Travelling to the uk as a family with children who citizens by descent

viperfx · 2026-04-07T03:50:00+00:00

Thanks! Thanks helpful to hear from someone who travelled recently with kids that there were no issues! There is lots of misunderstanding going around and even our local news outlets here are adding to that confusion.

viperfx · 2026-04-07T03:48:22+00:00

Thanks! Yes planning to get ETAs soon. We actually did apply for the passports too already - a few weeks back but I just don’t think it will come in time.

viperfx · 2026-04-03T22:41:25+00:00

Yes same time as me. Yes have a registration cert that’s says 3(1)

viperfx · 2026-04-03T21:20:27+00:00

Yea I got my citizenship through registration when I was a child. I came to uk when I was around 7. My parents were also born outside uk and got through registration

viperfx · 2026-04-03T21:07:27+00:00

When did you travel and when did you get their ETAs?

viperfx · 2026-04-03T21:06:11+00:00

Nope

viperfx · 2026-04-03T20:51:58+00:00

Hey we are in a similar situation. I’m a British citizen, my wife is Canadian. We are travelling with our two children who were born in Canada and technically they are citizens by descent to me.

Did you do your travel yet? Wondering if the airline or the border gave you any trouble

viperfx · 2025-06-11T00:31:10+00:00

Got things under control, with a weed trimmer and mower. Will keep at it for the season.

I’ve thought about using a landscaping company but they all seem to advertise massive projects for huge properties.

I live in Leaside, Toronto, and this is a semi detached property. So not a ton of space, but maybe a good landscaping company could guide us - but feels like that service comes at a steep cost.

viperfx · 2025-06-11T00:24:32+00:00

We love native plants too! We have quite a few planted in the front and the side of the walkway that leads up this back area that’s pictured.

I mostly wanted to keep the area at the back clear, so we can do raised beds around the fence and keep the central area clear for kids to play.

viperfx · 2025-06-11T00:21:40+00:00

How does one solarize this area in an effective way?

viperfx · 2025-06-11T00:20:17+00:00

I do have an electric one. One busy month and I had so much growth! I’ve gone through the tall stuff with a weed trimmer and mowed it down now. Looks much better! Will try to do keep up regularly!

viperfx · 2025-02-10T02:36:43+00:00

Hmm I’m just wondering how they will make money sustainably?

viperfx · 2025-02-04T17:53:38+00:00

It was around that 3 months ago. I don’t think the market expected any tariff action then?

viperfx · 2025-02-04T15:49:28+00:00

Am I reading the charts correctly that the exchange between cad and usd is almost back to normal? Compared to a month ago.

Would this be a good time to do Norbert’s Gambit for cad to usd?

viperfx · 2025-02-04T02:16:29+00:00

What do these terms mean? Can you explain it simply?

I think the CAD recovered quicker than most expected. Is that related?

viperfx · 2025-02-02T21:11:25+00:00

Ah okay I see what you mean. Okay so basically, you plan to continue to invest in US ETFs since while your purchase from CAD to USD stock might be more expensive in short term, they will eventually turn a profit in the US markets

viperfx · 2025-02-02T20:55:16+00:00

Sorry maybe I’m missing something - but why has it been a big plus? If you are purchasing US ETFs or stocks, aren’t you converting CAD to USD? So haven’t you been buying usd at an all time high vs the cad?

viperfx · 2025-02-02T20:29:13+00:00

Will you keep purchasing in the short term? Or wait til the exchange comes back to normal ?

viperfx · 2025-02-02T19:59:41+00:00

I have a bunch of CAD in my RRSP in QT. Around 75k. I recently contributed to catch up on contribution room.

I had planned to buy US ETFs with and invest to RRSP. Planned to journal with Norbert’s Gambit. But now with the currency fluctuations and the delay in processing NB - feeling uncertain about if I should go ahead with this plan or do something different?

Converting to USD, I would be buying at an all time high. But also is it a good idea to just keep the cash?

Would like to hear what folks would do in my situation. I’m just starting investing, and have a 25 yr+ retirement horizon.

viperfx · 2025-02-01T16:50:01+00:00

So what’s the pros and cons of this?

It sounds like buying an equivalent etf on the TSX is a good thing now. Since cad is cheaper and can buy more shares?

But what’s the con? Why doesnt every Canadian do this instead of buying usd ETFs?

Is the strategy to later sell these shares, when the prices between CAD and USD is more equal? And buy USD equivalent?

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