Birth Certificate: Canada

Hungary Dept: A: Just play it straight and copy down the information that is on the birth certificate: Republic of Yugoslavia. If you wish, you could also insert a phrase saying in 1942, in territory ceded to Hungary, which is also a true statement. The passport application also asks for the city of birth, so you should include that as well, according to The Star. A: It does seem as if he should not have been removed in the first place. As someone married to a Canadian, he should have been allowed to remain in Canada to proceed with the inland sponsorship application regardless of his status. But that said, now that he is outside the country, in theory he needs a visa to re-enter. Given the murky nature of his removal, this is a case that might warrant you seeking professional advice from a lawyer or immigration consultant to query whether he has a right to challenge his initial removal and q: Reading you last column reminded me to ask you about passports. I need to renew mine in the next few months and recall the problem I had answering the limiting question of Country of Birth. The house that I was born in has changed nationality five times since my grandfather built it. According to a copy of my birth certificate, I was born in the Republic of Yugoslavia. However, I know that the original document stated Hungary because I was born in October 1942 when that area had been ceded to Hungary. A neighbour from my hometown, who was born around the same time, has his original birth certificate and it states he was born in Hungary. Of course the Yugoslav government was not going to issue my replacement with an acknowledgement that the region was Hungarian. The region is now the autonomous province of Vojvodina as part of today s Serbia. In the past I have gotten away with putting in Former Yugoslavia. I do not want to have Serbia on my passport. Any advice? Q: My niece, who is a permanent resident of Canada, filed spousal sponsorship for her husband last June 2011 who at the time of sponsorship applied for refugee status in 2010 before his visa expired. The husband worked here for four years having applied for a work permit from the Philippines. He could have applied for permanent residency but a lawyer advised him to apply for refugee status. This was denied and he was ordered removed and complied, this to me is acting in good faith. He left for the Philippines last March. In view of the foregoing and based on a recent column that stated that the immigration rules clearly allow for those who are married to Canadians and who are being sponsored to remain in Canada while the papers are processed, can my niece appeal for her husband to be allowed to return? (www.immigrantscanada.com). As reported in the news.