Eligibility of my new born for citizenship

[anil1201]

Hello,
Me and my spouse both will be eligible for citizenship soon but we had our new born outside of Canada and we have applied for PR, my questions are

1. Should both me and my spouse apply for citizenship when eligible or should one of us better to wait for baby PR approval and then apply for citizenship together as baby will be eligible when applying with parent, but current processing times for PR approval seems pretty bad, making me think, is it good idea to wait that long delaying one our citizenship application?
2. Also I read, when one of Parent becomes citizen, the baby (assuming PR will be approved by then)will be eligible for citizenship withou having to wait for 3years?, is this correct?

Thank you so much in advance.

 

[anil1201]

Can someone help on this question?

Hello,
Me and my spouse both will be eligible for citizenship soon but we had our new born outside of Canada and we have applied for PR, my questions are

1. Should both me and my spouse apply for citizenship when eligible or should one of us better to wait for baby PR approval and then apply for citizenship together as baby will be eligible when applying with parent, but current processing times for PR approval seems pretty bad, making me think, is it good idea to wait that long delaying one our citizenship application?
2. Also I read, when one of Parent becomes citizen, the baby (assuming PR will be approved by then)will be eligible for citizenship withou having to wait for 3years?, is this correct?

Thank you so much in advance.

 

[lr108]

Can someone help on this question?

For Question #2
Yes, that's what it says in the below link.
https://www.canada.ca/en/immigration-refugees-citizenship/services/canadian-citizenship/become-canadian-citizen/eligibility/minors.html

For Question #1,
It seems like your personal choice. No one can predict how IRCC is going to process any given application.

Given you alreay applied for Baby's PR, the difference between PR and Citizenship is just passport and voting. You don't have worry about voting for your new born. So will you two be travelling somewhere with Canadian passport where your newborn has to get a visa in the next couple years?

Once you applied for citizenship, you have to wait till you get your citizenship to apply for baby's citizenship. Or you can withdraw your citizenship if it hasn't progressed much and your baby already has already PR and then apply together.

It pretty much depends on what you want. Perhaps talk to an immigration attorney as well on whatever you decide.

 

[anil1201]

Thank you so much for the answers , sorry what is voting means?

 

[anil1201]

Never mind, I think you are referring voting rights.

 

[Copingwithlife]

For Question #2
Yes, that's what it says in the below link.
https://www.canada.ca/en/immigration-refugees-citizenship/services/canadian-citizenship/become-canadian-citizen/eligibility/minors.html

For Question #1,
It seems like your personal choice. No one can predict how IRCC is going to process any given application.

Given you alreay applied for Baby's PR, the difference between PR and Citizenship is just passport and voting. You don't have worry about voting for your new born. So will you two be travelling somewhere with Canadian passport where your newborn has to get a visa in the next couple years?

Once you applied for citizenship, you have to wait till you get your citizenship to apply for baby's citizenship. Or you can withdraw your citizenship if it hasn't progressed much and your baby already has already PR and then apply together.

It pretty much depends on what you want. Perhaps talk to an immigration attorney as well on whatever you decide.

The difference between PR & Citizenship?

You missed one

Passport, voting , and deportation

Citizens cannot get kicked out of the country, PR, after a process can

 

[armoured]

1. Also I read, when one of Parent becomes citizen, the baby (assuming PR will be approved by then)will be eligible for citizenship withou having to wait for 3years?, is this correct?

Yes, a child of a Canadian citizen who is a PR and residing in Canada is eligible for a grant of citizenship with no waiting. So if you choose to apply for citizenship right away (before the child is a PR), and then (assuming child gets PR and you are all residing in Canada) you can apply for the child's citizenship as soon as one of you gets citizenship. Processing for these apps seems to take 4-8 months (very roughly, no guarantees, from limited number of observations).

 

[yyzstudent]

Citizens cannot get kicked out of the country, PR, after a process can

Born in the country, no. Acquired citizenship through immigration, yes. Gross misrepresentation will get you kicked out if they find out.

 

[anil1201]

Yes, a child of a Canadian citizen who is a PR and residing in Canada is eligible for a grant of citizenship with no waiting. So if you choose to apply for citizenship right away (before the child is a PR), and then (assuming child gets PR and you are all residing in Canada) you can apply for the child's citizenship as soon as one of you gets citizenship. Processing for these apps seems to take 4-8 months (very roughly, no guarantees, from limited number of observations).

Thank you, just to make sure I understand, does the Canadian parent and kid (who get PR) need to live in Canada to apply for kid's citizienship or we can apply from outside of canada?

 

[armoured]

Thank you, just to make sure I understand, does the Canadian parent and kid (who get PR) need to live in Canada to apply for kid's citizienship or we can apply from outside of canada?

The kid will have to land and become a PR first. I believe they have to live in Canada during the process to get the citizenship grant but I do not know for certain.