Moving back "home"

vmpeart
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Joined: 08 Apr 2008
Posts: 1
Location: Glossop

Posted: Tue Apr 08, 2008 4:29 am

 

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Hi, this is my first time on here so bear with me if I waffle or tell you any unneccessaries.

I was born in Canada (1986) to an English Mum and a Canadian Dad. When I was one (1987) I returned to the UK with my Mum and have since lived in Manchester region.

Now I have completed my teaching (primary) degree I would like to start a family in Toronto and live there permanently.
I would like my boyfriend to move there too with me.

How would I be able to contact an embassy or anyone else who needs to be involved to get started on my plans?

Would I have any problem moving back there- I have a candian birth certificate but that it. My Mum says I have dual nationality because of it.

Would I be best getting married over here and then moving or getting married over there?

So many questions. I am sorry. Any help would be really appreciated

Victoria[/b]

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Megachops
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Joined: 04 Sep 2007
Posts: 19
Location: USA

Posted: Tue Apr 08, 2008 1:26 pm

 

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I "think" you should be alright. You have a canadian birth certificate therefore you are a naturalized canadian by birth. I would get a certificate of canadian citizenship. I think you can look online and see what you would need to send in order to obtain one. also i would check out this site http://www.cic.gc.ca/english/citizenship/questions-citizenship.asp

the info you need may possibly be there.

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Reba
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Canuck in NC

Joined: 16 Jul 2004
Posts: 967
Location: North Carolina

Posted: Wed Apr 09, 2008 2:54 am

 

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If you want your boyfriend to be able to go with you, (I'm assuming he has UK citizenship and not Canadian), it may be easier to get married before you move. If you're already living together common-law however, you wouldn't need to get married, you can sponsor common-law partners.

See http://roadtocanada.com/ for information on family based immigration to Canada and the forms can be downloaded on the CIC website (search the site linked above by Megachops)
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Steven
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Joined: 28 Sep 2007
Posts: 739
Location: Calgary

Posted: Wed Apr 09, 2008 10:02 am

 

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If you've got a birth certificate it's pretty straightforward to apply for a passport. Whether you apply via the Canadian High Commission or from within Canada, the application procedure to sponsor a spouse is very similar. The only difference is that the CHC has some local forms they ask you to fill out on top of the CIC forms.

Plus he would enter with an immigrant visa and then be automatically sent a PR card, rather than having to apply from within Canada for one.

Depends on when you plan on moving really as to which is the best option, getting it all out of the way before you move is probably the best way but obviously it takes time.
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