Okay, here's a challenge: Anyone got a clue...??

[bonacker]

Okay, here's the somewhat confusing situation:

My husband is a Canadian citizen.

I am an American citizen.

He sponsored me and our daughter (family class / spouse) last year, and we landed as PRs in December.

We have just adopted a baby from Ethiopia. (We won't be able to bring him home from Ethiopia until June, due to red tape.)

Because I, the mother, am a U.S. citizen -- and we had to go one citizenship route or the other, as far as the baby's paperwork goes, and the adoption agency is American -- the baby will be landing in New York in June as a U.S. citizen. He gets his U.S. citizenship automatically, upon landing.

So then we will all return, one big happy family, to Nova Scotia.

So: What route do we need to follow to apply to get New Baby his PR status in Canada??? Obviously, my husband (the dad, who is a Canadian citizen) sponsors him, but via which application?

If anyone can point me in the direction of the best place to start, I'd be so super-extra-duper grateful!!!! :-*

 

[Love_Young]

Would this be helpful: http://www.cic.gc.ca/english/immigrate/adoption/choose.asp
Or maybe this: http://www.cic.gc.ca/english/immigrate/adoption/differences.asp

If you type "adoption" in the search option of the CIC site, it should provide you with more links as well.
Hope this helps you some and can relax your mind and begin to focus on bringing your new child home.
Congratulations on the adoption!

 

[bonacker]

Re: Okay, here's a challenge: Anyone got a clue...??

Since my son will already be a U.S. citizen by the time we cross the border back into Canada, I suspect that he would not be sponsored via the usual "international adoption" routes, but via whatever process would be used for any child who is a U.S. citizen but whose parents already have legal status in Canada (one a PR, one a citizen). So . . . what might that be? He's an infant, so he will necessarily be living with us -- so outland? family class? is there a "minor dependent" or "child" category that would apply?

THANK YOU SO MUCH!!