is america the only contry in which you get Nationality by being born there?
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My son was born in Spain I´m English so´s the mother, yet he´s Spainish in paperwork, but can be English just by registering his birth at the British Embassy
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The answer is simple....no one is actually from America since it's a new country (200+ years old etc). Most people are migrants from previous generations and so feel patriotic to the country that gave their forefathers opportunity.
156456
No, because I am Canadian :)LIVING AND WORKING in the USA.  Problem with that?  I'm legit, I was born in Canada, but raised in the USA, is that ok with you?
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The only two elected jobs(federal) that you cannot hold if you are not a "born" citizen are president and vice president.  You could be born overseas and still be a US citizen like say if your mom was a US citizen but you were born while she was on vacation in Canada.  I think if you're born and a US embassy you're also a "born" citizen.
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Some countries grant citizenship by birth. For example, if you are born in the USA, you are an American citizen, no matter if your parents are not.\n\nSome countries grant citizenship by blood. For example, if one of your parents is Spanish, you are considered Spanish. There is a well-known case of an American who went to Spain to visit relatives and was conscripted in the army because he was Spanish by parental blood.\n\nStateless citizens are something different. For instance, in Kuwait, they did a census around 1926 and another around 1951. If your family is not on the census, you were not Kuwaiti. However, they did not take a census of the Bedoun, who are nomadic Kuwaitis (Arabs - as Kuwaitis might argue they are "not" Kuwaiti) who live in the desert around Kuwait City proper. These Bedoun, though their ancestors have lived there for many years (or hundreds) are stateless. They do not have Kuwaiti citizenship and are not entitled to the benefits that Kuwaiti citizens get.\n\nI hope this helps put it in perspective.
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NO.  If you apply for citizenship in another country you foreit your American citizenship.\n\nThe only way you could have dual citizenship is if you were born somewhere outside of US, or automatically granted (like marriage).
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From the perspective of people in the US, only we are Americans,  but if you go to Spain, and some other parts of the world South America is America, and they are considered Americans. So: it depends on who you talk to.  \nI generally say I'm from the US: it seems a little colonial to usurp legit claims from everyone else in two continents.
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just have to be born in U.S. and no felonies
457221
Depends on what citizenship you have
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Born in the USA, citizen of the USA.
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Nationality means what country you come from.  Culture means the way you live and act.
854155
It doesn't matter, if you weren't physically born on the soil of the united states, you can not become president here. Even if both your parents had centuries of American heritage.\nAlso you asked if your dad is American and your mom is German, what does that make you? It makes you a great combination. I have a lot of German relatives by marriage. It's a nice mixture.
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The only prerequisite that you have to meet is to be a born or naturalized citizen. Other than that, there are MANY ways to be a "true American".
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not at all. just somehow you have to be an immigrant of US
613115
No.. It is a citizen of the country where it was born.. This is a GREAT fallacy in our American system.... HOWEVER.. when the baby returns to the U.S. with its parents, it can easily be change to an American citizenship
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An American is an American.  We all have the same rights.  And if akk American is more of that hyphenated-American immigration crap, get over it.  Once you "LEGALLY' live here, you are an AMERICAN, PERIOD.  The name of your previous country is null and void.  It is now your ethnic background, not your nationality! you left there remember??.  If you prefer to be called and akk or what ever, move back to akk or where ever you came from.  You came here for a reason...to become an American.
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When you become a US citizen you have to disavow allegiance to your birth country.Some people have a problem with that.