i am indian citizen. i have relationship with russian woman . she is divorced and russian citizen. now she is pregnant and may deliver a baby after 5 months. we are not married but have good relationship and no conflict.
i want to know if such child can be russian citizen if birth is in russia? is it necessary for me to be present in russia during delivery, birth of child by russian law? is it a offence to have child without marriage by russian law ? i can accept peternity without marriage?
Also can such a child can get status of PIO (person of indian origin) by indian, russian law (PIO is not dual citizenship but similar to it).
If your child was born in the territory of Russian Federation, he would receive Russian citizenship by birth because his mother is a Russian citizen. If the child was born abroad, he would be able to receive Russian citizenship only by your consent. In this case your consent would be required only in the event when you are officially recognized as father of the child. To get the citizenship of India for your child you can according to the laws in your country. Russian legislation does not forbid having two citizenship. You can get paternity not necessarily being married. For this you need to address to ZAGS (Vital Records Office) with child's mother and file a joint application. If child's mother does not want to specify you in the birth certificate, in this case you can establish paternity only by court decision. It is not a violation of anything if a child was born out of wedlock. Registration of marriage is absolutely voluntary matter.
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