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Just go ahead to apply the kids' citizenship at the consulate of your region. It is the law that your kids are canadian by birth since his biological father is a canadian.

I live over 300 km from the nearest consulate. The worst is that they don't open in afternoon and that's why I hadn't applied citizenship for my kids for over a decade until this month. I got up at 6, took the first coach and got there at 11:30. (They closes at 12:00, lucky there was no traffic...

For Canadian born Chinese, I think the "Operation Bulletin 154" and "Operational Manuals - Overseas Processing (OP)" can help. Using Chinese passport to enter and leave Hong Kong and use Canadian passport in Canada. Please refer to these websites. In OP11, section 20, the third paragraph states...

Go to the Notary Public Office（公证处） in your county or city. They usually located next to the court or even run by the court and they can provide english translation for your chinese papers.

If one who want to settle in Canada, sure, it must be their willingness to integrate into Canadaian culture, and not the the other way around. If they like to respect their religion and don't respect our heritage culture, why not stay put in their home country.

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You have to fill in your wife's information by yourself. Iif your child is a baby, just fill the height of your baby.

sign if over 14 yrs old.

should be the same procedure. just the japanese site can provide more detail because i also have to apply for my kid born out of wedlock.

Quoted from the website: "If the names you wish to appear on the Canadian citizenship certificate differ from the names shown on the official birth registration AND IF this variation is due to the reasons outlined in the sample declaration (below), you must prepare a declaration along the lines...

if your child is born in Hongkong and you are legally married , your child is not required to show up. I did it years ago. My kids were born in Hongkong and i was married in Canada. If you are married in Mainland and your child is born there. all of you must show up at the Consulate. I guess all...

This site from Japan has template for changing name for citizenship card. The consulate should give you such form upon request, else they will just put your name in your child's birth cert...

Making application in Hongkong is convenient for sure, but they don't accept those from mainland China. I live in Guangdong, 300km from the Guangzhou Consulate, so it is very inconvenient to go there. I have my child's photo taken in Hongkong, as the Consulate suggested so. I have every document...

You may just ask the photo shop to use its company chop with address (in english) and a date chop and handwrite the name of the child yourself. Where are you in China? If your child has identification card and lives in Guangdong, you may take the photo that fit the specification at many places.