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Dual Citizen Looking to Move to Canada

keefusb

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No diplomatic status, just a US Air Force enlistee.

About two months ago, I requested and received an updated copy of my Newfoundland birth certificate directly from the province office, as my original was not in the best condition. I also ordered an extra copy so I can archive one of them and use the other as a "working" copy.

I feel pretty sure that I will receive my Certificate of Citizenship in the next few months. In the meantime, I will use my newly issued Newfoundland birth certificate to apply for a Certificate of Citizenship for my son, and to get Canadian passports for both of us. It appears that I can do all of this concurrently.

I will also begin the process to sponsor my wife for citizenship.

One last question. Once I get my Canadian passport, I plan to take a trip to Toronto. Should I apply for an SIN for me and my son while I am in Canada and can do it in person? It looked like all I would need to be issued an SIN is a Canadian passport.

Thanks again for everyone's helpful input.
 

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keefusb said:
I will also begin the process to sponsor my wife for citizenship.

One last question. Once I get my Canadian passport, I plan to take a trip to Toronto. Should I apply for an SIN for me and my son while I am in Canada and can do it in person? It looked like all I would need to be issued an SIN is a Canadian passport.
You will be sponsoring your wife for PR, not citizenship.

You can apply for your SIN whenever you want. It only takes a few minutes, so it's not something that really needs to be sorted out ahead of time. Your son is an adult and needs to apply for his own.
 

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keefusb said:
No diplomatic status, just a US Air Force enlistee.

About two months ago, I requested and received an updated copy of my Newfoundland birth certificate directly from the province office, as my original was not in the best condition. I also ordered an extra copy so I can archive one of them and use the other as a "working" copy.

I feel pretty sure that I will receive my Certificate of Citizenship in the next few months. In the meantime, I will use my newly issued Newfoundland birth certificate to apply for a Certificate of Citizenship for my son, and to get Canadian passports for both of us. It appears that I can do all of this concurrently.

I will also begin the process to sponsor my wife for citizenship.

One last question. Once I get my Canadian passport, I plan to take a trip to Toronto. Should I apply for an SIN for me and my son while I am in Canada and can do it in person? It looked like all I would need to be issued an SIN is a Canadian passport.

Thanks again for everyone's helpful input.
You can use your birth certificate to get a passport, but your son will have to wait for his citizenship certificate to arrive before he can get a passport. To get a SIN, you would use your birth certificate; your son would use his citizenship certificate. As I was told at a Service Canada office (the place where SINs are applied for), a Canadian passport is a travel document, not proof of citizenship! This seems contrary to the situation in the U.S., where a passport IS considered proof of citizenship.

Remember that any documents you send off to IRCC, like that newly issued birth certificate, will NOT be returned.