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A child born on US soil obtains US citizenship. But US citizenship is also extended to children born in any US territory, including the US Virgin Islands, Puerto Rico and Guam.

The borders are even more broad than just US territories. Children born in US ports or harbors within 12 nautical miles of US shores are also automatically US citizens. If a child is born in a plane flying over the US, the child becomes a US citizen, no matter what the plane’s country of origin or destination may be.

US installations in other countries are not considered a part of the United States, however. So a child born abroad at a naval base would not automatically be a US citizen unless the child’s parents fit into one of the above categories.
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Learn more about these routes to British Nationality:

WhatPassport.com is a specialist UK Nationality and British Citizenship site offering an online search and assessment. Claims to hold a British Passport can be complex and the site offers a quick, simple search to give you the answers. While many people qualify for the UK Ancestry Visa based on holding a Commonwealth passport with a UK born grandmother or grandfather, we have found that if you have a grandparent born in the UK, or if your mother is British or your father is British, then there are several scenarios where you can claim British Nationality and the right to hold a British Passport. This stems from Britain’s collection of British Colonies, British Protectorates and British Protected States in the middle of last century and the Nationality rules concerning what are now the countries of the Commonwealth.

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