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| Thread ID: 147596 | 2019-02-01 19:08:00 | Birth Tourism? In NZ Too? | SurferJoe46 (51) | PC World Chat |
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| 1457845 | 2019-02-01 19:08:00 | Looks like the US is starting to crack down on what's known as birth tourism . Three people were arrested on charges of running "birth tourism" ( . us11 . list-manage . com/track/click?u=47c9040f6ff957a59bd88396e&id=fa7ec80bee&e=d99fc7d4fa" target="_blank">cnn . us11 . list-manage . com) companies that catered to Chinese clients in Southern California . This marks the first time that federal charges have been filed over the practice . "Birth tourists" travel to foreign countries to give birth, so their children can get the citizenship of that country . The US confers citizenship automatically upon babies born on its soil . Some other countries ( . us11 . list-manage . com/track/click?u=47c9040f6ff957a59bd88396e&id=9c0f8560fd&e=d99fc7d4fa" target="_blank">cnn . us11 . list-manage . com) do not grant citizenship automatically unless at least one parent is a citizen . FULL LINK HERE ( . mp/cnn/the-midwest-creeps-out-of-the-deep-freeze?e=d99fc7d4fa" target="_blank">mailchi . mp) |
SurferJoe46 (51) | ||
| 1457846 | 2019-02-01 19:17:00 | Can't think why anyone would want to be a US citizen these days. | piroska (17583) | ||
| 1457847 | 2019-02-02 21:58:00 | en.m.wikipedia.org Children born in New Zealand (or on board a ship or aircraft registered in New Zealand) on or after 1 January 2006 will acquire New Zealand citizenship by birth only if at least one parent is a New Zealand citizen or permanent resident (including Australian citizens). LL |
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| 1457848 | 2019-02-03 23:14:00 | Birth tourism started happening in NZ; hence the amendment to the law as referenced by LL (above). | John H (8) | ||
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