Citizenship certificate or sponsorship?

[SFACE]

Hello,

My wife and I were both born in Canada. We temporarily moved to the US for work and had a son there. We have moved back to Canada and will be staying in Canada permanently. Canadian immigration said we have two options for our son's citizenship - citizenship certificate or sponsorship. They said the only difference in results between the two processes (besides time, effort, and cost) is that if we go the quicker/easier citizenship certificate route, my son would not be able to pass on Canadian citizenship to his children if they are born outside of Canada. In all other cases, there is no difference between getting the certificate and sponsorship.

Anyone have experience with this? Is this accurate? Besides not being able to pass citizenship on is there any other differences people are aware of? We are thinking of going the certificate route, but I'd appreciate any feedback on for or against.

Thanks,
SFACE

 

[canuck_in_uk]

Hello,

My wife and I were both born in Canada. We temporarily moved to the US for work and had a son there. We have moved back to Canada and will be staying in Canada permanently. Canadian immigration said we have two options for our son's citizenship - citizenship certificate or sponsorship. They said the only difference in results between the two processes (besides time, effort, and cost) is that if we go the quicker/easier citizenship certificate route, my son would not be able to pass on Canadian citizenship to his children if they are born outside of Canada. In all other cases, there is no difference between getting the certificate and sponsorship.

Anyone have experience with this? Is this accurate? Besides not being able to pass citizenship on is there any other differences people are aware of? We are thinking of going the certificate route, but I'd appreciate any feedback on for or against.

Thanks,
SFACE

Not at all accurate. Your child was born a Canadian citizen and cannot be sponsored; any sponsorship app would just be returned to you. You need to apply for the Certificate of Citizenship.

As your child was born Canadian outside of Canada, he will not be able to pass his citizenship to foreign-born children. He would have to sponsor them for PR.

 

[SFACE]

I just got off the phone with them, how could they be so wrong? So to confirm, my ONLY option is the Certificate of Citizenship?

 

[scylla]

I just got off the phone with them, how could they be so wrong? So to confirm, my ONLY option is the Certificate of Citizenship?

Yes - that's your only option.

IRCC help desk is pretty useless sadly.

 

[SFACE]

Thanks!

 

[canuck_in_uk]

I just got off the phone with them, how could they be so wrong? So to confirm, my ONLY option is the Certificate of Citizenship?

Poor training. Call 3 times and get 3 answers.

Yes, it's the only option.

When adopting a child from abroad, there is an option to choose between applying for a grant of citizenship (which is completely different than applying for the Certificate) or sponsorship and that addresses the issue of passing citizenship to foreign-born children. That's the information they were incorrectly providing you.