Pregnant by Canadian - what happens now ???
Jan 15th 2008, 7:19 am
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Re: Pregnant by Canadian - what happens now ???
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Jan 15th 2008, 7:27 am
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Re: Pregnant by Canadian - what happens now ???
Jan 15th 2008, 7:29 am
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Re: Pregnant by Canadian - what happens now ???
As to the question about whether you'd be eligible for benefits/support - I don't know, but I would imagine NOT. You aren't a permanent resident, so you do not qualify for government assistance - this may be down to the province though.
Jan 15th 2008, 10:11 am
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Re: Pregnant by Canadian - what happens now ???
If the OP overstays her visa, and has the child in Canada - and the father knows - and is named - could he not then turn around and apply to keep the child in the country, regardless of the OP's wishes, (either now or later) ? Courts have funny outcomes sometimes.
Perhaps staying in Canada - with a new baby - with potentially curtailed opportunities for working to support herself, and contrary to her current visa, and potentially no other support network (although we do not know this for sure) would be more than just exhausting and bloody hard work.
Perhaps staying in Canada - with a new baby - with potentially curtailed opportunities for working to support herself, and contrary to her current visa, and potentially no other support network (although we do not know this for sure) would be more than just exhausting and bloody hard work.
Jan 15th 2008, 3:42 pm
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Re: Pregnant by Canadian - what happens now ???
Being born to foreign parents in Germany before 2000 does not make you a German citizen, and even from the year 2000 (for children born on or after 1.1.2000) it's quite restricted in scope.
Jan 15th 2008, 3:48 pm
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If you have any kind of support network in the U.K. I would suggest you consider having baby there. Based on all the stories on this forum about the Canadian family courts you would likely have more options in the United Kingdom. If you can manage to get the child Canadian citizenship by descent that's great but it's something that would probably only be useful to the child as an adult.
