What if My Wife Has a Baby in Canada
Number of 'anchor babies' born in Canada far greater than official estimates, written report shows
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From the article:
Statistics Canada has, since 2013, counted ane,561 babies — well-nigh 312 annually — born here to mothers, whose identify of residence was listed outside Canada, based on figures from provincial birth registries. Still, a new study from the Found for Research on Public Policy released Thursday suggests the number of "ballast babies" built-in here every year is likely in the one,500 to ii,000 range.
"The concern has always been these people are exploiting the loophole in the law to obtain citizenship for their children when they are not entitled to that. There's also the fiscal liability and responsibleness on Canadian taxpayers for the child's benefits."
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mothers, whose identify of residence was listed outside Canada
Are the mothers or fathers Canadian citizens, though? I know lots of people (Canadian citizens, all) who've moved to other countries for work, gotten meaning, and returned to Canada to give nascency. Sounds similar they'd fit the quoted statistic, even though in most cases their family was living here before this country officially became Canada.
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the 'loophole' that is 'if you're born here you're from here'?
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My wife is a at present permanent resident, but she was not when she was pregnant? Im built-in here. Does our son count in those stats?
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Gotta know that when they enquire you your identify of permanent residence, and you're a student or temporal worker, you cant put Canada, so these numbers include people that take been years hither but their status is simply non permanent
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Babies built-in to moms residing exterior Canada aren't necessarily anchor babies, does the study go further and see how many parents tried to stay afterwards?
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"The numbers are non perfect considering they don't break down how many of the births were to mothers with temporary condition in Canada, which include Canadian expatriates returning to give nascency, corporate transferees or international students who didn't come here to specifically to have children."
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1500 to 2000 that is correct into the I don't requite a shit range.
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That doesn't seem like a lot... We've got 36.vii million people, 385,777 births in 2018, that means .5% of births may not be to Canadian parents... That doesn't actually concern me.
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good. please accept your children here, live here, savor living here in Canada.
if there's a single fucking person here scared by "anchor babies" yous have a country to fuck off to. I want all the ballast babies here. My grandmother was an "ballast baby". Like, how the hell am I supposed to somehow be angry about this?
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2000 is such a pocket-size number for a whole ass country, lol. Anyone upset nigh this needs something more than of import to worry about.
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"In the 1500-2000 range"
Soooo, 1561 is within the range?
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Concluding time I checked 312 divided by 36 one thousand thousand was a very small number. Why should we worry about this?
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we should utilize a visa requirement on anyone travelling while pregnant that requires applicant's to sign abroad their correct to citizenship for their kid should they be born in Canada, any costs would be billed to the parent.
This mode, anyone who travels without seeking the visa is already in breech of Canadian law and finer exempts themselves from the anchor babe protections.
So information technology remains de jure, only is de facto illegal.
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"based on hospital financial information that codes services provided to non-residents under 'other country resident self-pay'"
Are there any other reasons a hospital might use this code? Seems like a pretty black and white thing and I'yard not certain why Statscan would exist 500% off.
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"The numbers are not perfect because they don't break downwardly how many of the births were to mothers with temporary status in Canada, which include Canadian expatriates returning to give birth, corporate transferees or international students who didn't come up here to specifically to have children."
Well that might be our difference. At the stop of the day this think tank is making a lot of assumptions that would need to be verified before any of these numbers can be leaned on.
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The parent might be a Canadian citizen who is living abroad just who wants to come back to Canada to requite birth, either because they were born abroad and therefore can't pass on their citizenship by claret, or in order to ensure their children are non afflicted by that law.
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Are there any other reasons a infirmary might utilise this code? Seems like a pretty black and white thing and I'm non certain why Statscan would be 500% off.
I'chiliad a Canadian citizen, simply that's how I would be billed for health services in Canada (bold I don't have private insurance) because every bit I don't live in Canada I don't have wellness coverage from any of the provinces / territories.
I'm also non certain what billing code in that location might exist if the mother happens to have health insurance that would embrace a nascency abroad (though who knows is such a product even exists).
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Mennonites, Amish and Hutterites get this designation because they pay greenbacks and don't have OHIP.
Source: https://www.reddit.com/r/canada/comments/9ze78m/number_of_anchor_babies_born_in_canada_far/
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