Help! Requirements for UK born children moving to Canada
Jul 6th 2010, 8:22 am
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Help! Requirements for UK born children moving to Canada
Hi there, we are planning to relocate our family to Canada in a few months' time. My wife is Canadian and my spousal application is well underway (7 months).
We were given contradictory advice as to the requirements for our two 16 month old children. In one version, we were told to start their citizenship applications once we arrived in canada (which is what we assumed to be the case). But we are now being told that the kids need to apply for Citizenship here in the UK and we need to wait for that to finalise before leaving - currently taking between 12-15 months to process.
Our plans are well underway. We've given notice to leave our jobs and our flat is on the market to sell. It would be a bit of a disaster if we now had to stay for another year.
Can anyone please tell us what they've done in a similar situation? We're just not sure which advice to believe and REALLY don't want to have to wait another year now. Ideally we'd like to be there in October.
Many thanks.
We were given contradictory advice as to the requirements for our two 16 month old children. In one version, we were told to start their citizenship applications once we arrived in canada (which is what we assumed to be the case). But we are now being told that the kids need to apply for Citizenship here in the UK and we need to wait for that to finalise before leaving - currently taking between 12-15 months to process.
Our plans are well underway. We've given notice to leave our jobs and our flat is on the market to sell. It would be a bit of a disaster if we now had to stay for another year.
Can anyone please tell us what they've done in a similar situation? We're just not sure which advice to believe and REALLY don't want to have to wait another year now. Ideally we'd like to be there in October.
Many thanks.
Jul 6th 2010, 9:11 am
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Re: Help! Requirements for UK born children moving to Canada
Hi
1. You apply for proof of citizenship for the children while you are residing in the UK. Since the application will take about 10 months obviously you will not have proof before you leave.
2. In that case, since you have applied for proof and have evidence of their citizenship, you then can immediately apply for a limited validity Canadian passport as they are under the age of 2, see: http://www.cic.gc.ca/english/resourc...2009/ob154.asp
3. So submit your application for the proof and then apply for a passport. http://www.ppt.gc.ca/cdn/form.aspx?l...=international
Hi there, we are planning to relocate our family to Canada in a few months' time. My wife is Canadian and my spousal application is well underway (7 months).
We were given contradictory advice as to the requirements for our two 16 month old children. In one version, we were told to start their citizenship applications once we arrived in canada (which is what we assumed to be the case). But we are now being told that the kids need to apply for Citizenship here in the UK and we need to wait for that to finalise before leaving - currently taking between 12-15 months to process.
Our plans are well underway. We've given notice to leave our jobs and our flat is on the market to sell. It would be a bit of a disaster if we now had to stay for another year.
Can anyone please tell us what they've done in a similar situation? We're just not sure which advice to believe and REALLY don't want to have to wait another year now. Ideally we'd like to be there in October.
Many thanks.
We were given contradictory advice as to the requirements for our two 16 month old children. In one version, we were told to start their citizenship applications once we arrived in canada (which is what we assumed to be the case). But we are now being told that the kids need to apply for Citizenship here in the UK and we need to wait for that to finalise before leaving - currently taking between 12-15 months to process.
Our plans are well underway. We've given notice to leave our jobs and our flat is on the market to sell. It would be a bit of a disaster if we now had to stay for another year.
Can anyone please tell us what they've done in a similar situation? We're just not sure which advice to believe and REALLY don't want to have to wait another year now. Ideally we'd like to be there in October.
Many thanks.
2. In that case, since you have applied for proof and have evidence of their citizenship, you then can immediately apply for a limited validity Canadian passport as they are under the age of 2, see: http://www.cic.gc.ca/english/resourc...2009/ob154.asp
3. So submit your application for the proof and then apply for a passport. http://www.ppt.gc.ca/cdn/form.aspx?l...=international
Jul 6th 2010, 4:15 pm
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Re: Help! Requirements for UK born children moving to Canada
Hi there, we are planning to relocate our family to Canada in a few months' time. My wife is Canadian and my spousal application is well underway (7 months).
We were given contradictory advice as to the requirements for our two 16 month old children. In one version, we were told to start their citizenship applications once we arrived in canada (which is what we assumed to be the case). But we are now being told that the kids need to apply for Citizenship here in the UK and we need to wait for that to finalise before leaving - currently taking between 12-15 months to process.
Our plans are well underway. We've given notice to leave our jobs and our flat is on the market to sell. It would be a bit of a disaster if we now had to stay for another year.
Can anyone please tell us what they've done in a similar situation? We're just not sure which advice to believe and REALLY don't want to have to wait another year now. Ideally we'd like to be there in October.
Many thanks.
We were given contradictory advice as to the requirements for our two 16 month old children. In one version, we were told to start their citizenship applications once we arrived in canada (which is what we assumed to be the case). But we are now being told that the kids need to apply for Citizenship here in the UK and we need to wait for that to finalise before leaving - currently taking between 12-15 months to process.
Our plans are well underway. We've given notice to leave our jobs and our flat is on the market to sell. It would be a bit of a disaster if we now had to stay for another year.
Can anyone please tell us what they've done in a similar situation? We're just not sure which advice to believe and REALLY don't want to have to wait another year now. Ideally we'd like to be there in October.
Many thanks.
http://britishexpats.com/wiki/Canadi...hip_by_Descent
What about New Zealand citizenship ... if you're from NZ and are an NZ citizen, have you got their NZ citizenship papers and passports sorted out?
And you say they're British citizens, but what about both of you? Are you planning to get British citizenship, or intending to abandon your U.K. resident status?
Jul 7th 2010, 4:41 am
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Re: Help! Requirements for UK born children moving to Canada
We're in the same situation with a three year old and 18-month-old twins. I'm Canadian and my husband is British and our kids were born in the U.K. I read somewhere that it takes 10 - 12 months to get citizenship cards, and that's certainly the case when we applied for the first child in 2007. I also read that the kids and I must enter Canada on our Canadian passports when we move there. I called Canada House in London and asked what to do. She said she would send me the applications for the twins and for me to return them to her and she would try to get them rushed. And rushed they were. She made no promises, but was able to work a miracle! We had their citizenship cards within 2 months. I then applied for passports for all three and had them in 2 weeks. Since the kids are under the age of 2, you can get temporary passports if you've applied for but not received their citizenship cards. Contact Canada House and see if they can help you out. Good luck!
