Am I a Canadian Citizen or not ????
Hi There,
In june 10,1975 , my Canadian father became an US citizen. I was 18 years old at the time. Question 1 - did I loose my Canadian citizenship because of my father becoming a us citizen ? Question 2 - If i did loose my Canadian citizenship, is there a form I can fill out to resume my Canadian citizenship ? Or is there any other course of action I can take ? Thanks in advance. |
Re: Am I a Canadian Citizen or not ????
Read here:
http://www.cic.gc.ca/english/press/03/0318-pre.html -- ../.. Andrew Miller Immigration Consultant Vancouver, British Columbia email: [email protected] (delete REMOVE from the above address before sending email) ________________________________ "tom" wrote in message news:[email protected]... > Hi There, > In june 10,1975 , my Canadian father became an US citizen. I was 18 years > old at the time. > Question 1 - did I loose my Canadian citizenship because of my father > becoming a us citizen ? > Question 2 - If i did loose my Canadian citizenship, is there a form I can > fill out to resume my Canadian citizenship ? Or is there any other course of > action I can take ? > Thanks in advance. |
Re: Am I a Canadian Citizen or not ????
Mr. Miller,
Currently I live in the US , and am a US citizen. Is this what I need to do next ? 1. apply for permanent resisence in Canada 2. live in Canada for 365 days 3. apply for Canadian citizenship - and ask for leniency ? Thanks "Andrew Miller" wrote in message news:[email protected]... > Read here: > http://www.cic.gc.ca/english/press/03/0318-pre.html > -- > ../.. > Andrew Miller > Immigration Consultant > Vancouver, British Columbia > email: [email protected] > (delete REMOVE from the above address before sending email) > ________________________________ > "tom" wrote in message > news:[email protected]... > > > > Hi There, > > > > In june 10,1975 , my Canadian father became an US citizen. I was 18 years > > old at the time. > > > > Question 1 - did I loose my Canadian citizenship because of my father > > becoming a us citizen ? > > > > Question 2 - If i did loose my Canadian citizenship, is there a form I can > > fill out to resume my Canadian citizenship ? Or is there any other course > of > > action I can take ? > > > > Thanks in advance. > > > > |
Re: Am I a Canadian Citizen or not ????
If your circumstances fit the profile from the announcement then yes on all
3 questions. -- ../.. Andrew Miller Immigration Consultant Vancouver, British Columbia email: [email protected] (delete REMOVE from the above address before sending email) ________________________________ "tom" wrote in message news:[email protected]... > Mr. Miller, > Currently I live in the US , and am a US citizen. Is this what I need to do > next ? > 1. apply for permanent resisence in Canada > 2. live in Canada for 365 days > 3. apply for Canadian citizenship - and ask for leniency ? > Thanks > "Andrew Miller" wrote in message > news:[email protected]... > > Read here: > > > > http://www.cic.gc.ca/english/press/03/0318-pre.html > > > > -- > > > > ../.. > > > > Andrew Miller > > Immigration Consultant > > Vancouver, British Columbia > > email: [email protected] > > (delete REMOVE from the above address before sending email) > > ________________________________ > > > > > > "tom" wrote in message > > news:[email protected]... > > > > > > Hi There, > > > > > > In june 10,1975 , my Canadian father became an US citizen. I was 18 > years > > > old at the time. > > > > > > Question 1 - did I loose my Canadian citizenship because of my father > > > becoming a us citizen ? > > > > > > Question 2 - If i did loose my Canadian citizenship, is there a form I > can > > > fill out to resume my Canadian citizenship ? Or is there any other > course > > of > > > action I can take ? > > > > > > Thanks in advance. > > > > > > > > > > |
Re: Am I a Canadian Citizen or not ????
