Nope. The Bahamas makes no distinction between whether your parents are documented or undocumented immigrants for the question of whether you gain citizenship. As long as you are born in the Bahamas and apply between 18 and 21, your application will be considered by Cabinet and Cabinet/ the Minister responsible decides whether you can get citizenship. They can deny it, but they are not bound to deny it even if the parents immigrated illegally. Know your facts. That is why Miss Ginette Caty, Taranique's mother was granted Bahamian citizenship after she applied. You have no clue what you are talking about. The Bahamas does not give automatic jus soli citizenship, but it does consider that all who are born here have a right to apply for citizenship..
Taranique *is* stateless. Her mother, Ginette Caty, was born in the Bahamas to non-Bahamian parents and applied for citizenship as was proper in 2000. She was not naturalized until 2013-- government dragging its feet with the backlog of citizenship applications. In the meantime, her children were born out of wedlock with a Bahamian man.
Haiti's constitution only allows *native-born Haitians* to pass on citizenship, so Taranique was not entitled to a Haitian passport at birth. And she can only apply for Bahamian citizenship at 18 since her father cannot pass on his citizenship. She is truly stateless then, because Bahamian law has gender discrimination built into it.
Quote from the Tribune below:
"Ms Caty, born in The Bahamas to two non-Bahamian parents, says she applied for citizenship in 2000. However, she was not granted status for more than a decade – by which time she had already given birth to her three daughters.
#She claimed that prior to her naturalisation, she also applied for status for each of her children, but said officials informed her that under the law, her daughters, like her, would have to wait until the age of 18 to apply for citizenship."
You all have not been following this case or reading, nor do you know the law: The mother of the child was born in the Bahamas. She received naturalisation only by applying for citizenship at 18. That citizenship was not granted by the Bahamian government until 2013. Her children--and the sick child in question-- were born in the interim. Haitian constitution says that non-native born Haitians like Ms Caty do NOT transmit citizenship to their own children. Therefore this child is stateless until at least 18, because the parents are unmarried and her Bahamian father cannot transmit citizenship based on our law. So the accomodation must come from the Bahamian government. The earlier Tribune articles spell all this out.
"Ms Caty, born in The Bahamas to two non-Bahamian parents, says she applied for citizenship in 2000. However, she was not granted status for more than a decade – by which time she had already given birth to her three daughters.
#She claimed that prior to her naturalisation, she also applied for status for each of her children, but said officials informed her that under the law, her daughters, like her, would have to wait until the age of 18 to apply for citizenship."
hpallas says...
Yes, and I'm Bahamian, so I definitely know....
On Taranique - now there’s some hope
Posted 12 August 2018, 4:01 p.m. Suggest removal
hpallas says...
Nope. The Bahamas makes no distinction between whether your parents are documented or undocumented immigrants for the question of whether you gain citizenship. As long as you are born in the Bahamas and apply between 18 and 21, your application will be considered by Cabinet and Cabinet/ the Minister responsible decides whether you can get citizenship. They can deny it, but they are not bound to deny it even if the parents immigrated illegally. Know your facts. That is why Miss Ginette Caty, Taranique's mother was granted Bahamian citizenship after she applied. You have no clue what you are talking about. The Bahamas does not give automatic jus soli citizenship, but it does consider that all who are born here have a right to apply for citizenship..
On Taranique - now there’s some hope
Posted 12 August 2018, 4 p.m. Suggest removal
hpallas says...
stop the foolishness. Her mother was born right in the Bahamas. She was not "looking for status in another country."
On Taranique - now there’s some hope
Posted 9 August 2018, 9:48 p.m. Suggest removal
hpallas says...
Taranique *is* stateless. Her mother, Ginette Caty, was born in the Bahamas to non-Bahamian parents and applied for citizenship as was proper in 2000. She was not naturalized until 2013-- government dragging its feet with the backlog of citizenship applications. In the meantime, her children were born out of wedlock with a Bahamian man.
Haiti's constitution only allows *native-born Haitians* to pass on citizenship, so Taranique was not entitled to a Haitian passport at birth. And she can only apply for Bahamian citizenship at 18 since her father cannot pass on his citizenship. She is truly stateless then, because Bahamian law has gender discrimination built into it.
Quote from the Tribune below:
"Ms Caty, born in The Bahamas to two non-Bahamian parents, says she applied for citizenship in 2000. However, she was not granted status for more than a decade – by which time she had already given birth to her three daughters.
#She claimed that prior to her naturalisation, she also applied for status for each of her children, but said officials informed her that under the law, her daughters, like her, would have to wait until the age of 18 to apply for citizenship."
On Taranique - now there’s some hope
Posted 9 August 2018, 12:02 p.m. Suggest removal
hpallas says...
You all have not been following this case or reading, nor do you know the law: The mother of the child was born in the Bahamas. She received naturalisation only by applying for citizenship at 18. That citizenship was not granted by the Bahamian government until 2013. Her children--and the sick child in question-- were born in the interim. Haitian constitution says that non-native born Haitians like Ms Caty do NOT transmit citizenship to their own children. Therefore this child is stateless until at least 18, because the parents are unmarried and her Bahamian father cannot transmit citizenship based on our law. So the accomodation must come from the Bahamian government. The earlier Tribune articles spell all this out.
"Ms Caty, born in The Bahamas to two non-Bahamian parents, says she applied for citizenship in 2000. However, she was not granted status for more than a decade – by which time she had already given birth to her three daughters.
#She claimed that prior to her naturalisation, she also applied for status for each of her children, but said officials informed her that under the law, her daughters, like her, would have to wait until the age of 18 to apply for citizenship."
On Taranique - now there’s some hope
Posted 9 August 2018, 11:56 a.m. Suggest removal