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Originally Posted by savemedrzaius
I know so many people over here who have done this. Most go to the States though. I don't get why if you are born in a country while on a travel visa that has expired you get citizenship. Many countries don't have this policy. Canada and America are 2 of the few. It's time to change this or people will keep taking advantage of us.
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I did that myself, my daughter holds a US passport and I consider this to be one of the biggest achievements of my life. I didn't get the "expired visa" part though, we did it on actual current visa. Furthermore, we got the visas after straightforwardly telling the embassy about our intentions. It's perfectly legal as long, as you don't lie and self-pay for all the services.
I do not see it as "taking advantage on you" in any way. Your country will receive a good up-and-coming teenage girl, who would be raised in middlee-class environment and would be looking to contribute to US/Canada. I don't see anything bad or wrong about it. It's not like we are raising some poor religious extremist like some refugees are.