"tom" wrote:
> Is this what I need to do next? > 1. apply for permanent residence in Canada It's extremely significant, BTW, that the new government policy [http://www.cic.gc.ca/english/press/03/0318-pre.html] waives some key requirements normally imposed on applicants for immigration -- namely, the point system, and medical inadmissibility based on excessive demand on the health care system (i.e., having an "expensive" disease like cancer or HIV/AIDS, which would normally cause an immigration application to be rejected out of hand). > 2. live in Canada for 365 days After being accepted for immigration and moving to Canada as a permanent resident (a.k.a. "landed immigrant"), of course. > 3. apply for Canadian citizenship - and ask for > leniency? I don't actually believe "leniency" will be involved at that stage, because resumption of citizenship by an ex-citizen after living in Canada for a year is specifically provided for in the law. The "leniency" will already have been exercised when you get your immigrant visa (in that some key requirements for would-be immigrants will have been waived -- see above). Note that the application to resume Canadian citizenship is different from the regular citizenship application; you can find it at: http://www.cic.gc.ca/english/applications/resume.html (though it's certainly possible that the application may be revised by the time you're ready to file it). > Currently I live in the US, and am a US citizen. Keep in mind, of course, that if/when you do reacquire Canadian citizenship, this will =not= affect your US citizenship. Some people will undoubtedly "assure" you that becoming a Canadian again will mean losing your US citizenship, but they're wrong. For more info on this, see: http://www.richw.org/dualcit/ Rich Wales [email protected] http://www.richw.org *NOTE: I've lived in both Canada and the US and have dual citizenship. *DISCLAIMER: I am not a lawyer, professional immigration consultant, or consular officer. My comments are for discussion purposes only and are not intended to be relied upon as legal or professional advice. |
Re: Am I a Canadian Citizen or not ????
> "tom" wrote in message
> news:[email protected]... > > > > Hi There, > > > > In june 10,1975 , my Canadian father became an US citizen. I was 18 years > > old at the time. > > > > Question 1 - did I loose my Canadian citizenship because of my father > > becoming a us citizen ? > > > > Question 2 - If i did loose my Canadian citizenship, is there a form I can > > fill out to resume my Canadian citizenship ? Or is there any other course > of > > action I can take ? > > > > Thanks in advance. > > > > You don't mention whether 1) you were born in Canada and moved with your father to the U.S., where he became a U.S. citizen, OR 2) you were born in the U.S. to a Canadian father, who subsequently became a U.S. citizen. If #2, it is easy to have your citizenship confirmed w/o even moving back to Canada. See: http://www.cic.gc.ca/english/citizen/born-e.html If #1, then the info to which Mr. Miller referred would apply BUT take into consideration whether 18 is considered the age of majority. If it is, then you did NOT lose your citizenship by your father's action because you weren't a minor. In that case, it would depend whether you took U.S. citizenship on your own as an adult. |
Re: Am I a Canadian Citizen or not ????
David Tew wrote:
> If [you were born in the US to a Canadian father who sub- > sequently became a US citizen], it is easy to have your > citizenship confirmed w/o even moving back to Canada. That would be because Canada's pre-1977 citizenship law didn't recognize foreign-born children of Canadians as having Canadian citizenship unless they were registered with Canadian consular officials. If the original poster was never so registered, he would never have lost his Canadian citizenship (having, in fact, never had it in the first place), and he can indeed register as a citizen now without having to immigrate, etc. A not-so-sensical outgrowth of the above is that a foreign-born child whose Canadian parents were conscientious about registering him/her as a citizen could have ended up worse off (in terms of losing Canadian citizenship) than a similar child whose parents didn't realize (or perhaps didn't care) that they should have told Canadian consular officials about their child. I assume this incongruity was probably one reason why the Canadian gov't decided to relax the regulations in order to give a break to people who lost Canadian citizenship in this way. > If [you were born in Canada and moved with your father to > the US], then the info to which Mr. Miller referred would > apply, BUT take into consideration whether 18 is considered > the age of majority. Under the Canadian Citizenship Act (1947), the age of majority was 21; an 18-year-old was still considered a minor and would