Hi all,
My husband is a Canadian citizen by naturalization who works in Toronto, and I am a PR - but not yet a citizen. We just had our first child a few weeks ago in India ( I travelled to India to give birth as it was our first child and I needed the support).
We are now planning on returning home to Canada soon with our baby, as my husband's parental leave ends in September. However, we are confused as to how we can travel with the baby. I understand our baby is already a Canadian citizen thanks to my husband, however in order for her to travel she will need a passport, and in order to get a passport, apparently the CIC wants us to get a proof of citizenship certificate for the baby - the processing time for this is 6-8 months!!
Is there anyone who has gone through the same process for their child who can guide us on how to travel back to Canada within the next 2-3 months with our baby ?
Also, one of the things CIC wants as supporting documentation is 2 passport size photographs of the newborn! Has anyone managed to get a newborn to sit still with their eyes open long enough for CIC's passport size photo requirements?!
My husband is a Canadian citizen by naturalization who works in Toronto, and I am a PR - but not yet a citizen. We just had our first child a few weeks ago in India ( I travelled to India to give birth as it was our first child and I needed the support).
We are now planning on returning home to Canada soon with our baby, as my husband's parental leave ends in September. However, we are confused as to how we can travel with the baby. I understand our baby is already a Canadian citizen thanks to my husband, however in order for her to travel she will need a passport, and in order to get a passport, apparently the CIC wants us to get a proof of citizenship certificate for the baby - the processing time for this is 6-8 months!!
Is there anyone who has gone through the same process for their child who can guide us on how to travel back to Canada within the next 2-3 months with our baby ?
Also, one of the things CIC wants as supporting documentation is 2 passport size photographs of the newborn! Has anyone managed to get a newborn to sit still with their eyes open long enough for CIC's passport size photo requirements?!
