I have a question that I can not find an answer to, any help would be appreciated.
I got my canadian citizenship through immigration 4 years ago. I am pregnant now and living outside canada. If I deliver my son outside Canada he will fall under first generation law of citizenship, thus, he can get the citizenship but can not pass it to his children.
My question is: If I deliver him outside canada and two years later we decide to go and live in canada, and he stays there for 3 or more years (citizenship requirements) , is he entitled to change of citizenship status, therefore, can he apply for a citizenship that entitles him to pass it later in his lifetime ??
I have a question that I can not find an answer to, any help would be appreciated.
I got my canadian citizenship through immigration 4 years ago. I am pregnant now and living outside canada. If I deliver my son outside Canada he will fall under first generation law of citizenship, thus, he can get the citizenship but can not pass it to his children.
My question is: If I deliver him outside canada and two years later we decide to go and live in canada, and he stays there for 3 or more years (citizenship requirements) , is he entitled to change of citizenship status, therefore, can he apply for a citizenship that entitles him to pass it later in his lifetime ??
received Canadian citizenship as a minor when a parent or legal guardian naturalized you by applying for your citizenship
Basically, if you can keep up with the paper work, you can be Canadians forever without setting a foot in Canada.....
Caveat: The same link also says: You aren’t automatically a Canadian citizen if you…
were born outside Canada to Canadian parent(s) on or after April 17, 2009, but neither parent was born or naturalized in Canada
I have a question that I can not find an answer to, any help would be appreciated.
I got my canadian citizenship through immigration 4 years ago. I am pregnant now and living outside canada. If I deliver my son outside Canada he will fall under first generation law of citizenship, thus, he can get the citizenship but can not pass it to his children.
My question is: If I deliver him outside canada and two years later we decide to go and live in canada, and he stays there for 3 or more years (citizenship requirements) , is he entitled to change of citizenship status, therefore, can he apply for a citizenship that entitles him to pass it later in his lifetime ??
I have a question that I can not find an answer to, any help would be appreciated.
I got my canadian citizenship through immigration 4 years ago. I am pregnant now and living outside canada. If I deliver my son outside Canada he will fall under first generation law of citizenship, thus, he can get the citizenship but can not pass it to his children.
My question is: If I deliver him outside canada and two years later we decide to go and live in canada, and he stays there for 3 or more years (citizenship requirements) , is he entitled to change of citizenship status, therefore, can he apply for a citizenship that entitles him to pass it later in his lifetime ??
No, there is no such provision in Canadian citizenship law. Regardless of how much time he spends in Canada, if your foreign-born Canadian child has his children outside of Canada, they will not be Canadians.
received Canadian citizenship as a minor when a parent or legal guardian naturalized you by applying for your citizenship
Basically, if you can keep up with the paper work, you can be Canadians forever without setting a foot in Canada.....
Caveat: The same link also says: You aren’t automatically a Canadian citizen if you…
were born outside Canada to Canadian parent(s) on or after April 17, 2009, but neither parent was born or naturalized in Canada
As canuck_in_uk stated, the answer is no. If your son is a citizen by descent, he cannot change his status to become either 1) a citizen by birth in Canada, or 2) a citizen by naturalization. The latter two would give him the right to pass citizenship on to his children born abroad.