have been subject to the provision under discussion. > In that case, it would depend whether you took U.S. citi- > zenship on your own as an adult. This actually reminds me of another aspect to the old Canadian citizenship law. In order for a child whose Canadian father lost or gave up his Canadian citizenship to lose his/her own citizen- ship, it was necessary that the child must either (1) have already had some other citizenship before the father's naturalization, or else (2) have acquired another citizenship (typically the father's new citizenship) at the same time as his/her father. The idea here was to avoid statelessness; the child would lose Canadian citizenship only if he/she had some other citizenship to fall back upon, but if the only citizenship the child had left was Canadian, he/she would be allowed to keep it. So, if the original poster acquired US citizenship before, or at the same time as, his father did, then he would have lost his Canadian citizenship (and, as discussed earlier, would have to apply to immigrate to Canada in order to eventually regain it). BUT if the original poster did NOT get US citizenship along with his father -- which is quite possible, because (AFAIK) the legal age for being naturalized on one's own in the US was 18 at that time, not 21 -- then he would NOT have lost Canadian citizenship when his father lost his. Now, there's another aspect of Canada's pre-1977 law that said that an adult Canadian (i.e., age 21 or over) who obtained some other nationality automatically lost his Canadian citizenship. If the original poster became a US citizen on or after his 21st birthday -- but before Canada's current citizenship law came into force on 15 Feb. 1977 -- then he would have lost Canadian citizenship, all on his own (not because of what his father did), and in this case I seriously doubt he can get his citizenship back in the manner we've discussed earlier. HOWEVER . . . if the original poster became a US citizen after his father did, but BEFORE his 21st birthday, THEN it appears that he may NOT in fact have EVER lost his Canadian citizenship, since his US naturalization would not have been recognized under the Canadian law of that time if the naturalization had taken place while he was still a minor (i.e., not yet 21). This can admittedly be horrendously complicated, but keep in mind that Canada's 1977 citizenship law involved a major paradigm shift -- from a situation in which dual nationality was considered a "bad thing" and was actively discouraged to one where no one cared a whit about dual nationality any more at all -- and many of the loose ends simply weren't thought out thoroughly when the new law was framed. The original poster, if he's too confused by all this, might want to gather all the relevant facts and then go looking for a Canadian immigration lawyer who would be willing to give him a brief (and hopefully inexpensive or free) initial consultation about his situation. Rich Wales [email protected] http://www.richw.org *NOTE: I've lived in both Canada and the US and have dual citizenship. *DISCLAIMER: I am not a lawyer, professional immigration consultant, or consular officer. My comments are for discussion purposes only and are not intended to be relied upon as legal or professional advice. |
Re: Am I a Canadian Citizen or not ????
David,
I was born in Peru, My father filled out "canadian citizen born abroad" when I was born. Later, we moved to the US . So I need to find out what age is considered the majority, right ? Thanks "David Tew" wrote in message news:[email protected]... > > "tom" wrote in message > > news:[email protected]... > > > > > > Hi There, > > > > > > In june 10,1975 , my Canadian father became an US citizen. I was 18 years > > > old at the time. > > > > > > Question 1 - did I loose my Canadian citizenship because of my father > > > becoming a us citizen ? > > > > > > Question 2 - If i did loose my Canadian citizenship, is there a form I can > > > fill out to resume my Canadian citizenship ? Or is there any other course > > of > > > action I can take ? > > > > > > Thanks in advance. > > > > > > > You don't mention whether 1) you were born in Canada and moved with > your father to the U.S., where he became a U.S. citizen, OR 2) you > were born in the U.S. to a Canadian father, who subsequently became a > U.S. citizen. > If #2, it is easy to have your citizenship confirmed w/o even moving > back to Canada. See: http://www.cic.gc.ca/english/citizen/born-e.html > If #1, then the info to which Mr. Miller referred would apply BUT > take into consideration whether 18 is considered the age of majority. > If it is, then you did NOT lose your citizenship by your father's > action because you weren't a minor. In that case, it would depend > whether you took U.S. citizenship on your own as an adult. |
Re: Am I a Canadian Citizen or not ????
