Editing Jus soli (section)

== Unrestricted ''jus soli'' ==
=== Africa ===
* {{flagicon|Chad}} [[Chad]]<ref>[http://citizenshiprightsafrica.org/wp-content/uploads/2016/01/Chad_Ordonnance_portant_code_de_la_nationalite_Tchadienne_33-PG.-INT_14-Aug-62.pdf CODE DE LA NATIONALITE – ORDONNANCE No. 33/PG.-INT. – DU 14 AOUT 1962 – PORTANT CODE DE LA NATIONALITE TCHADIENNE] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180213022335/http://citizenshiprightsafrica.org/wp-content/uploads/2016/01/Chad_Ordonnance_portant_code_de_la_nationalite_Tchadienne_33-PG.-INT_14-Aug-62.pdf |date=13 February 2018 }} "de la nationalité d'origine – CHAPITRE II – Art. 12 – Sont Tchadiens: Les enfants nés au Tchad de parents étrangers; toutefois, ils peuvent, si les deux ascendants ont la même nationalité, opter pour cette nationalité; ce droit d'option ne peut s'exercer que si la législation du pays dont les ascendants sont nationaux le permet." (Translation: "Chadian citizens include: Children born in Chad of foreign parents; however, if both parents have the same nationality, they (the children) can opt for the parents' nationality, if the legislation of their parents' country permits it.")</ref><ref name="Manby">{{cite book | last=Manby | first=B. | title=Citizenship Law in Africa: A Comparative Study | publisher=Open Society Foundations | year=2012 | isbn=978-1-936133-29-1 | url=https://books.google.com/books?id=xKhONykaQKYC&pg=PA46 | access-date=13 February 2018 | page=36}}</ref> (the choice to take Chadian citizenship, or that of the parents is made at 18 years of age)<ref>[http://citizenshiprightsafrica.org/wp-content/uploads/2016/01/Chad_Ordonnance_portant_code_de_la_nationalite_Tchadienne_33-PG.-INT_14-Aug-62.pdf CODE DE LA NATIONALITE – ORDONNANCE No. 33/PG.-INT. – DU 14 AOUT 1962 – PORTANT CODE DE LA NATIONALITE TCHADIENNE] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180213022335/http://citizenshiprightsafrica.org/wp-content/uploads/2016/01/Chad_Ordonnance_portant_code_de_la_nationalite_Tchadienne_33-PG.-INT_14-Aug-62.pdf |date=13 February 2018 }} "de la nationalité d'origine – CHAPITRE II – Art. 13 – L'option prévue aux articles 11 et 12 s'exerce à l'âge de dix-huit ans révolus. Toutefois, lorsque cette option est motivée par une reconnaissance postérieure à la majorité, l'intéressé doit l'exercer dans le délai d'un an qui suit la reconnaissance." (Translation: "The options presented in articles 11 and 12 deploy themselves at 18 years of age. However, if an individual recognizes their ability to follow these options after majority has been reached, a delay of 1 year must take place from the recognition before the options can be pursued.")</ref>
* {{flag|Lesotho|name}}<ref>[http://library2.parliament.go.th/giventake/content_cons/lesotho.pdf The Constitution of Lesotho] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160303182858/http://library2.parliament.go.th/giventake/content_cons/lesotho.pdf |date=3 March 2016 }}, chap. IV, sec. 38 | '''CHAPTER IV CITIZENSHIP: 38. Persons born in Lesotho after the coming into operation of the Constitution'''</ref>

=== North America ===
