helendha

I'm a British Citizen, married to a US active duty serviceman. We're currently posted in Italy.

I'm pregnant and will be having the baby in a civilian hospital in Italy. Can anyone advise what citizenship our baby will have or can apply for?

Completely new at this so appreciate any help!
Helen

Bob

Should be able to get US and UK Citizenship, wouldn't know about Italian though, probably not. But the UK one, I guess that would depend on how you got your citizenship etc.

Manc

probably very Italian.
might get all three.

helendha

Only bothered about US and UK citizenship, I was just concerned the baby might automatically be considered Italian as it was born here. I know that might be naive but as I say, I'm new at this!

I was born in the UK to British parents, is that what you mean by 'how I got my citizenship'?

Manc

might be a bit of a pisser if Italy have national service. (Dunno if they do or not, but he could in theory get his call up papers at 18.)

fatbrit

Click here to make junior a Brit: http://www.britishembassy.gov.uk/ser...=1056116929077

Click here to make junior a Yank: http://www.usembassy.it/cons/acs/birth.htm

helendha

They do - hence my concern! ( - though irrelevant if it happened to be a 'she', of course).

helendha

Thanks - that's perfect, just what I was looking for (and yet struggling in my hormonal state to find).

Manc

but he might automatically be an Italian..........and would have to renounce Italian citizenship in order not to serve.

Bob

I don't think you get Italian citizenship by being born there alone anymore...anyway, at 18 can just ditch the citizenship to avoid national service, what I did to the Austrian one I was entitled to...sod national service in the alps...

Manc

why not?

fatbrit

On a quick Google (afraid your lazy researcher couldn't be bothered collecting URLs for citations).

You will hold Italian citizenship by being born there. You have to formally renounce it to get rid. There were prroblems with Italian and other citizenships -- these are no longer there!

You're okay on the military service. On May 8, 2001, the Italian government passed a law (Art. 7 del D. Lgs. 8 maggio 2001 n. 215) making military service completely voluntary as of January 1, 2007. Females do not have any military obligations, nor does any male born on or after January 1, 1986….

Looks like junior could be a 3 passport brat!

Bob

some countries don't give out citizenship just by being born there these days.

Manc

I mean, at the end of the day, UK or Italian passport, makes no difference, it's all EU...............

I doubt I'd bother with the Italian one either if all I was is born there.

But, they do have a pretty good footy team, so their chances of winning a world cup before England may sway my chances.

fatbrit

The Italian passport is def EU. The Brit one I have doubts about, especially if my mother gets her way. When asked where Europe is, she tends to point in a vaguely south-easterly direction screaming, "It's over there!"