Baby born in Canada, father Canadian

[Canada224505]

Canadian father and PR - mother. Baby born in Canada. From the legal point of view, is the baby already Canadian, or they will become at age of 18? I mean if we apply for another country citizenship, should we speak about dual citizenship already?

 

[Bs65]

Any baby born in Canada is 100 percent Canadian at birth regardless of the nationality or status of the parents. Canada allows dual citizenship but of course some other countries do not

 

[Canada224505]

Does that mean if we want to apply for citizenship and country in question doesn't allows dual citizenship - again from the legal point of view, we have to give up the Canadian one?

 

[alphazip]

You cannot give up (renounce) your child's Canadian citizenship. Such a decision can only be made by a person 18 years old or older. If you want to apply for citizenship in another country, you will have to see what their rules require.

 

[Canada224505]

well, i speak about Japan... maybe somebody have this specific experience?

 

[Whocares]

The child is 100% certified canadian

 

[alphazip]

http://www.japantimes.co.jp/community/2016/09/14/issues/japans-dual-citizens-get-tacit-nod-keep-status-shadows/#.WYXjaLpFyUk

 

[Bs65]

See also links below, plus even if were possible for the child to renounce Canadian citizenship you would need a backup plan to sponsor them as a PR to live in Canada which really doesn't make sense when they were born with that right.

Hence the rule about reaching the age of majority to make that decision as an adult, not having it made for them, with a similar rule from the Japanese side to renounce Japanese citizenship where dual citizenship is involved, at least that the way I read it as a non-expert.

http://www.canadainternational.gc.ca/japan-japon/consular_services_consulaires/citizenship-citoyennete.aspx?lang=eng

http://www.moj.go.jp/ENGLISH/information/tcon-01.html

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Japanese_nationality_law

 

[alphazip]

See also links below, plus even if were possible for the child to renounce Canadian citizenship you would need a backup plan to sponsor them as a PR to live in Canada which really doesn't make sense when they were born with that right.

Hence the rule about reaching the age of majority to make that decision as an adult, not having it made for them, with a similar rule from the Japanese side to renounce Japanese citizenship where dual citizenship is involved, at least that the way I read it as a non-expert.

http://www.canadainternational.gc.ca/japan-japon/consular_services_consulaires/citizenship-citoyennete.aspx?lang=eng

http://www.moj.go.jp/ENGLISH/information/tcon-01.html

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Japanese_nationality_law

That's the official policy, but as the link I attached shows, there doesn't seem to be a follow-up on the part of Japanese officials to see whether the second citizenship has actually been renounced. This allows for de facto dual citizenship, since "[n]o dual national has ever been stripped of their Japanese citizenship for not renouncing another status before the age of 22."