* {{flag|Antigua and Barbuda|name}}: Guaranteed by the Constitution.<ref name="Culliton-Gonzalez">Katherine Culliton-González, [https://web.archive.org/web/20180506051730/http://harvardhrj.com/wp-content/uploads/2009/09/Culliton-Gonzalez.pdf Born in the Americas: Birthright Citizenship and Human Rights], ''Harvard Human Rights Journal'' (2012), Vol. 25, pp. 135–36.</ref><ref>[http://www.ab.gov.ag/pdf/ab_constitution.pdf Constitution of Antigua and Barbuda: CHAPTER VIII CITIZENSHIP | PERSONS WHO AUTOMATICALLY BECOME CITIZENS AFTER COMMENCEMENT OF THIS CONSTITUTION | Section 113] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150417113303/http://www.ab.gov.ag/pdf/ab_constitution.pdf |date=17 April 2015 }} "The following persons shall become citizens at the date of their birth on or after 1st November 1981– a. every person born in Antigua and Barbuda: Provided that a person shall not become a citizen by virtue of this paragraph if at the time of his birth- i. neither of his parents is a citizen and either of them possess such immunity from suit and legal process as is accorded to the envoy of a foreign sovereign power accredited to Antigua and Barbuda; or ii. either of his parents is a citizen of a country with which Her Majesty is at war and the birth occurs in a place then under occupation by that country."</ref>
* {{flagicon|Barbados}} [[Barbados nationality law|Barbados]]: Guaranteed by the Constitution.<ref name=Culliton-Gonzalez/><ref>[http://www.barbados.org/constitution.htm Constitution of Barbados: CHAPTER II CITIZENSHIP Persons born in Barbados after 29 November 1966: Section 4] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170425170001/http://www.barbados.org/constitution.htm |date=25 April 2017 }}: "Every person born in Barbados after 29th November 1966 shall become a citizen of Barbados at the date of his birth: Provided that a person shall not become a citizen of Barbados by virtue of this section if at the time of his birth – a. his father possesses such immunity from suit and legal process as is accorded to an envoy of a foreign sovereign state accredited to Her Majesty in right of Her Government in Barbados and neither of his parents is a citizen of Barbados; or b. his father is an enemy alien and the birth occurs in a place then under occupation by the enemy."</ref>
* {{flag|Belize|name}}<ref name="Culliton-Gonzalez" /><ref>[http://pdba.georgetown.edu/Constitutions/Belize/belize81.html Constitution of Belize: PART III Citizenship, section 24] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20161228050727/http://pdba.georgetown.edu/Constitutions/Belize/belize81.html |date=28 December 2016 }}: "24. Every person born in Belize on or after Independence Day shall become a citizen of Belize at the date of his birth: Provided that a person shall not become a citizen of Belize by virtue of this section if at the time of his birth- his father or mother is a citizen of a country with which Belize is at war and the birth occurs in a place then under occupation by that country"</ref>
* {{flag|Canada|name}}: Subsection 3(2) of the Citizenship Act states that Canadian citizenship by birth in Canada – including Canadian airspace and territorial waters – is granted to a child born in Canada even if neither parent was a Canadian citizen or permanent resident except if either parent was a diplomat, in service to a diplomat, or employed by an international agency of equal status to a diplomat. However, if neither parent was a diplomat, the nationality or immigration status of the parents does not matter.<ref>{{cite web |title=Immigration Status of Parents |url=http://www.americanlaw.com/cdncitborn.html |website=americanlaw.com |access-date=2 November 2018 |archive-date=19 September 2018 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180919100519/http://www.americanlaw.com/cdncitborn.html |url-status=live }}</ref> Some Conservative Party members wish to end birthright citizenship in Canada to the children of tourists and illegal immigrants.<ref>{{cite news |last=Dangerfield |first=Katie |date=27 August 2018 |title=Conservatives want to end 'birth tourism' in Canada – but what exactly is the contested issue? |work=Global News |url=https://globalnews.ca/news/4411137/birth-tourism-canada/ |access-date=6 November 2018 |archive-date=7 November 2018 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20181107010825/https://globalnews.ca/news/4411137/birth-tourism-canada/ |url-status=live }}</ref>
