Canadians headed to Australia
Mar 1st 2010 | 10:52 am
#301
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Re: Canadians headed to Australia
How's the Canadian spirit out there for the Olympics??
Canada broke at least 4 statistical records:
1) Winning Gold on Canadian soil for the first time - and 13 more times!
2) 14 golds - highest of any hosting nation (previous record was 10 golds by a hosting nation).
3) 14 golds - highest of any country at a winter olympics (previous record was 13).
4) 14 golds - the most golds ever won by Canada at any olympics - winter or summer.
Another fact for us women out there.
54% of Canada's medals were won by women or women's teams (it was 67% until the last 2 days when the men made it up with Curling, snowboard slalom & long track team pursuit and Hockey). Men and men's teams only won 42% of the medals. (the last 4% goes to the Ice Dancing pair - a rather feminine event if you ask me...)
Hope you all had fun watching the Olympics and thinking of Canada. I am proudly flying my Canadian flag in from front doorway!
Absolutely happy to be here in Perth but like Michael J Fox said at the closing ceremonies, when Canada is playing, I'm wearing a Maple Leaf! (not to be confused with the Maple Leafs because the leafs suck)
Happy Labour Day!
Canada broke at least 4 statistical records:
1) Winning Gold on Canadian soil for the first time - and 13 more times!
2) 14 golds - highest of any hosting nation (previous record was 10 golds by a hosting nation).
3) 14 golds - highest of any country at a winter olympics (previous record was 13).
4) 14 golds - the most golds ever won by Canada at any olympics - winter or summer.
Another fact for us women out there.
54% of Canada's medals were won by women or women's teams (it was 67% until the last 2 days when the men made it up with Curling, snowboard slalom & long track team pursuit and Hockey). Men and men's teams only won 42% of the medals. (the last 4% goes to the Ice Dancing pair - a rather feminine event if you ask me...)
Hope you all had fun watching the Olympics and thinking of Canada. I am proudly flying my Canadian flag in from front doorway!
Absolutely happy to be here in Perth but like Michael J Fox said at the closing ceremonies, when Canada is playing, I'm wearing a Maple Leaf! (not to be confused with the Maple Leafs because the leafs suck)
Happy Labour Day!
Mar 8th 2010 | 4:18 pm
#302
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Re: Canadians headed to Australia
Check out this new video on YouTube about Canada. A friend just posted it on Facebook and I have done the same.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mWQf13B8epw
Catchy little tune building on the pride built up from the Olympics. Reminds us of all the Canadiana kitch showcased in the Olympic closing ceremonies.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mWQf13B8epw
Catchy little tune building on the pride built up from the Olympics. Reminds us of all the Canadiana kitch showcased in the Olympic closing ceremonies.
Jun 21st 2010 | 12:34 pm
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Re: Canadians headed to Australia
So we finally landed north of Brisbane (Redcliffe)the first week of May with friends for 3 weeks. Decided to do a recee trip. My hubby gave up his job and we spent the first 3 weeks busy getting all the paperwork done (medicaid cards etc). Planned on heading back to Canada with our 2yr old till he found a job and we could come back by the yr end.
Love the relaxed 'No worries' attitude. People and nice and it seems to be very family friendly.
Anyway the good news is hubby got a job offer the day we headed back to Canada and I found out I was a few weeks pregnant when I got back.
Would appreciate your advise on next steps. Assuming I come back to Brisbane before the delivery I assume I do not have to do any additional paperwork with DIAC. Not sure about what happens if I decide to deliver in Canada and then fly a few months after?
I assume I need to inform DIAC as baby would need to be added to our 175 visas? correct? Hoping someone can point me to a thread if it's already been discussed.
Thanks a bunch.
and found out I was a few weeks pregnant
Love the relaxed 'No worries' attitude. People and nice and it seems to be very family friendly.
Anyway the good news is hubby got a job offer the day we headed back to Canada and I found out I was a few weeks pregnant when I got back.
Would appreciate your advise on next steps. Assuming I come back to Brisbane before the delivery I assume I do not have to do any additional paperwork with DIAC. Not sure about what happens if I decide to deliver in Canada and then fly a few months after?
I assume I need to inform DIAC as baby would need to be added to our 175 visas? correct? Hoping someone can point me to a thread if it's already been discussed.
Thanks a bunch.
and found out I was a few weeks pregnant
Jun 21st 2010 | 7:45 pm
#304
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Re: Canadians headed to Australia
If they have been granted, as I suspect, then the easiest thing to do would be to move to Australia in time to have the baby there. If you are on a PR visa and have a baby in Australia then the baby is born with Australian citizenship, just need to do the paperwork I presume.
If you have the visas and stay in Canada to have the baby then you would need to apply for a child visa once it's born. A new application with a new fee (about $1000 I think?). There is no way to add people to already granted visas.
