dual nationality question

[Meri-Tuuli]

I am wondering whether any children I have will be able to obtain Finnish nationality.

Basically I am a dual national, i.e. half Finnish, half British.

If I give birth to a child in the UK with a British father, will my child automatically get Finnish nationality (as well as British nationality) i.e. become a dual nationality like me?

I know the law says that if the mother is Finnish, then the child will automatically recieve Finnish citizenship, but what happens if the mother is a dual national and the child is born outside of Finland? Someone said that dual nationals can't pass on their both their citizenships.

[kutoja]

Two of my children were born in the UK and both are registered as Finnish nationals.

My son-in-law is also dual, USA and Finland. His children also have the right to Finnish nationality if they want.

[FinnBrit]

You should probably check with the authorities to be absolutely sure, but I believe that you will be able to pass on your Finnish citizenship. Send this question to the Finnish consulate in London: www.finemb.org.uk/. When I did similar research last year for my own child, he automatically inherited my British citizenship - the forms didn't query whether I had citizenship of any other nation also..

[LottaP]

If I'm not completely wrong, at least with British citizenship normally you can pass on the citizenship to your kids only if you were born in the UK. So if you yourself are a British citizen only by descent (meaning you got your citizenship because one of your parents was British), then you can't pass on British citizenship to your children. But yes best to check with the authorities, it might be different with Finnish citizenship.

[Rosamunda]

You're right. My kids cannot pass their British nationality on to my (as yet inexistant) grandchildren because they were born in France. This is stated quite clearly on the passport application forms.

I do not know if they will be able to pass their acquired Finnish nationality to their children if born outside of Finland. But I guess not. I have a feeling this came up in a previous thread somewhere regarding Finns (through application) living in North America.

[sinikala]

Jus soli (Latin for "right of the soil" or, somewhat figuratively, "right of the territory"), or birthright citizenship...
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jus_soli

Jus sanguinis (Latin for "right of blood") is a social policy by which nationality or citizenship is not determined by place of birth, but by having an ancestor who is a national or citizen of the state. It contrasts with jus soli ...
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jus_sanguinis

Britian has modified Jus soli
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/British_nationality_law

Finlands is some variation on Jus sanguinis
http://fi.wikipedia.org/wiki/Suomen_kansalaisuus

[Rosamunda]

So.... if my son (British and Finnish by descent, born in France) has a child in eg: Germany, or Italy, or Indonesia etc etc what will my grandchild's nationality be?

[onkko]

So.... if my son (British and Finnish by descent, born in France) has a child in eg: Germany, or Italy, or Indonesia etc etc what will my grandchild's nationality be?

If i read migri correctly then finnish by application if your son is married or proved to be father.