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Can I become an American citizen if I go to the United States to have a baby?

Are children born in America Americans? If you go to the United States to give birth to a child, the child will automatically acquire American citizenship as soon as it is born, but the pregnant mother has no nationality.

1. Why can a baby obtain American citizenship?

Because the United States is a native nationality policy, as long as the baby is born in the United States, the baby can automatically have American citizenship.

This is a right granted by the US Constitution. As long as the constitution has not changed, children born in the United States can automatically acquire American citizenship and become legal citizens of the United States.

Second, what is dual nationality?

Are children born in America Americans? On this issue, the point is that Mabel has dual nationality from birth to adulthood at the age of 18.

America is a country of immigrants. The United States practices the principle of two nationalities: the original nationality and the individual nationality. No matter which country's pregnant mother gives birth to a baby in the United States, the baby can obtain American citizenship.

While China adheres to the principle of individual nationality, China is a populous country and does not need to attract immigrants. As long as the parents are China citizens and have no foreign green card, no matter which country or region the baby was born in, the identity of the baby is still recognized by the China government and has the status of China nationality.

To sum up, pregnant mothers in China go to the United States to give birth, and babies born in the United States have both American citizenship and China citizenship before reaching the age of 18, and enjoy the civil rights of China and the United States. However, when the baby 18 years old comes of age, it is necessary to choose one of the two countries as its own nationality and give up the nationality of the other country.

Yes China's pregnant mother chose to go to the United States to give birth to a baby, in order to obtain nationality for the baby.