Citizenship eligiblity for newborn outside Canada

[y67zhang]

Hi everyone,

I have an urgent question below and hope you can help out. Thanks a lot in advance!

I'm a Canadian PR currently working on a two-year secondment assignment in Asia. My wife accompanied me and our baby is scheduled to be born in Hong Kong next month.

My wife immigrated to Canada as a minor with her parents about 20+ years ago so I believe by definition she is a naturalized Canadian citizen. She was born in HK.

In this case, is my newborn baby automatically Canadian pursuant to the citizenship by descent rule since she is the first generation born outside Canada? Any experience applying for citizenship certificate in this case?

Thank you!
Henry

 

[Alurra71]

Your wife is not a Canadian citizen unless her parents applied for citizenship after migrating and she was included in that application. You really need to know for sure if she was. If she is not, then there is a whole lot more at stake then just your childs citizenship.

 

[y67zhang]

Your wife is not a Canadian citizen unless her parents applied for citizenship after migrating and she was included in that application. You really need to know for sure if she was. If she is not, then there is a whole lot more at stake then just your childs citizenship.

Thanks. My understanding is that she was included in her parents' immigration file (back then she was a minor) for PR and then later citizenship. They all have citizenship cards and Canadian passports. Do you still foresee any issues?

 

[PMM]

Hi

Thanks. My understanding is that she was included in her parents' immigration file (back then she was a minor) for PR and then later citizenship. They all have citizenship cards and Canadian passports. Do you still foresee any issues?

1. No, if she has a citizenship card and Canadian passport, she is most probably a citizen. So she could apply for proof of citizenship for the child when it is born.