Birth Tourism

"Birth tourism" is a term for travelling to a country that practices birthright citizenship in order to give birth there, so that the child will be a citizen of the destination country.

Read more about Birth Tourism:  United States, Canada, Hong Kong, Ireland

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    Not yet the thirtieth year, the thirtieth
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