Confused by citizenship by descent 2009 laws

[emr2102]

Hi,
I was hoping someone might be able to help me understand the 2009 laws limiting citizenship by descent which is relative to my situation of my family wanting to move to Canada.


1- I am not Canadian
2- My husband was born outside of Canada to Canadian parents (they moved back to Canada shortly after his birth and he spent half his life living in canada) He has a Canadian citizenship certificate
3- we have three children, all born after 2009

So my question is.... are our three children able to get Canadian citizenship through my husband. I understand the 2009 law to state that the parent must be born in Canada but it also mentions if the parent became a naturalized Canadian citizen before they were born... does this apply to my husband?

Thanks for any advice you can share

 

[meyakanor]

Hi,
I was hoping someone might be able to help me understand the 2009 laws limiting citizenship by descent which is relative to my situation of my family wanting to move to Canada.


1- I am not Canadian
2- My husband was born outside of Canada to Canadian parents (they moved back to Canada shortly after his birth and he spent half his life living in canada) He has a Canadian citizenship certificate
3- we have three children, all born after 2009

So my question is.... are our three children able to get Canadian citizenship through my husband. I understand the 2009 law to state that the parent must be born in Canada but it also mentions if the parent became a naturalized Canadian citizen before they were born... does this apply to my husband?

Thanks for any advice you can share

As you said, at least one of the parents must either be born in Canada, or a naturalized Canadian citizen.

Your husband was not born in Canada (I'm assuming this is the case), and he's also not a naturalized Canadian citizen (he was born outside Canada from Canadian parents), so he cannot pass on citizenship to his children.

He can, however, sponsor the kids for permanent residence (before they turn 21), and eventually, they can become citizens.

 

[Seym]

No, your husband was born canadian and is not naturalized.
He didn't transmit his citizenship to your children.

He will need to sponsor the whole family for PR if you want to live in Canada.
https://www.canada.ca/en/immigration-refugees-citizenship/services/immigrate-canada/family-sponsorship.html

Once PRs, while you'll need to accumulate 1095 days before you apply yourself to the canadian citizenship, your children will be able to request that citizenship on the spot.