If a child is born in Uruguay, can he acquire this nationality?

Uruguay is one of the countries that implement the policy of birth citizenship. Therefore, if your child is born in Uruguay, he will automatically acquire Uruguayan nationality. Since both Greece and Uruguay recognize dual citizenship, your child will have dual citizenship of Uruguay and Greece as long as the necessary application procedures are fulfilled.

The policy of birth citizenship, that is, the principle of place of birth, is one of the principles of obtaining original nationality. This means that children born within their national administrative jurisdiction can have the nationality of that country, regardless of whether their parents are citizens of that country or not. Among them, the United States is a typical representative of this policy. However, after Trump took office, he repeatedly released rumors of terminating the policy, which aroused great concern of the international community about illegal immigrants.

Extended data

According to the World Atlas, in addition to Uruguay, there are 29 countries that implement the birth citizenship policy:

Antigua and Barbuda

Argentina

Barbados

Belize

Bolivia

Brazil

Canada

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Cuba

* * * Dominican Republic

Ecuador

Salvador

Fiji

Grenada

Guatemala

Guyana

Honduras

Jamaica

Mexico

Nicaragua

Panama

Paraguay

Peru

Saint Kitts and Nevis

Saint Lucia i.

Saint Vincent and the Grenadines

Trinidad and Tobago

United States of America

Venezuela

1, Baidu Encyclopedia-Birth citizenship

2. Baidu Encyclopedia-Dual Nationality