Is My Child a Canadian Citizen by Descent?

[Snoozin]

Not quite sure how this really is a disadvantage for your children. You have not chosen to live in Canada in your whole adult life and only spent 1 year as a very small child living in Canada as the 60s. You haven’t set up any roots in Canada. It seems like your whole family has not shown any desire to relocate to Canada. Honestly nothing you can do about it so your child can immigrate to Canada if they are interested in moving.

We have family there that we routinely visit. It doesn't make any sense that within one family one child is a citizen and the other isn't; that is a disadvantage to one child and arbitrary/disparate treatment. I cannot move to Canada because my type of employment is localized, although if I ever retire I probably will move at that point; to say we haven't shown any desire to move is contrary to the realities of my type of training and age. My children would very likely move. Again, affirmative acts to be naturalized shouldn't be dismissed and relegated to the status of those who did nothing and don't care (like Ted Cruz before he formally renounced). I don't think numbers-wise there're many people in my situation, versus all of the offspring who never did anything affirmative.

I thank you all for you input and advice. I have a much better understanding now of how the citizenship process evolved legislatively (even if I don't fully agree with the policy or find it equitable in my particular/isolated situation). Maybe someday there'll be a fix put in.

Happy Easter / Passover, virtually.

 

[scylla]

We have family there that we routinely visit. It doesn't make any sense that within one family one child is a citizen and the other isn't; that is a disadvantage to one child and arbitrary/disparate treatment. I cannot move to Canada because my type of employment is localized, although if I ever retire I probably will move at that point; to say we haven't shown any desire to move is contrary to the realities of my type of training and age. My children would very likely move. Again, affirmative acts to be naturalized shouldn't be dismissed and relegated to the status of those who did nothing and don't care (like Ted Cruz before he formally renounced). I don't think numbers-wise there're many people in my situation, versus all of the offspring who never did anything affirmative.

I thank you all for you input and advice. I have a much better understanding now of how the citizenship process evolved legislatively (even if I don't fully agree with the policy or find it equitable in my particular/isolated situation). Maybe someday there'll be a fix put in.

Happy Easter / Passover, virtually.

In case this hasn't been previously mentioned, to sponsor your non-citizen child for PR, you would need to submit the PR application before that child turns 22. Once that child turns 22, there will be no way for them to benefit at all from your status. (Of course this is assuming the current rules remain the same.)

 

[canuck78]

In case this hasn't been previously mentioned, to sponsor your non-citizen child for PR, you would need to submit the PR application before that child turns 22. Once that child turns 22, there will be no way for them to benefit at all from your status. (Of course this is assuming the current rules remain the same.)

Would add that to sponsor your child you have to prove that you will be living in Canada.

 

[canuck78]

We have family there that we routinely visit. It doesn't make any sense that within one family one child is a citizen and the other isn't; that is a disadvantage to one child and arbitrary/disparate treatment. I cannot move to Canada because my type of employment is localized, although if I ever retire I probably will move at that point; to say we haven't shown any desire to move is contrary to the realities of my type of training and age. My children would very likely move. Again, affirmative acts to be naturalized shouldn't be dismissed and relegated to the status of those who did nothing and don't care (like Ted Cruz before he formally renounced). I don't think numbers-wise there're many people in my situation, versus all of the offspring who never did anything affirmative.

I thank you all for you input and advice. I have a much better understanding now of how the citizenship process evolved legislatively (even if I don't fully agree with the policy or find it equitable in my particular/isolated situation). Maybe someday there'll be a fix put in.

Happy Easter / Passover, virtually.

This basically helps my argument. You are essentially saying that you couldn’t move at 21 because of your career but are excited to live in Canada during retirement having never paid taxes or worked in Canada. The rules limiting claiming citizenship to one generation is to prevent other generations from working abroad but returning just to use education, healthcare and other social services. Your other child can easily enter Canada as the US citizen so visiting is not an issue. You have the option to resettle in Canada if you want to sponsor your second child before she turns 22.