* {{flag|Costa Rica|name}}: ''Jus soli'' requires registration with the Costa Rican government before the age of 25.<ref>[http://www.costaricalaw.com/legalnet/constitutional_law/engtit2.html The Constitution of Costa Rica: Title II ARTICLE 13:] {{webarchive |url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120204211549/http://www.costaricalaw.com/legalnet/constitutional_law/engtit2.html |date=4 February 2012}}: "The following are Costa Ricans by birth: ...2. A child born abroad to a born Costa Rican father or mother, who is registered as such in the Civil Register by the will of the Costa Rican parent during its minority, or by his own will up to the age of twenty-five..."</ref>
* {{flagicon|Cuba}} [[Cuba]]
* {{flag|Dominica|name}}<ref name="Culliton-Gonzalez"/><ref>[http://pdba.georgetown.edu/Constitutions/Dominica/constitution.pdf The Constitution of the Commonwealth of Dominica Chapter VII Citizenship 98] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170110074706/http://pdba.georgetown.edu/Constitutions/Dominica/constitution.pdf |date=10 January 2017 }}: "Every person born in Dominica after the commencement of this Constitution shall become a citizen of Dominica at the date of his birth: Provided that a person shall not become a citizen of Dominica by virtue of this section if at the time of his birth- a) neither of his parents is a citizen of Dominica and his father possesses such immunity from suit and legal process as is accorded to the enjoyment of a foreign sovereign power accredited to Dominica; or b) his father is a citizen of a country with which Dominica is at war and the birth occurs in a place then under occupation by that country."</ref>
* {{flag|El Salvador|name}}<ref name="Culliton-Gonzalez"/>
* {{flag|Grenada|name}}<ref name="Culliton-Gonzalez"/>
* {{flag|Guatemala|name}}<ref name="Culliton-Gonzalez" />
* {{flag|Honduras|name}}<ref name="Culliton-Gonzalez" />
* {{flag|Jamaica|name}}<ref name="Culliton-Gonzalez"/><ref>[http://pdba.georgetown.edu/constitutions/jamaica/jam62.html Constitution of Jamaica Chapter II Citizenship 3B.-(1)] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170213043142/http://pdba.georgetown.edu/Constitutions/Jamaica/jam62.html |date=13 February 2017 }}: "Every person born in Jamaica shall become a citizen of Jamaica – a. on the sixth day of August 1962, in the case of a person born before that date; b. on the date of his birth, in the case of a person born on or after the sixth day of August 1962."</ref>
* {{flagicon|Mexico}} [[Mexican nationality law|Mexico]]: Article 30 of the [[Constitution of Mexico]] states that persons born in Mexican territory are natural-born citizens of Mexico regardless of their parents' nationality. The definition of "territory" includes vessels/aircraft flagged to Mexico travelling in international waters or airspace.<ref name="Culliton-Gonzalez" /><ref>[http://www.ordenjuridico.gob.mx/Constitucion/articulos/30.pdf CONSTITUCIÓN POLÍTICA DE LOS ESTADOS UNIDOS MEXICANOS – Constitución publicada en el Diario Oficial de la federación el 5 de febrero de 1917 – TEXTO VIGENTE – Última reforma publicada DOF 07-07-2014] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20211118080220/http://www.ordenjuridico.gob.mx/Constitucion/articulos/30.pdf |date=18 November 2021 }} ''Capítulo II De los Mexicanos – Artículo 30. La nacionalidad mexicana se adquiere por nacimiento o por naturalización A) Son mexicanos por nacimiento: I. Los que nazcan en territorio de la República, sea cual fuere la nacionalidad de sus padres.'' (Translation: "Mexicans by birth are: I. Those born in the territory of the Republic, regardless of the nationality of their parents")</ref>
