america is a diseased society, but most countries in the world dont give citizenship to people born on their soil. instead, they give citizenship based on "blood" descent. the place of birth system is most common in the new world.

so yeah, the US moving towards the norm is bad, but the norm is bad and the US is still better in this sense than most countries. weird shit.

[–] barrbaric@hexbear.net 7 points 6 months ago (1 children)

So if the parents have immigrated somewhere and have a child there while not having citizenship themselves, they have to go to an embassy and do a bunch of paperwork or something? Weird that someone could be a citizen of a country they've never been to.

[–] bdonvr@thelemmy.club 9 points 6 months ago

Yes generally. If a couple in India are living in France (without being citizens) and have a kid there, they'd submit the child's vital documents to the Indian embassy in France or possibly mail them to India so an Indian passport can be issued.