Say a guy was born in Puerto Rico & he moves to Colombia with his Colombian wife. But they have kid in Colombia! Would the kid be the immigrant? Also can you learn a Colombian accent if you live & breathe Colombian spanish all the time? Also would the guy who moved to Colombia be the immigrant in Colombia even if kid & wife was born in Colombia?
A child cannot be an immigrant in the country in which he or she is born. The word "immigrant" means someone who has moved in from another country. As for regional accents, they can be and usually are picked up by living in that specific region for a period of time.
Immigrant. Coming from one country and living in another. If you get citizenship you are a legal immigrant. If you don't you are an illegal.
That's all folks.
The Puerto Rican holds U.S. citizenship. He remains a Puerto Rican who happens to be residing in Colombia. Colombia has its own laws on immigration and citizenship, and those laws are usually lenient on spouses. The Puerto Rican would possibly be considered an immigrant with some kind of legal residency status under Colombian law.
In most circumstances the child would still be considered a citizen of the United States under jus sanguinis, or right of blood, by being the child of a U.S. citizen. Colombia would consider the child to be a citizen of Colombia by jus soli, or right of soil from having been born there. The child could have a citizen's access to Colombia, or to the U.S. and its associative territories, by his/her choice throughout life. Such a choice is colloquially called dual citizenship.
Citizenship status may change if the Puerto Rican decides to pursue Colombian citizenship, which may require renouncing U.S. citizenship.
With all such matters, it is best to consult with an immigration attorney within the country of concern.
How much a transplant takes up a local accent or dialect may differ from person to person. Some blend into the local talk within weeks, and some never do.
I do not know Spanish well enough to distinguish dialects and accents, but in USA English I know people who moved to Texas and then called me on the phone 3 weeks later "talking Texas" as if they never lived in Ohio. I knew someone else who once lived in Texas for several years and returned to Ohio. She spoke as if she had been in Ohio all her life. Then when she called old friends in Texas she switched to faster higher-pitched speech and used the word "y'all" a lot. She turned the Texas talk right back on as needed. Other people live in another state, or may move from Canada to a USA state, and they never change at all from their native accent.
That is the most skewed reasoning ever. What does parental lineage have to do with immigration? Your kids "belong"* to you, no matter if they were born on the moon.
*belong meaning they cannot be anyone else's progeny save yours, if they carry your genes.
Found on Yahoo Answers and it seems to adhere to what is fact.
AN immigrant.
Hello M:
A Puerto Rican is an American citizen so any children he has are American citizens, no matter WHERE they were born.
excon
The child would be Colombian.
The parents will be considered residents until they acquire citizenship. That may take a while.
The accent is not just one. You have to pick one and work on it,
Wrong. If the child is born in Colombia, he/she would be a Colombian national.
If the parents are American, he/she would have dual nationality.
Hello U:
I didn't say that he wouldn't ALSO be a dual citizen. I just said that he's an American citizen, and that's NOT wrong. Apology accepted.
excon
Mario Creepo....I see you'll still posting the same stuff you posted on EP non-stop for year !
He's a troll....
not if theyre born there
