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[saravakos]

Greek and Cypriot...i've been truly blessed

[Cyprus Vending]

QUESTION;

How daughter will be born here in Cyprus on or about the 1st Jan 07

As we are English - Will she be a Cypriot or English ???

Your help please...

[Olga]

I am not Cypriot
Maybe one day I will be

[Olga]

Cyprus Vending,

I think she will be English since both parents are English
Maybe, if one of the parents were Cypriot, she could be Cypriot too

[miltiades]

She will be an English Cypriot of course !!

[Kikapu]

She will be an English Cypriot of course !!

Does Cyprus grant automatic citizenship to a "new born" in Cyprus, if the parents are non Cypriots, just like in the USA.?

If not, than how can the baby be English - Cypriot.??

If so..........and the baby is born in the "TRNC" to a English parents. Does the baby also become English - Cypriot.???

[miltiades]

A baby born in Cyprus , just like in most countries , should by birth right have the citizenship of the country in which the birth took place , I see no reason why it should be any other way in Cyprus.

A baby born in the unrecognized part of Cyprus , still would have the right to Cypriot citizenship since the ROC considers , just as the rest of the international community does , that that part of Cyprus is Cypriot territory where the ROC has no control over due to the occupation by Turkey. Look , realities have to be faced .
The International bodies including Turkeys staunchest allies ie the USA and Britain do not recognise the occupied part of Cyprus as a legal entity. It can not issue passports to its citizens neither can it have consulates in any countries worldwide and neither can it issue its own currency.

Babies born in any part of Cyprus are considered legally to be Cypriots and can demand their rights in European and local courts . To the best of my knowledge any Cypriot Turk born in Cyprus has an automatic right to a Cypriot passport , perhaps the more acquainted with such matters like Kifeas , Piratis or Bananiot can enlighten the rest of us.

[Sotos]

Babies born in any part of Cyprus are considered legally to be Cypriots

I don't think it is like that. Not all countries give automatic citizenship to babies born within their borders. To get citizenship automatically one of the parents should be Cypriot. And the question is not just about citizenship. It is more about how you feel.

[Cyprus Vending]

Thanks for your help so far.

Our son Louis was born in France, he has a French birth cert' - a English passport and is able to choose to become a French citizen when he is 18. Or he could choose to be both English & French!!!

[CyButterfly]

I am half Cypriot