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Nov 3, 2023 | expat.com | Jana Shea

Published on 2023-11-03 at 09:00Germany, the US and Canada accept ‘jus soli' – birthright citizenship“Jus soli”, or “birthright citizenship” in Latin, means that children legally acquire the citizenship of the country whose territory they are born in, regardless of the citizenship or even immigrant status of their parents. The opposite, ‘jus sanguinis', which literally means “laws of blood,” makes children inherit the citizenship of their parents, regardless of where they're physically born.