hanaaddam said:
DEAR ALL, I WOULD APPRECIATE ANY INPUT ON THIS:
Hi everyone,
This is another issue that I am asking about for a friend. They applied to Quebec as a family of four, two children under 5 years old, but they still do not even have a file number or numero de dossier. Now the wife is pregnant, she applied for a visit visa to Canada when she was in her 5th month, and got it. they asked her at the interview if she was pregnant, and she said no. now they went to Canada so that she can have the baby there. They are there now, and they are waiting for the delivery time.
The Question:
Will the new baby, who will be Canadian by birth, facilitate their application process or no? Should they contact Quebec to update their file? But they don't even have a file number yet? What do you recommend? What are your thoughts and ideas on this?
Thanks!
Dear
1- Unfortunately the baby will not be born Canadian unless the parents are legal residents in Canada. and since the parents are on visit visa the baby will be born with the nationality of the parents but NOT Canadian.
2- after the baby is born, they will need to issue him a passport ( same as his parent's nationality). then wait till they get a file no. from Quebec then they should send an update of their case which include copy of the baby's passport and the other documents and additional fees to Quebec.
3- having a baby born in Canada will NOT accelerate nor facilitate their immigration file by any means since they are applying under skilled worker category.
4- i see only 2 positive out comes from this move :
A) when the applicants visit Canada and stay there for more than 1 week they get one extra point. but they dont need to give birth there any touristic visit would give you this point.
B) If their immigration application is accepted and they got the immigration visa and moved to Canada and stayed there for 4 years and the whole family got the Canadian nationality. this baby will be a Canadian born in Canada which is relatively a good thing.
5-The Bad things are: if they break their visit visa (stay longer than the expiry date) while they are giving birth to the baby in Canada this will defiantly affect their immigration visa Negatively but if they give birth and leave before breaking their visa it shall not affect their immigration file neither positively nor negatively. 1 more thing the cost of giving birth in Canada is very expensive .
6- this is my opinion based on the limited information i have. let me remind you that i am not an expert. if you want my advise tell your friend to go give birth in the states. the baby will be american once born and almost the same costs as giving birth in Canada. and when their immigration process ends the baby will be one lucky Canadian American Lebanese.
PS: when giving birth in USA the baby get the American citizenship but parents gets nothing not even the green-card
Good luck