canadian born 1960 uk resident wants to move back to vancouver help please

[mikepulleyn]

HI NEED SOME ADVICE IM 49 BORN IN VANCOUVER ISLAND 1960 CURRENTLY MARRIED WITH ONE NATURAL SON BORN IN UK AND ONE SON ADOPTED BOTH OVER 18. WOT STEPS DO I NEED TO TAKE AND I HAVE TRIED HIGH COMMISSION BUT NO HELP IN FACT THEY CONFUSED ME EVEN MORE. I DONT EVEN HAVE A PASSPORT BUT I HAVE A CANADIAN BIRTH CERTIFICATE MY MOTHER WAS CANADIAN AND MY FATHER WAS ENGLISH BUT THEY BOTH LIVED IN CANADA.

ANY ADVICE WOULD BE WELCOME MANY THANKS MIKE

 

[Leon]

You can apply for a passport here: http://www.ppt.gc.ca/index.aspx

Your wife, you would have to sponsor for PR (permanent residency). See http://www.cic.gc.ca/english/immigrate/sponsor/spouse.asp for instructions. As a citizen, you can start your sponsorship application from outside Canada but you will have to provide some evidence/plans of actually moving to Canada when she gets her PR.

The kids probably have a claim to Canadian citizenship. You can try applying for them at the embassy, instructions here: http://www.cic.gc.ca/english/citizenship/proof.asp It takes a while to get the citizenship certificate though, about a year. If they don't qualify, you may be able to sponsor them along with your wife if they are still under 22 and single or if they are over 22, single but full time students since before the age of 22.

 

[Karlshammar]

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