* {{flag|Nicaragua|name}}<ref name="Culliton-Gonzalez" />
* {{flag|Panama|name}}<ref name="Culliton-Gonzalez" /><ref>[http://pdba.georgetown.edu/Constitutions/Panama/panama1972.html CONSTITUCIÓN POLÍTICA DE LA REPÚBLICA DE PANAMÁ DE 1972, REFORMADA POR LOS ACTOS REFORMATORIOS DE 1978, Y POR EL ACTO CONSTITUCIONAL DE 1983 – TITULO II: NACIONALIDAD Y EXTRANJERIA: ARTICULO 8. La nacionalidad panameña se adquiere por el nacimiento, por la naturalización o por disposición constitucional – ARTICULO 9:] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170223042048/http://pdba.georgetown.edu/Constitutions/Panama/panama1972.html |date=23 February 2017 }} ''"Son Panameños por nacimientos: 1) Los nacidos en el territorio nacional | (translation) Panamanians by Birth: 1) Those born in the national territory"''</ref>
* {{flag|Saint Kitts and Nevis|name}}<ref name="Culliton-Gonzalez"/>
* {{flag|Saint Lucia|name}}<ref name="Culliton-Gonzalez"/>
* {{flag|Saint Vincent and the Grenadines|name}}<ref name="Culliton-Gonzalez"/>
* {{flag|Trinidad and Tobago|name}}<ref name=Culliton-Gonzalez/><ref>[[s:Constitution of the Republic of Trinidad and Tobago/Chapter 2]]</ref>
* {{flagicon|USA}} [[Birthright citizenship in the United States of America|United States]]: The [[Citizenship Clause]] of the [[Fourteenth Amendment to the United States Constitution|14th Amendment]] to the [[United States Constitution]], ratified in 1868, provides: "All persons born or naturalized in the United States, and subject to the jurisdiction thereof, are citizens of the United States and of the State wherein they reside."<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.archives.gov/founding-docs/amendments-11-27|title=United States Constitution|website=Archives.gov|date=4 November 2015|access-date=8 February 2019|archive-date=14 January 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210114215246/https://www.archives.gov/founding-docs/amendments-11-27|url-status=live}}</ref> The concept of birthright citizenship applying to the child born of a foreign national in the country without proper credentials has never been formally litigated, but the U.S. Supreme Court's decision in ''[[United States v. Wong Kim Ark]]'' (1898) allowed the government to deny citizenship to U.S.-born children only in the cases of children born to foreign diplomats and children born to enemy forces engaged in hostile occupation of the country's territory, and, thus, this decision is most often interpreted as barring the government from denying citizenship to those born in the U.S. based on the alienage of their parents.<ref>''[[United States v. Wong Kim Ark]]'', {{ussc|169|649|1898}}</ref><ref>{{cite book |last=Harrington |first=Ben |title=The Citizenship Clause and "Birthright Citizenship": A Brief Legal Overview |date=1 November 2018 |publisher=Congressional Research Service |location=Washington, DC |url=https://fas.org/sgp/crs/misc/LSB10214.pdf |access-date=11 November 2018 |archive-date=27 July 2020 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200727142646/https://fas.org/sgp/crs/misc/LSB10214.pdf |url-status=live }}</ref> (See [[United States nationality law]].)

