If your born on a airplane over the sea,do u become the nationally of the country you land?

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Gerald J

You posed a very interesting question, so I did some research. The laws pertaining to citizenship vary greatly from country to country, very few countries allow someone who is born in their country (or airspace) to automatically become citizens, the U.S. is one of them. In your case, the child would have to have been born over American airspace to be considered eligible to qualify for U.S. citizenship, unless one of the parents was of U.S. citizenship, which automatically makes the child eligible for U.S. citizenship. If the child was born in international waters(or airspace) and neither parent was a U.S. citizen, there is no case for U.S. citizenship. In most cases, if the child was born in international waters (or airspace), the baby's place of birth would be the country of that ship or airplanes registry, but not necessarily qualify the baby for citizenship of that country. So, to answer you question, it all depends on whether the baby was in international waters or sovereign airspace, and which country's airspace and which country the parents are citizens of. There is no single answer to your question. I have a daughter who was born in Thailand, my wife and I are U.S. citizens, but my daughter wasn't a citizen until we registered her birth at the U.S. Embassy. Great question!

madfairy

you become one of the bird tribes

whatevit

You are a citizen of the country of your parents. I was born in the West Indies while my mother was on vacation. The USA FBI said that I am an American citizen because that is where my parents were from.

brandenmdit

You become a citizen of alantis duh

valtemere

just to add to your question is the dad an american....

tyconkate1

The citizen of the country your parents are citizens

Scott S

it depends where you parents citizens. If an American citizen man and woman have a child in africa, the child is American.

T-Bone

you put American airlines flight 643

WellTraveledProg

You get the nationality of your parents.
Same thing happens on ships at sea, anywhere someone is born in international territory.

yo_ghetto_sista

When your born over open waters, or in a place called "no man's land", I think that your parents can put their birth place on your birth certificate or your destination. It's their choice. Some countries don't let you be a citizen of their country just because you were born there. They make you go through a small citizenship test.

rhin0692002

i believe that the laws of the registered country of the aircraft apply wherever you are in the world, so it's the laws of the carrier's home nation.

gayturdman

it depends on the nationality of the parents

Ronni

you guys, hes not asking whether he'll b an american or not!! he's asking what is your birthplace going to be!!! duh its obvious if you're going to be an american, or going to have citizenship, but what would the birthplace be uk or usa??? gawd!

no idea..but i'm thinking it would be the place of destination

mr danger

You become a citizen of the the country of registry of that particular aircraft.
Think about it; A commercial aircraft either in flight or on the ground in a foreign country is in effect still a part of it's nation of registry. Think of the rules of embassy's and military bases.
It's the same thing.

Where you land if it happened in there waters... Would never happen though because airlines wont take heavly preggo women..

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