procedure to apply for canadian citizen to baby born in india to parents[naturalized citizen]

[gobicse]

Hi All,

Please advise on my scenario:

1. I am naturalized canadian citizen and my wife is still Indian citizen with canadian PR. Our son was born in india last month.
2. Do i have to apply for canadian citizenship certificate for him first? once i got it then apply for canadian passport or i can apply for both parallely [I am planning to send the application form to New Delhi embassy]
3. Some say processing is faster in canada than in India. In that case If i apply for his citizenship certificate in canada, am i allowed to courier it to india to apply for his canadian passport later OR i can apply for both here in canada itself [since i will be travelling to india again in 7 months to bring my wife and son back, so i can take his passport with me].

Please urgently advise. Thanks again for your help.

 

[steaky]

You can apply both the certificate and limited validity passport at the same time. It depends when you want to travel.

 

[gobicse]

You can apply both the certificate and limited validity passport at the same time. It depends when you want to travel.

Thank you steaky for your response. I want to apply for canadian passport, not limited validity PP at this moment. i dont mind waiting until my son have the canadian passport to bring him back.

 

[canuck_in_uk]

Thank you steaky for your response. I want to apply for canadian passport, not limited validity PP at this moment. i dont mind waiting until my son have the canadian passport to bring him back.

The limited validity passport IS a Canadian passport. Until the Certificate of Citizenship has been issued, a full validity passport can't be issued.

 

[amitdi]

I am curious to know. In this case, whats his status in India? What documents will you show while leaving India to the emigration officer? All the best with your applications.