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    Can Kids Go To School ?

    Hi PMM, Firstly, Thank you for your continued help on this subject... What happens if they send us the passports, my wife moves over with the kids, and then after looking deeply into the application, they decide that the kids are not eligable for the CC Certificate. Won't that mean that my...
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    Can Kids Go To School ?

    OK PMM, here's a question for you. Supposing we just decide to chance our luck and my wife fills in the forms to get proof of canadian citizenship certificates for our kids. She puts down under the parents part of the form that she obtained her Canadian citizenship by descent. We pay the $75...
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    Can Kids Go To School ?

    Well, my wife called the Canadian Immigration help line in Canada today, and was told in no uncertain terms that the children are NOT entitled to citizenship through descent, and MUST BE sposored. >:( >:( >:( Straight from the horses mouth as they say, but NOT what I wanted to hear. Back to...
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    May Have To Sposor Kids - Can We Start Process Then Move ???

    Hi, We thought that our kids may be eligable to be Citizens due to my wife being a citizen and bill C-37, but I have been getting conflicting advice, and so I just want to clarify a few things should we indeed need to sponsor our children. My wife is a canadian citizen, having been granted it...
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    Can Kids Go To School ?

    I think it all depends on what they mean by citizenship being retroactive to your date of birth. If you answer the questions at cic.gc.ca/english/citizenship/rules/index.asp from your childs perspective, for me the grey area comes when it questions: "At least one of my Canadian parents was...
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    Can Kids Go To School ?

    Hi PMM, I think I understand the policy here, but please correct me if I am wrong. Because my wife has retroactive Canadian citizenship to her date of birth, it means that she can (under the old rules) now pass that citizenship on to her kids, even though they are 2nd generation born out of...
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    Can Kids Go To School ?

    Hi PMM, Thank you, Thank you, Thank you..... ;D ;D ;D I'm sure I will have more questions soon, but for now you have given me some very good news. Very Best Wishes to you. Steve
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    Can Kids Go To School ?

    Hi PMM, Many thanks for your quick response. Regarding my wifes Canadian citizenship, she has the certificate to say she is now a canadian citizen. Am I understanding you correctly when you say that this is now retroactive to her birth date, and as a citizen from birth, our kids are now...
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    Can Kids Go To School ?

    Hi, My wife is American, by birth, but got her Canadian citizenship about a year ago (Her Mothers Canadian). I am British, and we have 2 children aged 8 & 12 (both born in UK) and we all currently live in the UK. We have been married for 15 years. My wife has decided that she would like to...