Is it possible to have a trio-citizenship at birth?

[Swat 3]

Bob is a baby. His father is a Japanese citizen, and his mother is a American citizens. Bob's mother squats and pops Bob out in France.

Due to parental citizenship and birth place, and if those countries laws don't allow it loving switch the countries, could Bob be citizens of Japan, America, and France at birth?

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[Aide33]

I don't see why not

[Kimono]

yes and no

the parental citizenship laws are different so i don't think it could be specifically japanese/american/french but defintely with some countries.

i'm almost positive that the child would have a large chance to be dual-citizenship

[Mega-Bear]

The child in question would be an American citizen by blood and a French citizen by birth.

I don't know anything about Japanese citizenship laws, but if citizenship is carried by blood in their system then I'd say yes, you could be born with triple citizenship.

Unless I missed something lol.

[XR-7]

I think he should be able to hold a three-way citizenship.  Unless of course until he turns 18 when he has to decide on what country he is loyal towards.

[jonnyman5656]

And now we wait for this to show up on the news.

[$trinick]

The answer is no because of an extreme technicality.

A US citizen that gives birth out of the country has to file a form to request citizenship for their newborn. It's called a Consular Report of Birth Abroad and it's issued to inform the US that you've had your child so that they can issue it citizenship. When having a child inside the US, the birth certificate itself serves as proof of citizenship.

Most other countries work in similar ways; you have to report the birth before citizenship can be assigned. So the child, born in France, would have French citizenship at birth, but it wouldn't have US or Japanese citizenship for a few weeks until the forms processed.