Country of Birth

Literally, the country in which you were born. This is not necessarily your country of nationality or country of citizenship - your nationality or citizenship can change through your own actions (or even the actions of your parents after your birth). Your country of birth is determined at birth and never changes. Country of Birth is important because it determines to which country your immigrant visa would be charged. Changing citizenship or nationality will not change immigrant visa chargeability; an individual born in India or China - two countries which frequently see backlogs - cannot change his or her situation by obtaining Canadian Landed Immigrant status.