizen parent if you are born outside the US to be a Native Born Citizen of US.

The child is Afgan

RicROC

(1,203 posts)

3. but the baby was born on a US air base, considered to be legal US soil?

Reply to northlake9 (Reply #2)

Tue Aug 24, 2021, 09:27 AM

Aug 2021

sl8

(13,679 posts)

4. "Military bases outside of the United States are not considered 'in the United States' ..."

Reply to RicROC (Original post)

Tue Aug 24, 2021, 10:37 AM

Aug 2021

https://www.uscis.gov/news/news-releases/uscis-policy-manual-update#:~:text=Military%20bases%20outside%20of%20the,birth%20is%20through%20their%20parents.&text=Stepchildren%20cannot%20acquire%20U.S.%20citizenship%20through%20a%20U.S.%20citizen%20stepparent.

Military bases outside of the United States are not considered “in the United States” in relation to birthright citizenship. Therefore, the only way children born abroad can acquire citizenship at birth is through their parents.

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