: On 20 January 2025, President [[Donald Trump]], as part of [[Agenda 47]], signed an [[Protecting the Meaning and Value of American Citizenship|executive order]] aiming to end the practice of birthright citizenship.<ref>{{Cite web |last=Crowley |first=James Powel and Kinsey |title=What is the 14th Amendment and how does it apply to birthright citizenship? |url=https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/politics/2025/01/20/trump-executive-order-birthright-citizenship-14th-amendment/77839105007/ |access-date=2025-01-21 |website=USA TODAY |language=en-US}}</ref> The order mandates for at least one parent to be a U.S. citizen or lawful permanent resident for persons born in the U.S to become U.S. citizens at birth.<ref>{{Cite web |date=2025-01-21 |title=Protecting The Meaning And Value Of American Citizenship |url=https://www.whitehouse.gov/presidential-actions/2025/01/protecting-the-meaning-and-value-of-american-citizenship/ |access-date=2025-02-19 |website=The White House |language=en-US}}</ref> The order was scheduled to come into effect on 19 February,<ref>{{Cite web |author=Al Jazeera Staff |title=Trump 'scraps' birthright citizenship: Who will it affect? |url=https://www.aljazeera.com/news/2025/1/22/trump-scraps-birthright-citizenship-who-will-it-affect |access-date=2025-01-22 |website=Al Jazeera |language=en}}</ref> but on 23 January, a federal judge in Seattle was the first to block its enforcement after referring it as unconstitutional.<ref>{{cite web|title=Judge in Seattle blocks Trump order on birthright citizenship nationwide|url=https://www.seattletimes.com/seattle-news/politics/judge-in-seattle-blocks-trump-order-on-birthright-citizenship-nationwide/|last=Gutman|first=David|website=[[Seattle Times]]|date=23 January 2025|accessdate=23 January 2025}}</ref> Four federal judges have blocked the order.<ref>{{Cite web |date=2025-02-13 |title=Fourth federal judge blocks Trump's birthright citizenship order |url=https://apnews.com/article/trump-birthright-citizenship-ruling-boston-3e442a97de8398dc4faf691857ea48ea |access-date=2025-02-14 |website=AP News |language=en}}</ref> Three federal appellate courts have upheld the judges blocks on the order.<ref>{{Cite web |date=2025-03-11 |title=Appeals court won't lift block on Trump's executive order attempting to end birthright citizenship |url=https://apnews.com/article/birthright-citizenship-immigration-trump-lawsuit-adbcd235c6594a9019fa752dabd08104 |access-date=2025-03-13 |website=AP News |language=en}}</ref> On 13 March, the administration asked the Supreme Court to intervene to allow a narrow version of the order to move forward by challenging three judges' injunctions.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Trump asks Supreme Court to review ban on birthright citizenship {{!}} Fox News |url=https://www.foxnews.com/politics/trump-asks-supreme-court-review-ban-birthright-citizenship.amp |access-date=2025-03-13 |website=www.foxnews.com}}</ref> On 17 April, the Supreme Court decided to hear oral arguments on 15 May to determine whether the administration can enforce the order while legislation continues by considering whether the judges exceeded their authority when they issued their nationwide injunctions.<ref>{{Cite web |date=2025-04-17 |title=Supreme Court to hear arguments on Trump's birthright citizenship plan |url=https://www.nbcnews.com/politics/supreme-court/supreme-court-hear-oral-arguments-whether-trump-can-implement-birthrig-rcna199498 |access-date=2025-04-17 |website=www.nbcnews.com |language=en}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |date=2025-05-15 |title=Supreme Court weighs Trump plea to implement plan on birthright citizenship limits |url=https://www.nbcnews.com/politics/trump-administration/supreme-court-trump-plea-limit-birthright-citizenship-rcna206794 |access-date=2025-05-15 |website=www.nbcnews.com |language=en}}</ref> Lawsuits from individuals, organizations, and twenty-two states suing to block the order as well are currently pending elsewhere.<ref>{{Cite web |date=2025-01-21 |title=22 states sue to stop Trump's order blocking birthright citizenship |url=https://apnews.com/article/birthright-citizenship-trump-executive-order-immigrants-fc7dd75ba1fb0a10f56b2a85b92dbe53 |access-date=2025-01-23 |website=AP News |language=en}}</ref>

=== South America ===
* {{flagicon|Argentina}} [[Argentine nationality law|Argentina]]<ref name="Culliton-Gonzalez"/>
* {{flag|Bolivia|name}}<ref name="Culliton-Gonzalez"/>
* {{flagicon|Brazil}} [[Brazilian nationality law|Brazil]]<ref name="Culliton-Gonzalez"/><ref>Article 12a of the Federal Constitution (translated) says that Brazilians include, "a) those born in the Federative Republic of Brazil, even if of foreign parents, provided they are not in the service of your country". {{cite web|url=http://gabrielbaracho.jusbrasil.com.br/artigos/177762456/neoconstitucionalismo-analise-historica|title=Neoconstitucionalismo – Análise histórica|work=JusBrasil|quote=a) os nascidos na República Federativa do Brasil, ainda que de pais estrangeiros, desde que estes não estejam a serviço de seu paí|access-date=5 December 2015|archive-date=5 March 2016|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160305045454/http://gabrielbaracho.jusbrasil.com.br/artigos/177762456/neoconstitucionalismo-analise-historica|url-status=live}}</ref> (requires that the foreign parents are not working for their country's government in Brazil at the time the child is born).
