Can I be naturalized after giving birth to a child in Canada? The new Canadian policy in 2018

Have you ever watched Beijing meet Seattle? The heroine goes abroad to give birth to a child. According to local laws, children born there have the nationality of that country. In this way, children born in another place can enjoy these benefits. Seeing the benefits brought by this policy, there has been a trend in China to have children abroad. But this trend is about to be banned. The psychology of having a child abroad

Find a way to avoid the hurdles of dual citizenship, return home smoothly, enjoy domestic benefits, and return to North America to enjoy foreign benefits when the child is older.

When my youngest son was born in Canada in 2017, I heard similar news at that time. This seems to be true. At the same time, it is recommended that friends who go to Canada to give birth not to choose Vancouver or Toronto

These cities, there are many cities in Canada, why are they all crowded in one place? Isn’t this the same as in China, where everyone gathers in Beijing?

Of course, the implementation of this policy may be one year from now. But in any case, it will be a fatal blow to Chinese mothers who are preparing to come to Canada to give birth and to those local confinement centers.

Even if you are trying to get pregnant now, it may still depend on your husband’s support?!

Yesterday, the Canadian Conservative Party’s convention in Halifax concluded.

On the last day of the meeting, Conservative MPs voted on 74 policies and modification suggestions put forward by the party.

These policies include abortion, euthanasia, etc., as well as the issue of "double non-baby" that is of great concern to the Chinese.

According to Canada’s Citizenship Act, all babies born in Canadian territory automatically acquire Canadian citizenship.

However, in the resolution passed at yesterday's meeting, the Conservative Party decided to amend this law: prohibiting "double non-infants" (neither parent is a Canadian citizen/permanent resident) from automatically acquiring Canadian citizenship.

If the Conservatives come to power at the next federal election, this law will be changed and become a reality.

In the future, if you want to come to Canada through birth tourism and have your children be born with Canadian citizenship, it will no longer be possible.

According to the latest poll, 57% of voters hope that the Liberal Party will step down as soon as possible.

In the survey last July, voters who wanted to change the government and those who wanted to maintain the current government were basically evenly divided.

But a year has passed, and the Liberal Party has become increasingly unpopular.

Red means those who want to change the government, and green means they want to maintain the status quo!

It can be seen that more and more voters want to change the government, showing an upward trend.

The Liberal Party is out of power, and the most likely candidate to come to power is the Conservative Party.

Current polls show that the Conservatives and Liberals are roughly evenly matched nationally.

However, there is still one year before the general election. Who can represent the wishes of Canadians will be revealed in the general election.

Last year, Conservative Chinese MP Huang Chenxiaoping submitted a petition calling for amendments to Canada’s naturalization bill.

The petition states: “The emergence of birth tourism and twin babies is fundamentally reducing the value of Canadian citizenship.”

If the Conservative Party comes to power, birth tourism will completely disappear in Canada from now on.

There are many Chinese confinement centers in Vancouver and Toronto, and they may all disappear in the future.

Generally speaking, the cost of going to Canada to give birth ranges from 300,000 to 500,000. Most families are not short of money when they give birth to a child, but some families do not provide money after the birth, which adds to the burden on Canada's finances.

Previously, a Chinese mother ran away after giving birth to a child in Richmond and owed a large debt - about 5.8 million yuan (1.18 million Canadian dollars) in medical expenses that she had not repaid.

Vancouver Coastal Health (VCH) is using legal means to collect debts from the mother. Court documents~

According to statistics, 1 in 5 mothers in Richmond’s obstetrics and gynecology department is not a Canadian citizen. Among non-citizen mothers, 98% are from China.

So this Chinese mother who owed money and refused to pay it back made her Chinese compatriots feel embarrassed. . .

It is reported that the mother’s name is Xia Yan (transliteration of yanxia), and she gave birth to a child at Richmond Hospital in October 2012.

The child was not in good condition after birth and lived in an infant incubator for a long time.

Xia Yan is not a permanent resident and cannot enjoy ordinary medical insurance, so she received a huge bill when she was discharged from the hospital.

