If you want your child to be a citizen or national of two countries, that is very easy to achieve. The practice of moving to another country such as the US to give birth to a child is called birth tourism. So what are the actual benefits of having a child in the US?

What you give your child is not only a second passport and US citizenship or nationality, but also all the citizenship rights of the United States. Here is a short list of birth tourism advantages:

• Your child becomes a legal citizen with all the citizenship rights as any other citizens in the US. For instance, your child will be able to vote and hold public office.
• You can spend less money on visas and traveling in the US where your child is born.
• It will be much easier for you to naturalize in the US.
• The birthright citizenship is given perpetually to children of your child and, therefore, all future members of the family tree.

To know what countries, other than the United States and Canada, apply the citizenship by birthright, you can view the list of countries here. You need to understand two approaches for how the citizenship or nationality is applied in modern countries.

In Americas, the citizenship is granted to your children if they were simply born on the soil of a country. What this means is that if your child was born in the United States, he or she will automatically become a US citizen.

In some other North or South America countries, such as Chile, your child can acquire citizenship only if you requested for it. And the Chilean government must also acknowledge the citizenship of your child.

You should keep in mind that some countries may seriously restrict the application of the rule of birthright citizenship. For example, a country can apply the rule only for children that were born of certain immigrants.

But if you are concerned about the United States, your child, if born in the US, will get the US citizenship even if you were illegally located in the country for any reason. That is the power of US legislation.

And if you already have a child that was born in the US, you can apply for citizenship and become a US citizen much easier.