How do they police it? If I obtain my citizenship by descent, get my passport, live in that country, how do those authorities know how I became a citizen in the first instance? Can a person who lives in a country all their life from, say, the age of 2, but happens to give birth to their child overseas, really not have their child be a citizen? What happens if the child is born in a country that doesn't extend citizenship just because you were born there? They have no citizenship? That is screwed up.
Originally Posted by
Santander
Originally Posted by
emma69
who can pass it to their children - no need to skip the generation in the example I was giving.
Not all countries permit people who gained citizenship by descent to give their citizenship to their children. The UK doesn't allow this and even Canada, who practically give away their passports doesn't allow it.