At that time, her production expenses plus child care expenses were 313,000 Canadian dollars. Xia Yan left quietly without paying any fees.

Calculated based on the interest rate of 2% per month since the arrears, the cost has reached 1.178 million Canadian dollars (approximately RMB 5.8 million).

If the baby's physical condition is not good and needs to be put into an incubator for "intensive treatment", the cost of staying for 1-2 months will be as high as 300,000 Canadian dollars.

Local residents who are also Chinese sneered at the behavior of running away after giving birth and leaving debts to Canada.

After all, this debt has no one to repay it and will eventually have to be borne by every taxpayer.

According to statistics from the BC Provincial Department of Health, in 2014/15 alone, the medical bills owed by non-resident mothers reached several million.

Vancouver Coast Health stated that even if there is non-payment, hospitals cannot refuse to provide medical services to people in need.

This has aroused dissatisfaction among many residents, requiring the government to take measures to combat "birth tourism" and put an end to those who run away after giving birth and leave a large debt behind.

“Birth tourism” has always been very popular in Canada, and it is something that many Chinese mothers are passionate about.

The personal experiences of people in the "confinement center" industry in Greater Vancouver and official data from some hospitals show that the "birth tourism wave" originating from China has been fermenting and heating up in recent years.

Both Canada and the United States have implemented policies whereby babies born in their countries automatically acquire nationality. In order to obtain a passport, some Chinese "tourists" actually come specifically to give birth to children.

Although cross-border childbirth is expensive, mothers find it well worth it. After all, the child is a Canadian citizen from birth, and parents can apply for reunification immigration when they are 19 years old. Approximate cost~

Almost all the mothers of "Shuangfeiying" are from China. It may be because Richmond has the largest Chinese population, and 70% of the total number of "double-featured babies" in Richmond Hospital.

Even if the Conservative Party does not come to power and does not ban "birth tourism", giving birth to a child in Canada does not necessarily mean you have Canadian citizenship.

Dual nationality is not recognized by the Chinese government. The Chinese Consulate General in Vancouver made it clear:

"Being Chinese (or second generation) born in Canada does not mean that he or she is a Canadian.

The Chinese government recognizes these A person's nationality depends on his or her parents at the time of birth!" (The same applies to the United States)

There were two teenagers who were born in Canada and have been naturalized (parents in Born in Hong Kong) participated in a Chinese study tour group. When they rushed to the Chinese Consulate in Vancouver to apply for a visa, they were rejected.

The reason is simple: "The Chinese government does not recognize them as Canadian citizens, they are still Chinese! So there is no way to apply for visas for them."

Why are those born in Canada not counted? Canadian?

After being reported by the media, this matter triggered widespread discussion. In the face of public confusion and doubts, the Chinese Consulate General in Vancouver stated that this is not a new policy.

According to the "Nationality Law of the People's Republic of China", the nationality of a baby born overseas cannot be determined simply by the place of birth, but must depend on the circumstances of the parents at the time of birth.

Although both teenagers were born in Canada, their parents were both residents born in Hong Kong.

Hong Kong is part of China. According to Chinese law, no matter where the parents give birth to the child, the child is considered a Chinese citizen.

So these two children are considered Chinese citizens, and of course they cannot obtain Chinese visas!

Some people who went overseas to give birth to children cried and fainted in the toilet. . .

I spent a lot of money and took high risks to have a baby overseas, but the nationality of the baby was not recognized by the Chinese government at all.

It’s okay to live in Canada/the United States for the rest of my life. If I want to go back to China, I can’t even get a visa. Methods for determining the nationality of babies born overseas:

Consulate documents:

http://toronto.china-consulate.org/chn/HQGR/ZYTZ/t385939.htm

The most important thing is: as long as the parents are Chinese nationals when the child is born, the child will be Chinese nationals, no matter where he is born.

If the mother is Chinese and the father is Canadian at birth, the child will still be Chinese.

If the father is Chinese nationality at the time of birth and has not settled overseas, and the mother is Canadian nationality, the child will still have Chinese nationality.

The Chinese Consulate General in Vancouver stated that the Chinese government does not recognize dual nationality of Chinese citizens.