Hello all, I have a similar question. My partner and I are both Canadian permanent residents, live here full time and we are not married yet. I am from New Zealand and have had my PR for about 7 years and my partner is Australian and has had her PR for 3 years. She is pregnant and due in late in the year and we are considering traveling to Australia or New Zealand just before the birth and staying there for around 2 months so we can have the birth and initial time around family, but are wondering if it going to create a lot of issues for us/our child as compared to just having the birth here in Canada and it becoming a Canadian citizen at birth.
So the questions I have are:
1)As the child would be born in NZ or Australia to a parent with citizenship to that country then the child will automatically become a citizen of that country, so my understanding is that as both those countries are visa exempt countries then our newborn will just need a passport from its birth country and an ETA to to enter with us, is that correct?
2) Once back in Canada we would need to apply for PR for newborn and renew its visa exemption/ETA every 6 months until its PR is granted, is that correct?
3) As the child will initially not be even a PR in Canada will it be ineligible for any health care and/or any other services we might not have considered?
Thanks so much, Jon