Can a baby get citizenship if born overseas?


Can a baby get citizenship if born overseas? A person born abroad in wedlock to two U.S. citizen parents acquires U.S. citizenship at birth under section 301(c) of the Immigration and Nationality Act (INA), if at least one of the parents had a residence in the United States or one of its outlying possessions prior to the person's birth.


What if a tourist baby is born in the USA?

Giving birth in the US makes the BABY a US citizen automatically. It does not affect the immigration status of the mother or father at all. The parents must apply for the baby's state birth certificate, and use it to apply for the baby's US passport, as proof of his/her US citizenship.


Do you get free flights if you give birth on a plane?

Popular rumor claims that people born on airplanes get free flights for life. Any truth in that? Sadly, it seems to be something of a myth. Very few airlines are known to have granted a newborn free flights for life.