Today I took the first step in the process of applying for automatic Canadian Citizenship for the little guy. I filled out the application, certified copies of 3 pieces of my own ID to prove I'm a Citizen (for free at the township offices no less), paid a hundred bucks online and forked out a bit more to register the letter before sending it off to Sydney Nova Scotia.
It is true that the new process seems to be shortening the post G+R in-country time requirements for clients of the other Canadian agency but this is not why I did it. I want Benjaminh to be a citizen as soon as he lands in Canada. That right is available. Adoptive parents that have gone before me fought hard to gain this right for our children and I decided that the right to immediate citizenship is easily worth a hundred bucks (I already paid 150 for the permanent resident application). Perhaps the process will move quickly and we won't be attached to our hotel in Hanoi waiting for the Permanent Resident travel Visa to be issued and perhaps, if Ben feels the urge, we will be able to take a couple of road or train trips near the end of our journey. Who knows what tomorrow will bring.
The tricky bit here is my agency's FIRST opportunity to facilitate the paperwork for this new process is landing in Vietnam at 10 am June 21st VN time. I will be watching closely to see how it goes and will enter into the post referral immigration phase of my own journey knowing the Permanent Resident application has been in Singapore for 2 years acting as my backup plan.
Remember to email me at lazy2thebones@yahoo.com for password access to my picture posts. The first orphanage visit occurs about 4 pm June 21st, VN time...
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i think we are really lucky to have this new process to take advantage of.
my processing of ours from mail in date to back in our mailbox date was 6 wks.
get all those ducks in a row. you are going to a be a mom soon. :)
Oh I hope this works for you :) Good luck!
I hope this works out for you and your future son! I can't wait until you get your referral. I tried to email you for password, but it keeps getting sent back to me. I would love to continue following your journey. Please email me password at:
tday@oconee.k12.ga.us
Take care,
Tonya Day
PAP waiting for Janie in Ho Chi Minh City
Bev I tried to email you but it kept bouncing ack so I am posting my email here!!
Oh Bev I need to see those pictures!!! Please send me the password! I can’t wait until the next MIW dinner!!! I am getting sooooo excited for you and Julia it is getting soooo close. I have been reading along and I know you were told that you two were next in line but how do you know that you will get a boy? Did they tell you that? But you haven’t actually got a referral yet have you?
Please, please, please, please, please, please, please, please, please, please, please let me hve the password to the pic’s and your new blog!!! (I hope this is good begging!)
Talk to you soon!
Tammy
email - m.j.dufour@sympatico.ca
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