Editing Jus soli (section)

=== 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>