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jeroenhdtoday at 12:01 AM1 replyview on HN

The whole concept of getting citizenship where you're born is mostly an American concept. Though, if you do get born in a place where you get citizenship based on location alone, your parents will probably need to figure out a lot of paperwork to sort things out.


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throwaway2037today at 3:49 AM

Most of North America and South America operates under Jus sanguinis -- you get citizenship for being born in country, even if your parents are not citizens.