* {{flagicon|Chile}} [[Chilean nationality law|Chile]]'s [[Chilean Constitution of 1980|Constitution]] grants nationality to "those born in Chilean territory, with the exception of the children of foreigners who are in Chile in service of their government, and the children of transient foreigners, all of which, however, may opt for the Chilean nationality."<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.constituteproject.org/constitution/Chile_2015.pdf?lang=en |title=Chile's Constitution of 1980 with Amendments through 2015 |website=Comparative Constitutions Project |access-date=14 June 2022 |archive-date=19 September 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220919065556/https://www.constituteproject.org/constitution/Chile_2015.pdf?lang=en |url-status=live }}</ref><ref name="Culliton-Gonzalez" /><ref>Constitution of the Republic of Chile, chap. II, art. 10, par. 1 ([http://pdba.georgetown.edu/Constitutions/Chile/chile05.html Spanish text] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20171006062623/http://pdba.georgetown.edu/Constitutions/Chile/chile05.html |date=6 October 2017 }}; [http://confinder.richmond.edu/admin/docs/Chile.pdf English version] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110514094542/http://confinder.richmond.edu/admin/docs/Chile.pdf |date=14 May 2011 }} without recent changes) Article 10.- "Chileans are: 1.- Persons born in the territory of Chile, with the exception of those children of foreigners who are in Chile serving their government, as well as those children of transient foreigners. However, all may opt for the Chilean nationality."</ref>
* {{flag|Ecuador|name}}<ref name="Culliton-Gonzalez"/>
* {{flag|Guyana|name}}<ref name="Culliton-Gonzalez"/>
* {{flagicon|Paraguay}} [[Paraguayan nationality law|Paraguay]]<ref name="Culliton-Gonzalez"/>
* {{flagicon|Peru}} [[Peruvian nationality law|Peru]] (registration required at 18 years of age)<ref name="Culliton-Gonzalez"/>
* {{flagicon|Uruguay}} [[Uruguayan nationality law|Uruguay]]<ref name="Culliton-Gonzalez"/><ref>[http://www.refworld.org/docid/5122271f2.html Uruguay: Whether a person who obtained Uruguayan citizenship because her father was a citizen of Uruguay, can bring a dependent child to Uruguay; the status of the child in Uruguay] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180101030303/http://www.refworld.org/docid/5122271f2.html |date=1 January 2018 }}, Immigration and Refugee Board of Canada (9 September 2010): "With respect to natural citizens, Uruguay's Constitution states: '[a]ll men and women born at any place within the territory of the Republic are natural citizens. Children of Uruguayan fathers or mothers are also natural citizens, wherever they may have been born, provided that they take up residence in the country and register themselves in the Civil Register.' (Uruguay 1996, Art. 74)"</ref>
* {{flagicon|Venezuela}} [[Venezuelan nationality law|Venezuela]]<ref name="Culliton-Gonzalez"/><ref>[http://www.venezuelaemb.or.kr/english/ConstitutionoftheBolivarianingles.pdf Constitution of Venezuela (English translation) Chapter II, Nationality and Citizenship, Section One: Nationality, Article 32] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170226222321/http://www.venezuelaemb.or.kr/english/ConstitutionoftheBolivarianingles.pdf |date=26 February 2017 }}: "Are Venezuelans* by birth: (1) Any person who was born within the territory of the Republic."</ref>

=== Oceania ===
