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D2222

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I am Canadian and I live in the USA because my husband is an American citizen. I am currently pregnant and will be having my baby in the USA, my question is can my baby get a Canadian citizenship? How can I go abouts doing that? And can I apply for my baby to have dual citizenship and still live in USA? Or dose as a family have to move to Canada for the baby to have a Canadian citizenship
 
As long as you are either a born Canadian or immigrated to Canada, after your baby is born, you can apply for a citizenship card through a Canadian embassy in the US. See http://www.cic.gc.ca/english/citizenship/proof-eligibility.asp on how to apply. It takes 8-9 months to get the card. Once you have the card, you can apply for a passport for your baby, see http://www.ppt.gc.ca/info/form.aspx?lang=eng&region=USA

As a dual citizen, your child should ideally have two valid passports and use the Canadian one when going to Canada and the American one when going to the US.

If you were born outside Canada and gained citizenship because one or both of your parents were Canadian at the time of your birth, you can not pass citizenship on to your child. You could however sponsor your child for permanent residency but you would have to prove that you are planning on moving to Canada in order to do that. If you ever do move to Canada, you can apply for citizenship for your child as soon as the child has PR and is living in Canada, that is as long as your child is still a minor when you do that.
 
Thank you for your advice also one other question is it ok to apply for dual for the baby while we still live in the usa
 
D2222 said:
Thank you for your advice also one other question is it ok to apply for dual for the baby while we still live in the usa

Yes, it is ok to apply for a citizenship card for the baby while living in the US. It is actually better to do it sooner than later because for one thing, your baby will have it already if you decide to move to Canada and for another, if something ever happens to you and it never gets done, your child will have a hard time doing it as a grown up without having your paperwork.