Hi, I am a Naturalized Canadian and I passed my Canadian Citizenship to my foreign-born son last year. I know that my son, in this case, will not be able to pass his Canadian Citizenship to his children. My question is: Can I convert his Canadian Citizenship to a Natural one so that he can pass his Canadian citizenship to his children? If yes; how. So many thanks, Amar.
Converting Canadian Citizenship to a Natural one
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Hi Mr jalal....u confusing urself...let me make it simple....
Kids born in.canada....by birth canadian citizen..they r first generation citizen..clear...
Person who got immigration through naturalization process..is naturalized citizen...
Means......he is not by birth canadian citizen...
Hopefully it will clear ur concern....keep multiply the situation either way...to.understand...if this if that...answer is same..
Kids born in.canada....by birth canadian citizen..they r first generation citizen..clear...
Person who got immigration through naturalization process..is naturalized citizen...
Means......he is not by birth canadian citizen...
Hopefully it will clear ur concern....keep multiply the situation either way...to.understand...if this if that...answer is same..
The most interesting topic I have read on this board in a long timeJalalTabbal said:
The answer is no, not unless he can figure out how to come to Canada and be born again 
There is a way to do this. You son would have to be a dual citizen and you would have to wait until he turns 18. He would have to renounce his Canadian citizenship and you could then sponsor him for PR. You may have to be living in Canada in order to sponsor him or otherwise show plans to move to Canada when he gets his PR. As a PR, he would have to live in Canada for 3 years (or 4 if they change it) and then he could apply for citizenship. He would then be a naturalized Canadian as opposed to Canadian by heritage and could pass citizenship to his children regardless of where they are born.
However, I don't think this is something you need to worry about. If you are currently not living in Canada and your son chooses not to live in Canada and marries a woman who is not Canadian, why do their children need citizenship? If on the other hand, your son chooses to live in Canada and either marries a Canadian woman or sponsors his wife for PR, then their children will be born in Canada and they will be Canadian. If he marries a Canadian woman or he sponsors his wife for PR and she later applies for and gets citizenship, their children can get citizenship from her even if they are born outside Canada. Even if that is not the case, say he lives outside Canada his whole life and marries a non-Canadian woman and continues to live outside Canada and their children are born and are not Canadian, should he later decide he wants to live in Canada, he can sponsor his whole family, wife and all his kids for PR and they can all move to Canada and he can apply for his children citizenship right away.
However, I don't think this is something you need to worry about. If you are currently not living in Canada and your son chooses not to live in Canada and marries a woman who is not Canadian, why do their children need citizenship? If on the other hand, your son chooses to live in Canada and either marries a Canadian woman or sponsors his wife for PR, then their children will be born in Canada and they will be Canadian. If he marries a Canadian woman or he sponsors his wife for PR and she later applies for and gets citizenship, their children can get citizenship from her even if they are born outside Canada. Even if that is not the case, say he lives outside Canada his whole life and marries a non-Canadian woman and continues to live outside Canada and their children are born and are not Canadian, should he later decide he wants to live in Canada, he can sponsor his whole family, wife and all his kids for PR and they can all move to Canada and he can apply for his children citizenship right away.
You can have another child and make sure he is born in Canada. This way he can pass on his citizenship to his children. Unfortunately you cannot do the same for your existing child. He will be the natural one, you cannot change that. The world is not so simple.
Leon said:
And who knows what the rules will be in 20+ years time. Based on how citizenship processing times keep increasing, there could be rules for 5+ years living as PR before applying for citizen, and another 5+ years waiting time by then!
This is possible. It might also happen that immigration changes the age of dependent child to under 18. Then there would be no chance of sponsoring him for PR once he is old enough to renounce his citizenship.Rob_TO said: