> I think you're absolutely right about that.

Yes. If you're born on US soil, then by US law you're entitled to US citizenship.

>
> I wonder what the rule would be for a child of
> US citizens who was born on foreign soil?
> Would that child be considered a US citizen
> because of his parents, or not? He'd probably
> be considered a citizen of the country he was
> born in, but would he then have to go through
> the naturalization process to become a citizen
> of the US?

It depends on the country the child is born in as to whether they are entitled to citizenship of that country or not, but disirregardless of the country of birth, a baby born to US citizens is entitled to US citizenship.

My neice was born in Sydney, Australia. She was a US citizen by virtue of being the child of two US citizens. She was entitled to Australian citizenship as well, by virtue of being born on Australian soil, but the laws in Australia had aparently been recently changed so that instead of allowing dual citizenship, her parents had to choose one or the other. Since they were planning on returing to the US, they chose US citizenship.

In fact, as far as I know, it only takes one parent who is a US citizen to allow a child to claim US citizenship. Ask Brunnen_G sometime exactly how many nations she can claim to be a citizen of by virtue of her country of birth and the citizenship of her parents. I know she's technically a US citizen (she holds a US passport anyway) by virtue of her mother being a US citizen. She's also a New Zealand citizen because she was born and lives there. I believe there is also some weird UK thing thrown in there too. Better leave it for her to explain, PROVIDED SHE EVER GETS OFF THAT DAMN BOAT. :-(

So, it depends on the laws of whatever nation you were born in whether or not you are entitled to dual-citizenship, but disirregardless of that, if at least one of your parents was a US citizen, so are you.

-- Dave