Born in Canada
Sep 26th 2008, 8:08 pm
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Born in Canada
I was born in Canada in 1975 (to British parents working in Canada) and lived there until I was 3 years old. We then moved back to the UK and I have lived here ever since with a British passport.
I am now a mother to two boys and engaged to a wonderful man and we are now seriously looking into moving to Vancouver/Vancouver Island.
Does anybody know if the fact that I was born in Canada improves or guarantees my chances and families chance of immigration????
I am now a mother to two boys and engaged to a wonderful man and we are now seriously looking into moving to Vancouver/Vancouver Island.
Does anybody know if the fact that I was born in Canada improves or guarantees my chances and families chance of immigration????
Sep 26th 2008, 8:14 pm
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Re: Born in Canada
Improves greatly!
Unless your parents were diplomats or equivalent, you are almost certainly a Canadian citizen. If so :
1. You don't need a visa, just get a Canadian passport.
2. Your sons are Canadian already. Just apply for their Canadian citizenship cards and Canadian passports.
3. Your husband, if you were married, can be sponsored under Family Class to migrate to Canada. Under current law, he can become a Canadian citizen after 3 years in Canada. Before marriage, sponsorship may be possible under common-law grounds.
Unless your parents were diplomats or equivalent, you are almost certainly a Canadian citizen. If so :
1. You don't need a visa, just get a Canadian passport.
2. Your sons are Canadian already. Just apply for their Canadian citizenship cards and Canadian passports.
3. Your husband, if you were married, can be sponsored under Family Class to migrate to Canada. Under current law, he can become a Canadian citizen after 3 years in Canada. Before marriage, sponsorship may be possible under common-law grounds.
Sep 26th 2008, 8:24 pm
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Re: Born in Canada
Improves greatly!
Unless your parents were diplomats or equivalent, you are almost certainly a Canadian citizen. If so :
1. You don't need a visa, just get a Canadian passport.
2. Your sons are Canadian already. Just apply for their Canadian citizenship cards and Canadian passports.
3. Your husband, if you were married, can be sponsored under Family Class to migrate to Canada. Under current law, he can become a Canadian citizen after 3 years in Canada. Before marriage, sponsorship may be possible under common-law grounds.
Unless your parents were diplomats or equivalent, you are almost certainly a Canadian citizen. If so :
1. You don't need a visa, just get a Canadian passport.
2. Your sons are Canadian already. Just apply for their Canadian citizenship cards and Canadian passports.
3. Your husband, if you were married, can be sponsored under Family Class to migrate to Canada. Under current law, he can become a Canadian citizen after 3 years in Canada. Before marriage, sponsorship may be possible under common-law grounds.
Anyway many thanks for the quick response and good news I am going to have a look on the internet now for information on obtaining a Canadian passport.
My fiance just needs to secure a job and then it could be quite a quick process??!!
Thanks again
Sep 26th 2008, 8:48 pm
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Re: Born in Canada
Sounds like great news for you.
Even better that you don't NEED a job as I don't believe income levels apply for spousal sponsorship.
Hve you seen the wiki at the top of the page . It is FULL of excellent info , including info on spousal sponsorship ?
Well worth a read
Congrats on your good news
Even better that you don't NEED a job as I don't believe income levels apply for spousal sponsorship.
Hve you seen the wiki at the top of the page . It is FULL of excellent info , including info on spousal sponsorship ?
Well worth a read
Congrats on your good news
Sep 26th 2008, 9:31 pm
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Re: Born in Canada
http://britishexpats.com/wiki/Spousa...sorship-Canada
Sep 27th 2008, 1:30 pm
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Re: Born in Canada
Sounds like great news for you.
Even better that you don't NEED a job as I don't believe income levels apply for spousal sponsorship.
Hve you seen the wiki at the top of the page . It is FULL of excellent info , including info on spousal sponsorship ?
Well worth a read
Congrats on your good news
Even better that you don't NEED a job as I don't believe income levels apply for spousal sponsorship.
Hve you seen the wiki at the top of the page . It is FULL of excellent info , including info on spousal sponsorship ?
Well worth a read
Congrats on your good news
Many thanks for that direction. My Auntie and Grandma live near Toronto, great place! Cheers
Sep 27th 2008, 1:44 pm
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Re: Born in Canada
Link to Wiki article on Spousal Sponsorship so you don't have to go searching the whole Wiki for it.
http://britishexpats.com/wiki/Spousa...sorship-Canada
http://britishexpats.com/wiki/Spousa...sorship-Canada
Many thanks for the quick link, my printer is "hot to trot" now whilst printing out all the relevant information.
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Sep 27th 2008, 1:53 pm
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Re: Born in Canada
Improves greatly!
Unless your parents were diplomats or equivalent, you are almost certainly a Canadian citizen. If so :
1. You don't need a visa, just get a Canadian passport.
2. Your sons are Canadian already. Just apply for their Canadian citizenship cards and Canadian passports.
3. Your husband, if you were married, can be sponsored under Family Class to migrate to Canada. Under current law, he can become a Canadian citizen after 3 years in Canada. Before marriage, sponsorship may be possible under common-law grounds.
Unless your parents were diplomats or equivalent, you are almost certainly a Canadian citizen. If so :
1. You don't need a visa, just get a Canadian passport.
2. Your sons are Canadian already. Just apply for their Canadian citizenship cards and Canadian passports.
3. Your husband, if you were married, can be sponsored under Family Class to migrate to Canada. Under current law, he can become a Canadian citizen after 3 years in Canada. Before marriage, sponsorship may be possible under common-law grounds.
We are reading as much literature from the WIKI on this subject as possible. Another question though, if you do not mind and forgive me for maybe appearing a bit slow on this subject but my understanding now on the process is as follows:
I apply for my Canadian passport, as do my sons (we have all the forms off the internet now). Assuming the process is straight forward and we apply and obtain our passports does that mean I am a Canadian citizen and we can move to Canada, work in Canada etc? Or do we have to apply for PR? Depending on your thoughts on the above will obviously then influence how my fiance (we have lived together for 6 years and can easily provide the correct supporting documentation) approaches my sponsoring him to immigrate.
Any thoughts / comments greatly appreciated.
Many thanks again for everyone's very quick responses and excellent info. What a great site this is.
Sep 27th 2008, 2:03 pm
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Re: Born in Canada
you and your sons are already citizens , no need for PR. This means that you can work etc no need for a visa !
Your fiancee needs to be sponsored by you in order for her to get PR.
Then she can apply for ciitizenship after meeting the requirements
Your fiancee needs to be sponsored by you in order for her to get PR.
Then she can apply for ciitizenship after meeting the requirements
Last edited by Zoe Bell; Sep 27th 2008 at 2:06 pm.
Sep 27th 2008, 4:37 pm
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Fantastic news, now it does get scary and real!!! So once I have our Canadian passports we can move straight out there?! Do we have to reside in Canada for a period of time before buying a property or can we buy immediately?
Sep 27th 2008, 4:43 pm
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Hell , you can buy property without even being resident !!!
Sep 27th 2008, 4:47 pm
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