Dual citizenship
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It's a too broad question. Short answer is "not completely." Situations when they are not the same:
- If you committed fraud in your citizenship application, where your child was part of the application, they can take your citizenship away from both of you.
- If the child commits terrorism of high treason acts, he/she can have his/her citizenship revoked.
- etc
This cannot be done if your child has one citizenship (and cannot obtain the second citizenship) because otherwise, it would be against the global convention on the reduction of number of stateless persons.
How did child obtain Canadian citizenship? By birth or naturalization? Under current law dual citizens--or even those with just a claim to another citizenship-- can have their Canadian citizenship stripped in certain situations, such as if they are convicted of certain terrorism related offenses. The constitutionality of such laws is questionable and the current Liberal government does not enforce them and has vowed to repeal them.
On the other hand, a dual citizen may have more rights than a regular Canadian in that they enjoy the citizenship rights of the other citizenship (s).
He is canadiAn born citizen. Im just worried because if i wont make him dual citiZen and if i will be sent back home (im not a permanent resident yet), i might not be able to afford to pay taxes.
Canada taxes based on residency not citizenship. He may be a dual citizen already regardless of what you do or don't do--depending on the laws of the other country.
I mean taxes in the philippines. Im a single mom and if i will be sent bAck home, he will go back with me.
Under current law, Government need only assert that someone is eligible for citizenship elsewhere to revoke citizenship from someone so convicted -- they need not be eligible in fact, Government need only have grounds to make the assertion.. It does not matter if the person was naturalized or born in Canada (even if their ancestors have lived in Canada for thousands of years).
...but...and this is a big one - a dual citizen has also more obligations!
For instance, we did have mandatory military service in Germany until some years back and I know of people who decided to spend a bit of time in Germany who then were contacted regarding their obligation to do the military service. Also, they might ding you with inheritance taxes or as the Americans do- you are taxed on your world income and if you pay less in the country you reside in than you will have to pay them the difference.
As I understand it, the OP is a citizen of the Philippines who is not a permanent resident of Canada, but gave birth to a son here. She is concerned that if she "makes" him a dual citizen...apparently registers him as a citizen of the Philippines...and then she is expelled from Canada (taking the child with her), she may not be able to afford the taxes she will have to pay in the Philippines. I don't get the connection (in this instance) between citizenship and taxes. Maybe she's asking whether, if she registers the child as a citizen of the Philippines, she is more likely to be expelled? Having a Canadian citizen child does not grant the parent the right to remain in Canada.
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My apology for the confusion. What im worried about if i wont make him a dual citiZen, if i will be sent back home and he is canadiAn citizen, if i dont get a pretty stable job (its not easy to have a job esp iv been working abroad for years), i will have to pay his taxes for overstaying there (max of only 6 months). On the other hand, while we are still here, im anxious that his rights as canadian citizen will not be the same if i make him a dual citizen.
Thanks everyone for the reply. I really do appreciate
I'm sorry, but this is very confusing. You mention "his" taxes for overstaying. A child has no taxes. Overstaying where, in Canada? How can a child born in Canada overstay? He is a Canadian citizen by birth; he can stay in Canada forever. Or...do you mean there are taxes to be paid in the Philippines? If so, what are the taxes for? Again, your son is a Canadian citizen. His proof is his Canadian birth certificate. He is also likely a citizen of the Philippines. Whether you register his birth with the Philippines or not, he is a Canadian citizen, with all the rights of Canadian citizenship. The only way your son could be stripped of his Canadian citizenship at the present time is if he has been convicted of terrorism. If you're not worried that your son is a terrorist, then there is no reason that I know of not to register his birth with the Philippines.
From Consulate of the Philippines website:
"A dual citizen by birth is a natural born Filipino born in a foreign country allowing/accepting dual nationality/dual citizenship; thus all that person (or parent/s of the person) needs to do is report the birth."
I get what you meant here. Philippines has taxes or fees for overstaying foreigners. So if you're worried about going back home to the Philippines with a Canadian son then it's best to make your son a dual citizen - that way he can both enjoy benefits of both countries and you don't have to pay taxes in the Philippines then since he's also Filipino. There's also no difference in Canada whether he is dual citizen or just a citizen of Canada so I don't know why you're worried.
If I were you I would do the baby Philippines citizenship as it will make his life easier there, as negative effects of not having PH citizenship while you both live there are larger than being a dual citizen. I did citizenship of my home country for both of my kids even though there is a mandatory military service there. This will make their travels to there easier and they will be able to own property there even though I do not plan to buy for them property there. In my case giving them the second citizenship was of a lesser value than in your case.