New Born's citizenship in question

[Iron Woode]

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Is Baby Sasha, the child born to a Ugandan woman during an international flight over Canada on New Year?s Eve, a Canadian citizen?

That question now rests with immigration department lawyers, who must determine whether Canadian citizenship rights that apply on the ground also apply in the air.

Such a heart warming story. Odd that the baby never cried.

So what do you think the baby's citizenship should be?

 

[Newbian]

The doctors laid the woman across a row of seats in coach class

And you thought flying coach couldn't get any worse.

 

[nutxo]

Nigerian

 

[txrandom]

Atmospherian

 

[CallMeJoe]

Northwestrian.

 

[Sphexi]

Goodie, now my tax dollars can go pay for the healthcare of someone who hasn't even set foot in my country. She was going from Amsterdam to Boston, it should be either the origin or the destination that she's a citizen of, not whatever random country you happen to be over at the time.

 

[marvdmartian]

Originally posted by: txrandom
Atmospherian

Or perhaps, a Stratospherian??

 

[mugs]

Originally posted by: nutxo
Nigerian

 

[OCGuy]

Canada is dumb enough to do it too.

 

[EagleKeeper]

Any theory that she may have been trying to get to the US before the baby was born?

 

[theMan]

I'm surprised they let her on the plane.... i didn't think they let women in their 3rd trimester onto airplanes...

 

[SpunkyJones]

Ugandan

 

[EagleKeeper]

Originally posted by: theman
I'm surprised they let her on the plane.... i didn't think they let women in their 3rd trimester onto airplanes...

Delta's statement in the article is that if cleared by the doctor, they will take your money.

Now days, most Western MDs will not allow plane travel after the 7/8th month.
But I suspect that this lady was not using a Western MD (if one at all)

 

[XZeroII]

None. The baby has no home planet.

 

[imported_Champ]

wonderful...another not citizen that will demand our help in the future...doesn't matter it was not born in Canada...denmark or the us...its not our problem

 

[pcslookout]

Originally posted by: XZeroII
None. The baby has no home planet.

Yep. Airspace I guess. Wonder how often this happens.

 

[dbk]

No

 

[MoPHo]

Watch them reject citizenship, but you know if someone wanted to fly a plane over that same space without permission, Canada would shoot them out of the sky claiming their border was invaded.

 

[Colt45]

if it was a boat, it would be american i suppose? but as a plane? ugandan works for me.

 

[destrekor]

Originally posted by: Common Courtesy
Any theory that she may have been trying to get to the US before the baby was born?

This is what I'm thinking.
She was going to the US to do whatever, but the intention was to have her baby. Now her baby gets free US citizenship. hooray
and she thus gets to work the system and get easy access to legal residency here too.

although she could very well end up being a well-meaning mother who'll be a good US resident. can't judge until it goes one way or the other.
either way i bet it didn't go the way she intended.
if she was that close to birth, she definitely planned on having the baby on the ground, and since she scheduled a flight, planned on it being born in Boston or nearby.

 

[RichardE]

So she was attempting to have an anchor baby in the states and popped too early?

 

[IronWing]

The baby must not land.

 

[Perknose]

The baby is clearly a citizen of Delta Airlines, and no other.

She is destined to grow up in the honest but hardscrabble coach class, but will learn scraps of many different languages and accumulate awesome amounts of frequent flier miles, not to mention a severe distaste for airline food.

Her mother will name her "Seat 47B", as is the Ugandan custom for babies born aloft.

Around age 14, she will become a internet sensation rivaling the great Dave McOwen for her YouTube clip singing:

:music:
I'm Seat 47B
Oh baby, baby, bab-eee
Wouldn't it be great
If I got a date
With Seat 48
Flying over Lockerbie.
:music:

 

[Pocatello]

Canada can have the baby.

 

[SlitheryDee]

Why don't all babies just default to their parent's citizenship no matter what? I've always wondered that...