* {{flag|Fiji|name}}<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.servat.unibe.ch/icl/fj00000_.html |title=Fiji Constitution: chapter 3, Section 10 Citizenship by birth |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200429033805/https://www.servat.unibe.ch/icl/fj00000_.html |archive-date=29 April 2020 |quote=Every child born in Fiji on or after the date of commencement of this Constitution becomes a citizen at the date of birth unless, at the date of birth: (a) a parent of the child has the diplomatic immunity accorded to envoys of foreign sovereign powers accredited to Fiji; and (b) neither parent is a citizen.}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |date=2018-10-31 |title=30+ countries offering Birthright citizenship or Jus soli {{!}} Citizenship by Investment Journal |url=https://citizenshipbyinvestment.ch/index.php/2018/10/31/30-countries-offering-birthright-citizenship-or-jus-soli/ |access-date=2024-02-21 |language=en-US}}</ref>
* {{flag|Tuvalu|name}}<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.constituteproject.org/constitution/Tuvalu_1986 |title=Constitution of Tuvalu Part III Section 45. Citizenship by birth |quote= Under subsection 1, subject to subsections (3) and (4), a person born in Tuvalu on or after the date on which this Constitution took effect is a citizen of Tuvalu by birth.}} Note: subsection 3 states that a person does not become a citizen of Tuvalu by virtue of subsection (1) if at the time of his birth neither of his parents was a citizen of Tuvalu; and his father had the privileges and immunities of an envoy to Tuvalu from a country with which Tuvalu had diplomatic relations. And subsection 4 states that a person does not become a citizen of Tuvalu by virtue of subsection (1) if his father was a citizen of a country with which Tuvalu was at war; and the birth occurred in a place in Tuvalu occupied by that country.</ref>

=== Asia ===
* {{flagicon|Pakistan}} [[Pakistani nationality law|Pakistan]]: Under the Pakistan Citizenship Act of 1951 passed by the [[Constituent Assembly of Pakistan]] on 13 April 1951<ref name="UNHCR">Pakistan Citizenship Act, 1951, II, 1951, [http://pakistancode.gov.pk/UY2FqaJw1-apaUY2Fqa-ap%20XZQ==-sg-jjjjjjjjjjjjj] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160304045418/http://pakistancode.gov.pk/UY2FqaJw1-apaUY2Fqa-ap%20XZQ==-sg-jjjjjjjjjjjjj|date=2016-03-04}}, access date 2 October 2015</ref> permits everyone born in Pakistan on or after that date to automatically receive Pakistani citizenship by birth except if they are the child of a foreign diplomat or enemy alien.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Learn about Immigration to Pakistan – DGI&P |url=https://dgip.gov.pk/immigration/ |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20241216223227/https://dgip.gov.pk/immigration/ |archive-date=16 December 2024 |access-date=2025-01-10 |website=dgip.gov.pk |language=en |url-status=live }}</ref> On 11 November 2024 the National Assembly of Pakistan passed a bill to restrict citizenship for children born to foreigners.<ref>{{Cite web |date=2024-11-11 |title=NA Committee passes bill to restrict citizenship for children of foreigners |url=https://www.pakistantoday.com.pk/2024/11/11/na-committee-passes-bill-to-restrict-citizenship-for-children-of-foreigners/ |access-date=2025-01-10 |language=en-US}}</ref> The bill would amend the Pakistan Citizenship Act of 1951 and would change the citizenship law by requiring every person born in Pakistan on or after 13 April 1951 to have at least one parent that is a citizen or a permanent resident of Pakistan in order to be granted Pakistani citizenship by birth or live in Pakistan for a period of 10 years from the date of their birth.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Introduced in the National Assembly – A Bill further to amend the Pakistan Citizenship Act. 1951 |url=https://www.na.gov.pk/uploads/documents/1556636573_246.pdf |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220823233814/https://na.gov.pk/uploads/documents/1556636573_246.pdf |archive-date=23 August 2022 |access-date=2025-01-10 |website=www.na.gov.pk |url-status=live }}</ref>