What's best for my family to be?

[Nate1867]

Hi I'm looking for a nudge in the right direction, I am a canadian who's lived in the US for many years and have returned home. I have a wife to be who is carrying our child (due in three months). We have gone back and forth back and forth on wether or not to move to Canada or stay in the US. We have decided to move to Canada what are my options. The first thing is we want to have the baby in Canada(before permanent residency) will that cost us a arm and a leg?

 

[Korea2Canada]

As far as I know you will encounter high medical costs if you don't have that PR before birth.

 

[MadeInCanada]

I have heard (on here) it can be up to ten grand if the mother has no health coverage. It will vary by province. If you are a Citizen by birth your baby will be too no matter where he or she is born (just in case wanting to have the baby here has anything to do with that).

It's a job and a half to gather/organize/fill the documents. FBI reports take some time I have noticed.I didn't deal with the US so I don't know all the specifics.

You will need as much proof of your relationship as you can get. Bank statements/rental agreements (showing both your names) anything that shows you have combined your life personally and financially. Mail to your address for each of you. I assume you will apply as common-law(you said wife to be), you have to have resided together for a minimum of 12 months. Letters from family and friends are great to include(I think they are asked for in common-law applications), Facebook walls, emails, travel together, tickets to events...ect.

Read the forms and the guides, get a good feel of what they ask and or need. It can be confusing to say the least! I suggest also to print the forms, then fill them in by hand as a template before filling them in on the computer. The forms will only allow for revision so many times and then you would have to re download it and start over. (pain in the...fingers)

If you run into problems or questions there are plenty of helpful people here.

Congrats on the pregnancy!

Take care
MadeInCanada

 

[scylla]

I have heard (on here) it can be up to ten grand if the mother has no health coverage.

It can actually be well above $10K if there are any complications.

 

[MadeInCanada]

wowsers.....

 

[Hnhkrk]

It can actually be well above $10K if there are any complications.

If you get a mid-wife it's not so bad!

 

[parker24]

Hi I'm looking for a nudge in the right direction, I am a canadian who's lived in the US for many years and have returned home. I have a wife to be who is carrying our child (due in three months). We have gone back and forth back and forth on wether or not to move to Canada or stay in the US. We have decided to move to Canada what are my options. The first thing is we want to have the baby in Canada(before permanent residency) will that cost us a arm and a leg?

Because you're not living here, yes it will cost an arm and leg. Midwives tend to bring the cost down, but if there are complications, the cost does sky rocket.

 

[amikety]

Which province are you planning to move to?

If your child is the "first generation born abroad" s/he will get citizenship through you.

 

[mexicanada]

Which province are you planning to move to?

If your child is the "first generation born abroad" s/he will get citizenship through you.

I had 2 children born in the US and I am Canadian. They automatically got there citizenship
but that was 16 years ago so I'm not 100% sure if things have changed since then but all I had to do was show their
Birth.Cert and mine and get their photos taken for their citizenship cards. You can always call to find out what needs to be done also.

 

[steaky]

Consider moving to AB:

http://www.canadavisa.com/canada-immigration-discussion-board/landing-experience-calgary-alberta-t120819.0.html;msg2232196#msg2232196

 

[margobear96]

The first thing is we want to have the baby in Canada(before permanent residency) will that cost us a arm and a leg?

Depending on the province, your wife probably won't be covered for the birth (i.e., BC and Ontario won't cover her -- BC will cover after sponsorship approval + 3 months, but I think you're past that timeframe). It was about $10K all in for me in BC, and that was with emergency c-section and pre-eclampsia. Ask around. My hospital charged the fees they would charge a returning citizen who wasn't yet covered (i.e., in the 3-month wait period). The bill was less than what they would have charged a complete foreign visitor. That said, even the foreign visitor fees are probably much lower than the cost of having a baby in the US without insurance....

Is your wife currently insured? If so, have her move up after the birth. As others mentioned, if you were born in Canada, the baby will be a dual citizen anyway.

 

[gango girl]

Hi I'm looking for a nudge in the right direction, I am a canadian who's lived in the US for many years and have returned home. I have a wife to be who is carrying our child (due in three months). We have gone back and forth back and forth on wether or not to move to Canada or stay in the US. We have decided to move to Canada what are my options. The first thing is we want to have the baby in Canada(before permanent residency) will that cost us a arm and a leg?

no matter your child born in canada or where ever. you have to apply for the citizenship (after the baby born) for your baby, if u are a canadian citizen, though you are a naturalized or a original of canada. then they will ask you to do a DNA test (mostly) and definitely your child can get the citizenship from his\her birth, though he\she was not born in canada.
I have the experience of it & now my child is a canadian citizen & also we got his canadian passport. but still i'm waiting for my PR visa.