Jun 22nd 2010 | 7:48 am
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... and I found out I was a few weeks pregnant when I got back.
Would appreciate your advise on next steps. Assuming I come back to Brisbane before the delivery I assume I do not have to do any additional paperwork with DIAC. Not sure about what happens if I decide to deliver in Canada and then fly a few months after?
Would appreciate your advise on next steps. Assuming I come back to Brisbane before the delivery I assume I do not have to do any additional paperwork with DIAC. Not sure about what happens if I decide to deliver in Canada and then fly a few months after?
One longterm consideration regarding the new baby is a nasty little proviso in Harper's new immigration and citizenship law. It concerns the transmissibility of Canadian citizenship: if your child is not born on Canadian soil, he or she will not automatically be able to pass on Canadian citizenship to his/her own offspring.
Yes, Canada now has two classes of citizen... :curse::curse: ...send your curses to Jason Kenney, Immigration Minister.
Jun 22nd 2010 | 12:37 pm
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Re: Canadians headed to Australia
Congratulations!!
One longterm consideration regarding the new baby is a nasty little proviso in Harper's new immigration and citizenship law. It concerns the transmissibility of Canadian citizenship: if your child is not born on Canadian soil, he or she will not automatically be able to pass on Canadian citizenship to his/her own offspring.
Yes, Canada now has two classes of citizen... :curse::curse: ...send your curses to Jason Kenney, Immigration Minister.
One longterm consideration regarding the new baby is a nasty little proviso in Harper's new immigration and citizenship law. It concerns the transmissibility of Canadian citizenship: if your child is not born on Canadian soil, he or she will not automatically be able to pass on Canadian citizenship to his/her own offspring.
Yes, Canada now has two classes of citizen... :curse::curse: ...send your curses to Jason Kenney, Immigration Minister.
Jun 22nd 2010 | 3:05 pm
#307
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Re: Canadians headed to Australia
I have to say I agree with this. You shouldn't be able to pass it on indefinitely.
Jun 22nd 2010 | 11:51 pm
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Re: Canadians headed to Australia
thanks for the info. We knew about the lack of CDN citizenship for the third generation.
I checked with DIAC and it does look like if I deliver in Canada we have to apply for a child visa with a $1070 fee charged and a potential 3mt wait after the baby delivers.
I checked with DIAC and it does look like if I deliver in Canada we have to apply for a child visa with a $1070 fee charged and a potential 3mt wait after the baby delivers.
Jun 23rd 2010 | 12:51 am
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Re: Canadians headed to Australia
Haven't called DIAC about it yet, so that's a good start for us too (baby's 2 months). Another thousand bucks tho? 
if i recall correctly, our eldest was simply added to my visa as a dependent, but that was a couple years ago.
if i recall correctly, our eldest was simply added to my visa as a dependent, but that was a couple years ago.
Jun 23rd 2010 | 12:57 am
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Re: Canadians headed to Australia
You can add babies to the application at any time but once the visa has actually been granted it's too late. Once granted there is no way to add people to it, you would then need to apply for a child visa.
Jun 23rd 2010 | 1:49 am
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Re: Canadians headed to Australia
Yes we've had it for 2 yrs now, with full intentions at the time of moving then having baby#2 over there, but plans changed 
What's the 3 month wait for? Medical?
What's the 3 month wait for? Medical?
Jun 23rd 2010 | 2:03 am
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Re: Canadians headed to Australia
Perhaps alzo can confirm?
Jun 23rd 2010 | 8:16 am
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Australia doesn't allow that either. Simply put if they have their child in Australia they would still be able to get the kid Canadian citizenship. If that child then has a kid in Australia (which would be the posters grandparents) then it wouldn't be able to get Canadian citizenship as they would not really have any ties to Canada at that point.
I have to say I agree with this. You shouldn't be able to pass it on indefinitely.
I have to say I agree with this. You shouldn't be able to pass it on indefinitely.
That just can't be right.
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Jun 23rd 2010 | 10:09 am
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Re: Canadians headed to Australia
Why not? I have roots in Ireland stretching back 400 years or more but I have no rights as an Irish citizen. Or the US. I have roots in upstate NY as well as in the South going back hundreds of years but no rights as an American.
Jun 23rd 2010 | 10:12 am
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Re: Canadians headed to Australia
but the others are right. My daughter won't be able to pass her NZ citizenship onto her children unless she either lives there for a year or gives birth to them there. I'm okay with that. What has been going on in Canada is nothing more than an abuse of citizenship (imo) My roots in NZ also go back over 140 years.
It's also worth pointing out that the UK has the same rule. OH can't pass his UK citizenship onto our daughter as he was born outside of the UK. His roots go back hundreds of years.
Canada was actually the exception, not the norm. Many other countries only allow citizenship by descent for the first generation born outside a country.
Last edited by ExKiwilass; Jun 23rd 2010 at 10:17 am.
