Yes he/she will be Canadian Citizen take his Birth certificate to the nearest Canadian High commission and also don't forget to apply for your spousal visa.
Baby born outside of Canada
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Links to contact the national public media to report a news, denounce a situation:
https://www.cbc.ca/mediacentre/contact
french section:
https://assistance.radio-canada.ca/hc/fr/requests/new?ticket_form_id=360001175271
The press is a real power in Canada, do not be afraid to use it.
https://www.cbc.ca/mediacentre/contact
french section:
https://assistance.radio-canada.ca/hc/fr/requests/new?ticket_form_id=360001175271
The press is a real power in Canada, do not be afraid to use it.
Your child won’t be Canadian citizen if he/she born out of Canada. You need to apply for PR for Canada from the country of born. Then your child get PR
I confirmed with CIC over the phone today, they said my unborn child can be a Canadian. I was told I have to apply online
https://www.canada.ca/en/immigration-refugees-citizenship/services/canadian-citizenship/become-canadian-citizen/apply/online-group.html#minor-online
This is incorrect. If OP is Canadian by birth or obtained Canadian citizenship through naturalization, then the baby born outside of Canada will be a Canadian citizen at birth.
As they said, I only have to put in an application for my child to become a Canadian citizen. He won’t be automatically a Canadian citizen upon delivery but I have to apply for it since I am a Canadian
We are talking about frontline staff in consulate and embassies across the world not IRCC workers in Canada. In general they are taught to question things because they do deal with a lot of the same issues, quite a lot of people arriving misinformed or people lying and submitting fraudulent papers. Warning someone that if their child has a child abroad then their children will not receive citizenship is actually very good information and is likely done because many are shocked when they discover this after giving birth or when the child goes on to have their own children abroad. There have likely been many families who have arrived to apply for citizenship for their child only to discover that they are not a citizen. The reactions of the families are often not very pleasant. There is no second class Canadians but many expect to pass down Canadian citizenship for generations without ever living in Canada which most Canadians would consider unfair. I can also imagine there also would be frustration if you see situations like families who only return to Canada to have children and then return abroad especially if the family has never worked or lived in Canada permanently. Most likely don’t qualify for free healthcare but provincial governments are usually slow to react or don’t react to those who abuse the provincial healthcare system. The same can be said when embassy staff are shown documents showing that people continue to receive benefits from Canada for years when they are not entitled to them due to CRA incompetence. Know many staff working at embassies and consulates abroad and they do experience a lot of abuse and threatening behaviour. When dealing with the public staff is usually taught be professional but not show any emotion that could be misinterpreted. It is the same as dealing with CBSA staff at the airport. Staff are also
human and may be dealing with other serious personal or professional issues that day or may just be having a bad day. Not sure why you think the media needs to be alerted about
It this issue.
The situation reported by one of the participants of this thread is simply UNACCEPTABLE. We must, I think, learn from civilized and protesting peoples who always claim their rights, and above all to be treated with dignity, like the French people I cited as an example. It is a deeply cultural question. No, it's not ''just ok'' to just receive the service in the end, the way you received it matters too, and the respect owed to us as tax payers and citizens.
I remind you that these consular agents or diplomats in Canadian representations abroad are above all federal public servants, serving Canadians expatriates or traveling abroad. And their wages are collected thanks to the taxes of the honest workers. They work for us, that's the perception we should have, my opinion.
Here is again the testimony of the person as reported:
Maybe, for you, the media should not be alerted to ''by much'', and that treating some citizens as second-class citizens because of their origins, for example, is acceptable, or ' 'just ok, the service was given at the end btw', this is your problem to see it that way.
Others see it as discrimination.
The treatment should be the same, fair, equitable, and exactly the same with exactly the same deadlines, whether the citizen receiving the service is Caucasian, South East Asian, African, or Caribbean, it doesn't matter.
Freedom of the press is still guaranteed in Canada, thank God, and the media are free. Everyone has the right to contact them when they feel it is necessary (same thing for contacting their federal or provincial deputy, or associations or NGOs, defense groups, a lawyer, or anyone else) .
Hi...I have a question about citizenship for my daughter. I am a Canadian citizen that was born in Canada. I live outside Canada with my family and I have a 21 year old daughter, although she is not my biological daughter, that was born outside of Canada. I am her legal father as my name is on her birth certificate as the father and I am married to her biological mother. Can she apply to become a Canadian citizen due to the fact that I am her legal father? I know that this is a difficult question to answer, but what are the chances of her application being approved based on me being her legal father? Any help or advice is much appreciated.
Did you ever legally adopt her? I would recommend you speak with a Canadian immigration lawyer.
Hi, thanks for your response. Yes, I legally adopted her but in the country we live, not in Canada. I think that the fact that I am her legal father and my name is on her birth certificate should actually carry more weight
Then she should be good to go provided you legally adopted her before the age of 18. Follow the instructions on the IRCC site to apply. The adoption does not need to have occurred in Canada.
Unfortunately due to circumstances beyond my control, I could not adopt her until last year when she was 20. Without going into too much info, the biological father had an accident whilst my wife was pregnant and the death certificate was not registered properly. As there was no record of the death in the system, I could not legally adopt my daughter. It was only last year that a family member of the biological father that had moved to US actually found the death certificate! Once this was found I completed the adoption process and we got approved quite fast due to the circumstances and the fact that I have been with her since she was a baby. It really has been a nightmare but at least that is over now...but of course now I have everything completed I want to apply for her citizenship.