I must agree that a person is not guaranteed citizenship in The Bahamas because they were born here. I am a Bahamian born to both Bahamian born parents, and I am married to a British man. We now have a daughter and when she was born I was told by immigration that she would have to take the citizenship of her father as her father and I are married. However, if I was single she would have automatically be given Bahamian citizenship. By no means does she have a Bahamian Passport. I applied for her to be naturalised 2 years ago and my application is still pending. What's the justice in this...I feel as if she is being penalised because I opted to have her in wedlock. Whereas Bahamian male offspring's with a foreign women regardless of martial status can get his child a passport automatically. So not to go on a tangent...but we need to look after Bahamian born with Bahamian born parents needs first before we tackle non Bahamian persons and their non Bahamian parents issues of what they think they are entitled to.
RH says...
I must agree that a person is not guaranteed citizenship in The Bahamas because they were born here. I am a Bahamian born to both Bahamian born parents, and I am married to a British man. We now have a daughter and when she was born I was told by immigration that she would have to take the citizenship of her father as her father and I are married. However, if I was single she would have automatically be given Bahamian citizenship. By no means does she have a Bahamian Passport. I applied for her to be naturalised 2 years ago and my application is still pending. What's the justice in this...I feel as if she is being penalised because I opted to have her in wedlock. Whereas Bahamian male offspring's with a foreign women regardless of martial status can get his child a passport automatically. So not to go on a tangent...but we need to look after Bahamian born with Bahamian born parents needs first before we tackle non Bahamian persons and their non Bahamian parents issues of what they think they are entitled to.
On Call to stop discrimination
Posted 12 April 2014, 7:26 a.m. Suggest removal