President Donald Trump said the United States is the only country to indulge in the principle of Jus Soli, in October 2018, but that isn’t true. We have 30 states actually that also offer birthright citizenship. The word Jus Soli is a Latin word, and it means “the right for the soil,” which means the right to being citizenship by birth. Jus Soli implies the right to be citizenship which is being accorded to a baby born inside a particular country regardless of the parents’ nationality. Though president Trump made a mistake by saying that only the United States offers birth citizenship, actually it’s carried out in America mostly. That’s the reason why most people have sought to immigrate to get into these countries to secure citizenship for their children. While Jus Sanguinis means “the right of blood,” this is the right of citizenship inherited by children through their parents and not where they were born. All African, Oceanic, European, and Asian countries are granted citizenship via this principle. In this article, we will talk about the top 10 countries that offer citizenship by birthright.
In the constitution of the United States, 14th Amendment says that “every person naturalized or born inside the country, and they are subject also to the jurisdiction, are all United States citizens and also the State of where they are residing.” Although the United State Jus Soli excludes foreign diplomats’ born children.
The benefits of being a citizen of the United States are:
The nationality law of Canada is being defined by its Citizenship Act, which will determine the person that is eligible to become a citizen. The country citizenship is obtained typically by giving birth to a child in Canada on Jus Soli principle. Canada is one of the developed countries in the world which offers this full citizenship for children that are given birth inside the country.
The privileges and rights that the child would receive are:
Every child that is given birth in Brazil would automatically become a citizen of Brazil, an exception to children who are birthed by foreign parents that are both on an official mission for the government.
The benefits of being a citizen of Brazil are:
Barbados has prosperous economies here in the Caribbean with a stable government, great medical care, and fantastic infrastructure. That’s the Reason why it’s a great place to live, work, and buy a property. Every child given birth in the country becomes a citizen automatically without putting into notice the birth parents nationality.
Benefits of being a citizen are as follows:
Any person that is given birth in the country would acquire Argentina citizenship, except for the children that are birthed to parents in service of another government like foreign diplomats. This also is being applied to persons born in the Falkland Islands, a disputed area, located between the United Kingdom and Argentina.
Benefits of being a citizen of Argentina are:
Any person born in the country would acquire Cuban citizenship, except for the children that are birthed to parents in service of another government like foreign diplomats.
The benefits of being a citizen of Cuba:
Any person that is given birth in the country would acquire Jamaica citizenship, except for the children that are birthed to parents that in service of another government like foreign diplomats.
The benefits of being a citizen of Jamaica are:
Any person given birth in the country would acquire the Peruvian citizenship, except for the children that are birthed to parents that in service of another government like foreign diplomats.
The benefits of being a citizen of Peru are:
Any person that is given birth to in the country would acquire Mexican citizenship, except for the children that are birthed to parents who are in service of another government like foreign diplomats.
The benefits of being a citizen of Mexico are:
Any person born in the country would acquire the Venezuelan citizenship in respective of the parents’ nationality, except for the children that are birthed to parents who are in service of another government like foreign diplomats.
The benefits of being a citizen of Venezuela are: