Baby is born... now what?
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ToggleOn top of the oodles of love, dozens of appointments, bazillions of pictures, stress and sleepless nights, what are the things you need to do now in terms of paper work, registrations, and RESP’s once baby is born?
In Ontario, Service Ontario has a bundle arrangement where you can get all the things you need in one place.
1. Birth Registration
2. Birth Certificate
3. Apply for Social Insurance # for baby
4. Sign up for Canada (Ontario) Child Benefits
5. Start the process of opening a Registered Education Savings Plan (RESP) for baby!
All of this costs about $80-$100 depending on which options you choose.
You can also select from a number of providers to get information about RESP’s. However you will need to wait until the SIN # comes (in about 20 days in the mail) before you can proceed to set up your RESP. More on this in a future post!
Getting Baby’s First Passport
We also registered for baby’s first passport and were able to complete the passport application to Service Canada once we received the long form birth certificate from Service Ontario. You do need to send in your original documents for the passport application so be sure you are using a trackable and insured package. You need to have passport photos done of your infant, and get a guarantor to sign one of the photos. We did it all right away so we wouldn’t have to worry about it later if we decide to travel at some point with baby in the next 5 years.
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Jessica Morgan
Jessica Morgan is the founder and CEO of Canadianbudget.ca. She is passionate about personal finance and helping Canadians improve their financial literacy by providing more Canadian focused financial content. A millennial mom of one, she has a burning obsession with all things personal finance.
Jessica has a BA in East Asian Studies from York University and a Masters in Business Administration from Toronto Metropolitan University. She is a career public sector employee with a Hybrid Pension, and an advocate for Canadian women to improve their personal finance knowledge.
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