Having a baby!!!!!
May 16th 2007 | 9:19 am
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Having a baby!!!!!
Well we are going to have a wee Canadian in the family!
Just wondered if anyone else has had a baby here on a permanant resident visa, does it mean the baby will be a candian citizen, do we have to registar them with immigration and all that kind of stuff really!!
Be nice if they could be dual citizanship.
Would say, maternity care here is VERY different and blimin expensive if you actually want to have a choice with care!!
Carolyn
Just wondered if anyone else has had a baby here on a permanant resident visa, does it mean the baby will be a candian citizen, do we have to registar them with immigration and all that kind of stuff really!!
Be nice if they could be dual citizanship.
Would say, maternity care here is VERY different and blimin expensive if you actually want to have a choice with care!!
Carolyn
May 16th 2007 | 9:30 am
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Re: Having a baby!!!!!
Well we are going to have a wee Canadian in the family!
Just wondered if anyone else has had a baby here on a permanant resident visa, does it mean the baby will be a candian citizen, do we have to registar them with immigration and all that kind of stuff really!!
Be nice if they could be dual citizanship.
Would say, maternity care here is VERY different and blimin expensive if you actually want to have a choice with care!!
Carolyn
Just wondered if anyone else has had a baby here on a permanant resident visa, does it mean the baby will be a candian citizen, do we have to registar them with immigration and all that kind of stuff really!!
Be nice if they could be dual citizanship.
Would say, maternity care here is VERY different and blimin expensive if you actually want to have a choice with care!!
Carolyn
May 16th 2007 | 9:32 am
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Re: Having a baby!!!!!
Congratulations! 
May 16th 2007 | 9:38 am
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Re: Having a baby!!!!!
Originally Posted by ross&carolyn
Well we are going to have a wee Canadian in the family!
does it mean the baby will be a candian citizen
do we have to registar them with immigration and all that kind of stuff really!!
Be nice if they could be dual citizanship.
If reading this forum has taught me only one thing it is the importance of putting all of one's children on the same footing, from a citizenship point of view, if at all possible. Jeremy's (JAJ's) admonitions on that score have sunk in.
Your Canadian-born baby will be a dual Canadian-British citizen, and you don't need to worry about him/her. To make things as fair as possible for your older children, though, you and your husband should apply for Canadian citizenship for yourselves and for your older children when you're eligible to do so.
May 16th 2007 | 9:41 am
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Re: Having a baby!!!!!
Congrats to all!! My wife and I have been trying for years for a baby...but we are really pleased for you all!!!!
Hopefully...we'll have a baby soon...and in Canada!!!!
Brian
Hopefully...we'll have a baby soon...and in Canada!!!!
Brian
May 16th 2007 | 9:43 am
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Re: Having a baby!!!!!
Well we are going to have a wee Canadian in the family!
Just wondered if anyone else has had a baby here on a permanant resident visa, does it mean the baby will be a candian citizen, do we have to registar them with immigration and all that kind of stuff really!!
Be nice if they could be dual citizanship.
Would say, maternity care here is VERY different and blimin expensive if you actually want to have a choice with care!!
Carolyn
Just wondered if anyone else has had a baby here on a permanant resident visa, does it mean the baby will be a candian citizen, do we have to registar them with immigration and all that kind of stuff really!!
Be nice if they could be dual citizanship.
Would say, maternity care here is VERY different and blimin expensive if you actually want to have a choice with care!!
Carolyn
May 16th 2007 | 9:56 am
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Re: Having a baby!!!!!
Just wanted to say CONGRATULATIONS!!!!!!!
I am due to have a baby in 7 weeks and I am also very excited!!!!!!!
I am due to have a baby in 7 weeks and I am also very excited!!!!!!!
May 16th 2007 | 10:04 am
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May 16th 2007 | 10:20 am
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Re: Having a baby!!!!!
Originally Posted by Sarahad
I am due to have a baby in 7 weeks and I am also very excited!!!!!!!
May 16th 2007 | 10:30 am
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Re: Having a baby!!!!!
Congrats to you both - or all three I guess.
I didn't know it was expensive to have a baby in Canada. My granddaughter's Mom just had a baby and I don't think it cost her anything. At least the hospital and doctor didn't. I've no doubt it's cost her plenty since!
I didn't know it was expensive to have a baby in Canada. My granddaughter's Mom just had a baby and I don't think it cost her anything. At least the hospital and doctor didn't. I've no doubt it's cost her plenty since!
May 16th 2007 | 12:53 pm
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Re: Having a baby!!!!!
Congrats to you both. My two older boys were both born when I was on PR. The third 5 months after citizenship. All three automatically hold Canadian citizenships as they were born here.
Yep if you want to go with anything other than a hospital delivery, certainly in Alberta you will pay and pay and pay. I believe in other provinces midwifes are still a reasonably priced option.
Just as a note for future, you need to have the long form birth certificate in order to claim any british passports. (shows both parents names) Birth certificates (and I can only speak for Alberta here though, may be different in other provinces) can be issued 14 days after birth, make sure that whoever goes to request the certificate gets the correct one.
Do you know where you will be delivering?
Yep if you want to go with anything other than a hospital delivery, certainly in Alberta you will pay and pay and pay. I believe in other provinces midwifes are still a reasonably priced option.
Just as a note for future, you need to have the long form birth certificate in order to claim any british passports. (shows both parents names) Birth certificates (and I can only speak for Alberta here though, may be different in other provinces) can be issued 14 days after birth, make sure that whoever goes to request the certificate gets the correct one.
Do you know where you will be delivering?
May 16th 2007 | 1:14 pm
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Re: Having a baby!!!!!
A big congratulations to you both.
Keep us posted on how you're doing.
Keep us posted on how you're doing.
May 16th 2007 | 2:03 pm
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Re: Having a baby!!!!!
Do you know where you will be delivering?[/QUOTE]
hopefully on our living room floor!!!!!!!(with a nice team of midwives looking after me!!)
hopefully on our living room floor!!!!!!!(with a nice team of midwives looking after me!!)
May 16th 2007 | 2:04 pm
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Re: Having a baby!!!!!
Thanks for all the info and the congrats everyone!!
May 16th 2007 | 2:41 pm
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