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[Olga]

Hello everybody!

Do you know if a child of a foreigner is born in Cyprus will she/he (the child) get Cypriot citizenship automatically? Will her/his parents (foreigners) get Cypriot citizenship automatically if the child gets it?

Thank you!

[Christie]

Olga, if both parents are foregners the child will not get citizenship automatically after birth, that's for sure. I heard that when the child is 18 he/she will have the right to choose but I am not sure about that.

[sk]

strange...i thought the child gets immediately cypriot citizenship....wasnt this the case with a russian(i think) child last year?the child was born and "registered" in cyprus but the mother didnt have a permit to stay so she had to leave ?
by the way the child has to decide earlier since at the age of 10-12 he/she has to get an identity card....

[Christie]

All children are registered, you are right here, and you get Cypriot birth certificate but it does not mean citizenship.

[Olga]

Hello everybody!!

Thank you for the information!
I see it’s a bit conflicting but what I understood is that the child will be registered in Cyprus for sure.
Do you know the name of Department that deals with such issues? Maybe, I could call there.

Thank you!!!

[hincyprus]

olga,

My son is English. His wife is from Montenegro. Their son was born in Cyprus.

To the best of my knowledge the son can take either parents nationality.

He will not be able to take Cypriot Nationality.

For example a child is born on an aircraft over England and the plane lanfds in London. The child cannot take English nationality..Just those/that of the parents/parent.

However I will speak to my son tomorrow and confirm all these details for you.

H

[sk]

it cant be.....or it can if cyprus is the exception to the rule!!!
how come and so many cypriots have uk passports when both their parents are not british?simply bc they were born there and lived there.
a friend of mine was born in hungary and left when she was 1year old...she is allowed a hungarian passport if she applies for one.....
the only limitation that may exist is that the child that was born in cyprus from non cypiot parents must live a certain amount of years on the island bf given the cypriot passport.
i think the best way to find out is to call the ministry responsible for this.....

[hincyprus]

SK.

That was the way I understood it but I did say I would ask and confirm tomorrow as I do not want to mislead anyone.....I should have asked first but it was late when I saw the thread so apologies to anyone I may have misled

h

[sk]

to hincyprus

none of us really knows!!!you didnt mislead anyone,you just said what you thought is happening!!!so dont worry!!!hope they will be able to help at the ministry....bc....well,you know,we are in cyprus and some ministries are clueless!!!!

[hincyprus]

Hi all,

As promised I have found out the story re a child born in Cyprus to a British subject.

We are totally unaware as to whether this is a similar scenario in Cyprus.

When my sons child was issued with a Cyprus birth certificate the nationality of the child automatically defaulted to the nationality of the father.....in this case British.

The child has a right, if he or she wishes, to amend this automatic registration of British to say that of the mother. Subject to the rules as laid down in the mothers country of birth.

There is no right to amend the childs nationality to Cypriot. ( We are only discussing ROC at this time).

To further answer an earlier question re UK nationality, up until 31st Dec 1982 there was an automatic right for a child born in the UK to take UK nationality.

This right no longer exists.

Re the Cyprus question for this child. As has been so rightly stated by other posts the definative answer can only come from the "Ministry".

But, in theory if the child has a birth certificate with a Cypriot father as the legal parent then I suspect the child will be able to take Cypriot nationality as the default to the fathers country of nationality.


H