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Member Since: January 2007 Posts: 7,623 Send Message	mgnv	Report	28 Apr 2009 23:25
	So it depends on the laws of the country's involved. Some countries (e.g., USA) have "anchor laws", so if you're born in US territory (which includes their airplanes), you acquire US citizenship (if you apply for it). Otherwise, it depends on the nationalities of the parents, so if the mother has British Canadian and Australian citizenships, and the father has Dutch and Canadian citizenships, the kid can wind up with 5 citizenships.
Member Since: May 2004 Posts: 17,743 Send Message	Battenburg	Report	28 Apr 2009 06:03
Member Since: May 2004 Posts: 17,743 Send Message	Just looked it up. According to UN rules. The birthplace would be the airplanes registered country. Citizenship could be determined whether you are flying into or out of a country British Airways reports 1 in-flight birth annually
Member Since: May 2004 Posts: 17,743 Send Message	Battenburg	Report	28 Apr 2009 04:35
Member Since: May 2004 Posts: 17,743 Send Message	Some relatives were waiting for a flight from Melbourne that kept being delayed. Finally left 7 hours late. The reason being apart from being late leaving the plane had to turn back because a woman went into labour. The baby was born on the plane. Would the child be Australian or would it depend on the nationality of the mother? What if the child was born between 2 countries?. Just curious