Location: Western Hemisphere
Posted on: 02-04-06 15:33:12
My child was born March 26th in the US. I became a Canadian Citizen on March 29th. I live in Canada.
Contrary to what I had assumed earlier, my child is NOT a Canadian citizen based on my Cdn citizenship, because I became a Cdn AFTER the child was born.
Am I correct in stating the above?
Am I to sponsor the child for PR and then subsequently apply for the child's citizenship?
Please comment. Thank you.
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Dimple2001
Just a comment and it is no way related to your query.
Wow, what a lucky child gets 3 passports in one shot!.
Will be a US citizen as it born there, will be a Canadian Citizen due to your PR/Citizenship here and an OCI(I'm assuming that you are from India and because of that the child will be entitled for the OCI).
The best way is for the kid is for education till undergraduate level in India, health care in Canada and job/career in USA.
Many Happy Wishes for the New Born Child and may the Child bring in lots of happiness to your family!
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Location: God's own country
Posted on: 02-04-06 15:50:36
Dimple,
your child is an American citizen.
Your child can enter Canada with her American citizenship/ passport. Apply for her PR and get it. cross the border with the child and enter back in. This child now becomes Canadian PR. Until she becomes a Canadian PR she is not entitled to claim for child tax benefit/ Ohip.
(This is what happened to a friends of mine. Though he is Desi, he does not want to apply for OCI or PIO card. That is his personal choice).
TK
Mainnote : Congratulations on the birth of the child.
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I am a Gents and not a Ladies.
Location: Western Hemisphere
Posted on: 02-04-06 17:01:00
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Originally posted by tamilkuravan
Dimple,
your child is an American citizen.
Your child can enter Canada with her American citizenship/ passport. Apply for her PR and get it. cross the border with the child and enter back in. This child now becomes Canadian PR. Until she becomes a Canadian PR she is not entitled to claim for child tax benefit/ Ohip.
(This is what happened to a friends of mine. Though he is Desi, he does not want to apply for OCI or PIO card. That is his personal choice).
TK
Mainnote : Congratulations on the birth of the child.
Anyway it is a "he", not a she. It's a boy. Thanks for the wishes.
Yes, I am aware of his US citizenship. However, he decided to pop out 2 weeks earlier than his due date and now he got in before we got our Cdn citizenship.
That means he is not automatically a Cdn citizen and hence I have to process his PR application and then Cdn citizenship apps. This is what I was trying to verify/confirm.
Kids....they mess u up right from the start with extra work
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Dimple2001
Location: Western Hemisphere
Posted on: 02-04-06 17:04:43
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Originally posted by shankaracharya
Just a comment and it is no way related to your query.
Wow, what a lucky child gets 3 passports in one shot!.
Will be a US citizen as it born there, will be a Canadian Citizen due to your PR/Citizenship here and an OCI(I'm assuming that you are from India and because of that the child will be entitled for the OCI).
The best way is for the kid is for education till undergraduate level in India, health care in Canada and job/career in USA.
Many Happy Wishes for the New Born Child and may the Child bring in lots of happiness to your family!
Thank you for your kind wishes.
We prefer him to be a Canadian - live and study in Canada. After about 18 to 21 years of age, he can decide for himself if he wants to be an American, Canadian or both.
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Dimple2001
Location: God's own country
Posted on: 02-04-06 17:24:56
Dimple,
As far as i know :
(Edited due to it being wrong)
If a person is a refugee/ Illegal/ PR of Canada and the child is born in Canada , then the child is a Canadian Citizen by birth ( Eg. My daughter but i was PR then and not a refugee or a illegal)
Assuming that you live in Detroit-Windsor, You should have used a Windsor hospital if you wanted Canadian Citizenship.
Since delivery in Canadian Hospitals is free and maybe you had US health coverage, it was your choice to have the child at the other side of the Canadian border.
Anyway, your choice involves just Paper work , money and Time.
All the best for your child to recive the Great Icey North Citizenship. I would have prefered American Citizenship for my child - Anyways that is just a personal Choice.
See the Canadian Citizenship act through a Lawyer's website : http://www.americanlaw.com/cdncitabrd.html
TK
afternote : I just noted now that this is the Immigration experts section and i am not supposed to answer to posts in this section. I am sorry. I will not clutter this section again. My apologies.-TK
Afternote 2 -> Lana , Dimple is a Gents not a ladies.
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I am a Gents and not a Ladies.
Location: Western Hemisphere
Posted on: 02-04-06 17:32:52
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Originally posted by tamilkuravan
Dimple,
As far as i know :
Even if you were Canadian citizens and the child was born out of Canada, the child will NOT take Canadian citizenship by birth.TK
The child born outside Canada is a Cdn citizen if any one parent is a Cdn citizen at the time of the child's birth.
Right now, it is not the Cdn citizenship I am after. My first priority is to establish some legal status for the child (besides being a "visitor" and that would either be a PR or citizenship.
Knowing which option is important because if the child happens to be Cdn citizen (because of the parents), they would refuse the PR apps and I would have to apply for "Proof of Citizenship" application.
Yeah, u r right...just more paperwork. That's ok.
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