"Baardwijk, J. van DTO/SLWPD/RZO/BOZO" wrote:
>
> > -----Oorspronkelijk bericht-----
> > Van: John Garcia [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]
> > Verzonden: maandag 13 mei 2002 0:06
> > Aan: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
> > Onderwerp: Re: Nitpick On Nationality (was Re: Fag-waving)
>
> > >What if your parents are American, *most* of their sexual relations
> > >were in America, but the act of procreation and birth were in another
> > >country, but then you were brought to America and raised there and
> > >jumped through the little hoops the government provided for you to be
> > >a full citizen in America?
> > >
> > > Julia
> >
> > You are an American because your parents are.
>
> Is that official policy in the US -- regardless of where you were born, if
> your parents are American then you are also American?
>
> That is not the way it is handled here. Your nationality is determined by
> your place of birth. When you then move to an other country, you can apply
> for citizenship there. FREX, if Tom had been born in Belgium, he would have
> gotten Belgian citizenship; after returning to The Netherlands, we could
> then have applied for Dutch citizenship for him.
If your parents are American, it's a lot easier for you to get American
citizenship if you were born elsewhere than if you're an immigrant whose
parents were not born here. But you *do* have to apply to formalize
your US citizenship.
Julia
