I am English my Wife is Ukrainian we live in Germany my wife gives birth soon what will childs nationality be?

The Guest

Whatever country your child is born in, will become his/her nationality. So if he/she were to be born in Germany, they would be german.

Their ethnicity would be the race of the parents, so i guess he would be half-english half-ukrainian. Sounds like a pretty good combination.

C O

The child is 1/2 english and 1/2 ukrainian. Where the child is born does not determine the nationality

I'm swedish, my husband is American, we live in Belgium and our 4 month old son has his American passport and we're working on his Swedish one, we're here under diplomatic status so he won't be Belgian. Depends if UK and Ukraina allow dual citizenship I think? I'm glad my son gets to choose if he wants to live in the US or Sweden or anywhere in the EU when he grows up.

Good luck with the baby :)

jackson

OK... most European countries do not allow citizenship by virtue of just being born there so Germany is probably the same. German citizenship wouldn't really be all that useful to him anyway since England is part of the EU as well.

When your child is born you would apply to a British embassy and register him/her as a British citizen born abroad.

Now it would be nice to claim Ukrainian citizenship at some point but in some countries you cannot claim it if only the mother is a citizen. But that would be later especially if the Ukraine has manditory military service.

Acyla

First off, I can't believe that so many people replied German. Where do these sheep come from?

Yes jus soli (right of terrritory) used to be common. But in the 80's many countries decided that there were too many migrants coming over and having anchor babies and demanding citizenship because their child had it so the laws changed to make a child depend on their parents for nationality instead of the country where they were born.

If you were born in the UK or naturalized there the child will be British via Descent. It's best to register the child with the UK embassy within one year of their birth (so that they can get a British birth certificate). The same goes for Ukrainians (except I'm not sure you can register the child at the Ukrainian embassy).

The Brits are fine with dual citizenship (I hold it, so do my kids and quite a few others here) but you'd have to check for the Ukranian.

Birth in Germany does not confer German citizenship if neither parent is German. However, children born on or after 1 January 2000 to non-German parents acquire German citizenship at birth if at least one parent:
has a permanent residence permit (and has had this status for at least 3 years); and
has been residing in Germany for at least 8 years.

I wouldn't count on your child getting German citizenship. The only thing your child will get from the Germans is a German birth certificate. Of all the EU countries the Germans are one of the most strict when it comes to visas and citizenship (8 years when most are at 5).

makrothumeo2

Enggerukian?

Frisky

WOW!!! So many stupid people.

Your child will have a claim to dual Ukranian/British citizenship. Get a birth certificate and approach the embassies involved to enquire about citizenship and a passport. If you only get a UKR ppt then it will need a visa to come here (and probably vica-versa).

It is NOT GERMAN. The next person to say German should be ashamed of their utter stupidity. Place of birth is ORDINARILY not relevant. And it isn't a factor in this instance.

taxed till i die,

If your child is born in germany then it will be german.

cannot_remember_chit

German

scottie322

When the baby is born get a birth certificate.
Go to the British Consulate in Germany with your passport & birth certificate and ask for Consular Birth Certificate Regestration Form pay Â£151.00 and then you will be able to get British Passport for your baby.Check this out on www.fco.govt.uk and in search type in consular birth and all information will be shown to you.
Because your baby will be born in Germany you could also get a German passport if you wish so they can have Dual nationality.
Do not know if you will be able to get Ukrainian passport as well - you will have to check with Ukrainian Embassy.
My Neice was born in Switzerland, her mother is English and her Father is Bahraini - she has 3 passports and is a citizen of all 3 countries.
Congratulations to you both as your child will always be your child no matter what.

Marlboro Man

German of course.

Razzle

German
unless your wife gives birth on an aeroplane and then the child will be whatever the country the plane is registered in.

â˜…â™¥Gymmyliciousâ™¥â˜…

Germanian!

CaMTâ™¥

German, I suppose you could register else where. If you mean like genes it will be English and Ukranian..and everything else in your familys blood line..lol

S Csparky

German.!!

Robert W

If born in Germany - it will be German.

nephilim

Yet another poor little sad twisted CHILD of Europe..!..some one who's going to grow up with no real mother land to love.

(German of cause)

Just_A_Boy

lol gerukish...

i'm a son of two russian parents, though i was born in Uzbekistan. i tell everyone i'm Uzbekistanian = P

so...yeah, i'd agree with 80% of the answers, the kid is german.....unless of course you move REALLY fast to another country before your wife gives birth lol....i'm pretty sure nationality is defined only by the country you're born in....

hope that helped! = )

kevinmccleanblack

Usually the country where born so child would be German

justmedrt

German...but it's ethnicity will still be English/Ukrainian..

panzerfahrer81

German for sure, but you can get dual citizenship of either UK or Ukraine if you would like. However, according to German law as it stands now, your child will have to choose between the two citizenships when he/she turns 21.

Colin

Probably German.

ret_roch_cop

Got to say German

SYJ

German if registered there. You could go to the British Embassy and ask for registration to go through UK if you so desired.

Robert J

A mutt

ab_n_me2

Your country of birth determines your nationality.

Mrsleeblut

Your child may be considered as German however, because you are from the UK your child could very well hold what is known as a Dual passport, this is where you have parents of one nationality and you were born in another country. I cant tell you whether that will exactly be the case or not, but the best thing for you to do is get some legal advice and contact the embassy because, you could find yourself with alot of visa implications, even though the UK is part of the EU. Its always better to check and have all the facts than not have them and have a family split up :(

Good luck with the birth though.

fastreply s

no matter where your parents are from,wherever you are born you will have the citizenship of that country.unless you wanna talk about the blood.well in that case he is half eng half ukr.

he is German,for sure.

Noodle

German. But as you are a Brit s/he can take your nationality. No idea about Ukraine though.

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