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Visiting Canada with wife and two children

Minchul

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First of all, I am a Canadian citizen. I got married and had two children (1 and 3 years old at the moment) in Korea to a Korean citizen.
I know the kids are technically dual citizens but I haven't gotten around to getting their Canadian citizenship certs or Canadian passports.

Are there any problems visiting Canada with their Korean passports? What would I need to prepare if anything at all?

Would it be as simple as just going there just like any other country? I have traveled with my first born for vacations using her Korean passport.
I am planning to visit there in the summer.
 

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Minchul said:
First of all, I am a Canadian citizen. I got married and had two children (1 and 3 years old at the moment) in Korea to a Korean citizen.
I know the kids are technically dual citizens but I haven't gotten around to getting their Canadian citizenship certs or Canadian passports.

Are there any problems visiting Canada with their Korean passports? What would I need to prepare if anything at all?

Would it be as simple as just going there just like any other country? I have traveled with my first born for vacations using her Korean passport.
I am planning to visit there in the summer.
See your elegibility: http://www.cic.gc.ca/english/visit/visas.asp

If they need visas then you need to apply for the proper visas. You being their father makes them not citizens by default, you still have to do the proper paperwork.

Ahh but if they were born AFTER 2009 then you shouldn't have problems. Prepare passports and a way to prove they are indeed your children (birth certificate). http://www.cic.gc.ca/english/helpcentre/answer.asp?q=365&t=5
 

Minchul

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Thanks for your help.

They are born after 2009... When you say just prepare their passports and birth certs, does that mean their Korean or Canadian passports?
What I'm asking is if I can arrive in Canada with just their Korean passports since it takes close to or over a year for them to get their Canadian passports, and i'm planning to vacation this summer.

South Korea does not need a visa..