Consular Services
Birth Registration
Congratulations!
If a child is born to a Canadian parent or Canadian parents, your child is entitled to Canadian Citizenship. Once the report is received with proper documentation, the embassy will issue your child a Canadian passport as a Canadian citizen. Applications for a Canadian passport and Canadian citizenship have to be made at the same time.
If both parents were born in Korea and one parent is a naturalized
Canadian citizen, the child's name on the hospital birth certificate,
Korean Family Relation Certificate (i.e. Gajok-Gwangye-Zeungmyungseo), and the Canadian
citizenship application has to be identical.
The requirements are:
For a Canadian Passport:
For Canadian Citizenship Certificate:
- Form CIT 0006 (Application for a Citizenship cetificate from outsite Canada) :
Online forms
- Birth Certificate with Baby's name and both parents' names from hospital - official English translation required
- An original copy of Family Relationship Certificate (Gajok Gwangae;가족관계 증명서) including baby's name
- Proof of Canadian citizenship of a Canadian parent: Original Canadian birth certificate or Canadian Citizenship certificate
- Canadian parent's Passport
- Marriage certificate
- Other parent's ID
- Two citizenship photos (3.5 x 4.3 cm plus 1 cm signature strip)
- Photo Size
If documents are not in English or French you must supply the document, a translation of the document and an affidavit from the person who completed the translation. Translation by family members are not acceptable.
Registration with the Korean Immigration Authorities
Once your child is born, and if the child remains in Korea for more than 30 days, you should register the birth with the local immigration office within 30 days of his/her birth. To do so, you will need to provide the child's Canadian passport. Failure to register the child would result in a penalty fine by the Korean Immigration authorities. If your child is a dual national, born from a Korean parent and a Canadian parent, he/she shall also be recognized as a Korean national according to the Korean Nationality Act which is based on the Law of Blood.
For more information, you may refer to the website of Korea Immigration Service www.immigration.go.kr.
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