Pregnant while awaiting interview (merged)

[marahm18 19]

I'm pregnant and it's likely that I'll deliver our child right around our interview time. Has anyone experienced delivering in Canada and then moving to the states? I'm not worried about having my own green card but I'm wondering how long it would take for the baby to be able to travel... It's all dependent on how fast we can get the baby's birth certificate and passport. Has anyone been in this situation?

[Just Paul 4,595]

3 minutes ago, marahm18 said:

I'm pregnant and it's likely that I'll deliver our child right around our interview time. Has anyone experienced delivering in Canada and then moving to the states? I'm not worried about having my own green card but I'm wondering how long it would take for the baby to be able to travel... It's all dependent on how fast we can get the baby's birth certificate and passport. Has anyone been in this situation?

You file for a CBRA for the baby if citizenship can be passed, then a passport.  In most countries it is pretty fast.

[marahm18 19]

1 minute ago, Paul & Mary said:

You file for a CBRA for the baby if citizenship can be passed, then a passport.  In most countries it is pretty fast.

Citizenship can be passed so we figured that would be the best route. Just worried about how long it would take to get the birth certificate as you can't file for a CBRA until you have the birth certificate in hand... from my understanding

[Just Paul 4,595]

1 minute ago, marahm18 said:

Citizenship can be passed so we figured that would be the best route. Just worried about how long it would take to get the birth certificate as you can't file for a CBRA until you have the birth certificate in hand... from my understanding

I'd ask over here https://www.visajourney.com/forums/forum/93-canada/

[marahm18 19]

I'm pregnant and it's likely that I'll deliver our child right around our interview time. Has anyone experienced delivering in Canada and then moving to the states? I'm not worried about having my own green card but I'm wondering how long it would take for the baby to be able to travel... It's all dependent on how fast we can get the baby's birth certificate and passport. Our plan is to register it as a foreign birth abroad at the US consulate but we can't do that until we have the birth certificate in hand. Has anyone been in this situation?

[pushbrk 12,892]

1 hour ago, Paul & Mary said:

I'd ask over here https://www.visajourney.com/forums/forum/93-canada/

Or check with your local government entity and ask how long it takes to get the birth certificate.

[HuberKimFamily 29]

3 hours ago, marahm18 said:

I'm pregnant and it's likely that I'll deliver our child right around our interview time. Has anyone experienced delivering in Canada and then moving to the states? I'm not worried about having my own green card but I'm wondering how long it would take for the baby to be able to travel... It's all dependent on how fast we can get the baby's birth certificate and passport. Has anyone been in this situation?

I did CBRA for our son in Switzerland. Yes, we needed our son's birth certificate for the process. In Switzerland, they were fairly quick in sending us the birth certificate. Once we received it, we applied for a Swiss passport for our son. Then a couple of months later (I was getting my paperwork together), we went through the CBRA process and received my son's US passport and CBRA in like two weeks. 

 

The only difficult part was to get a good passport photo of our son. Hahaha. 

 

Good luck!

[DGF 730]

I haven't been through this myself so I won't be able to help much but the time that it takes to get the birth certificate will vary based on which province/territory you live in. I did a quick search and found the following turnaround times for each province/territory:

 

Alberta: 3 business days

BC: 3-4 weeks (including registration)

Manitoba: 10-12 weeks

New Brunswick: 15-20 business days

Newfoundland & Labrador: 20-30 business days

Northwest Territories: 10-20 business days

Nova Scotia: 2-3 weeks

Nunavut: 15-25 business days

Ontario: 15 business days (they note that registration of the birth can take up to 10-16 weeks though)

PEI: 15-25 business days 

Quebec: 30-40 business days (currently experiencing a backlog)

Saskatchewan: 4-6 weeks 

Yukon: no information available

Not all of these include the time it takes to register the birth, though I did try to include that information where available. Also, I didn't specifically look into rush options but I know that quite a few mentioned that rush service was available. Considering you'll also have to factor in time for the CRBA to process (unfortunately I have no idea how long that takes), it's probably worth it to go for the rush option if it is available in your province/territory. Hope this helps a bit and congratulations on the baby! 

[Ryan H 3,812]

Moved from IR-1/CR-1 Process & Procedures to Canada regional forum.

[Ontarkie 14,226]

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[canadavisa22 202]

On 1/9/2020 at 1:02 PM, DGF said:

Considering you'll also have to factor in time for the CRBA to process (unfortunately I have no idea how long that takes)

From what I remember, it doesnt take that long to complete. It just depends on how ready you are to make an appointment which are pretty available. I think you could get it done within a month if you have everything ready to go. I did it a couple of years ago now though so the memory is hazy.