Andrew,
Is the age of majority 18 , or 21 ? Also, I read in another posting to the thread that I can have my citizenship confirmed- do you recommend I do that first ? ( http://www.cic.gc.ca/english/citizen/born-e.html ) I am grateful for your help. "Andrew Miller" wrote in message news:[email protected]... > If your circumstances fit the profile from the announcement then yes on all > 3 questions. > -- > ../.. > Andrew Miller > Immigration Consultant > Vancouver, British Columbia > email: [email protected] > (delete REMOVE from the above address before sending email) > ________________________________ > "tom" wrote in message > news:[email protected]... > > > > Mr. Miller, > > > > Currently I live in the US , and am a US citizen. Is this what I need to > do > > next ? > > > > 1. apply for permanent resisence in Canada > > 2. live in Canada for 365 days > > 3. apply for Canadian citizenship - and ask for leniency ? > > > > Thanks > > > > > > "Andrew Miller" wrote in message > > news:[email protected]... > > > Read here: > > > > > > http://www.cic.gc.ca/english/press/03/0318-pre.html > > > > > > -- > > > > > > ../.. > > > > > > Andrew Miller > > > Immigration Consultant > > > Vancouver, British Columbia > > > email: [email protected] > > > (delete REMOVE from the above address before sending email) > > > ________________________________ > > > > > > > > > "tom" wrote in message > > > news:[email protected]... > > > > > > > > Hi There, > > > > > > > > In june 10,1975 , my Canadian father became an US citizen. I was 18 > > years > > > > old at the time. > > > > > > > > Question 1 - did I loose my Canadian citizenship because of my father > > > > becoming a us citizen ? > > > > > > > > Question 2 - If i did loose my Canadian citizenship, is there a form I > > can > > > > fill out to resume my Canadian citizenship ? Or is there any other > > course > > > of > > > > action I can take ? > > > > > > > > Thanks in advance. > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > |
Re: Am I a Canadian Citizen or not ????
Age of majority at the time your father took US citizenship was 21 years -
you were only 18, thus you lost your citizenship when your father obtained American one and you should follow the process outlined here: http://www.cic.gc.ca/english/press/03/0318-pre.html The information from link you just mentioned doesn't apply to you. -- ../.. Andrew Miller Immigration Consultant Vancouver, British Columbia email: [email protected] (delete REMOVE from the above address before sending email) ________________________________ "tom" wrote in message news:[email protected]... > Andrew, > Is the age of majority 18 , or 21 ? > Also, I read in another posting to the thread that I can have my > citizenship confirmed- do you recommend I do that first ? > ( http://www.cic.gc.ca/english/citizen/born-e.html ) > I am grateful for your help. > "Andrew Miller" wrote in message > news:[email protected]... > > If your circumstances fit the profile from the announcement then yes on > all > > 3 questions. > > > > -- > > > > ../.. > > > > Andrew Miller > > Immigration Consultant > > Vancouver, British Columbia > > email: [email protected] > > (delete REMOVE from the above address before sending email) > > ________________________________ > > > > > > "tom" wrote in message > > news:[email protected]... > > > > > > Mr. Miller, > > > > > > Currently I live in the US , and am a US citizen. Is this what I need to > > do > > > next ? > > > > > > 1. apply for permanent resisence in Canada > > > 2. live in Canada for 365 days > > > 3. apply for Canadian citizenship - and ask for leniency ? > > > > > > Thanks > > > > > > > > > "Andrew Miller" wrote in message > > > news:[email protected]... > > > > Read here: > > > > > > > > http://www.cic.gc.ca/english/press/03/0318-pre.html > > > > > > > > -- > > > > > > > > ../.. > > > > > > > > Andrew Miller > > > > Immigration Consultant > > > > Vancouver, British Columbia > > > > email: [email protected] > > > > (delete REMOVE from the above address before sending email) > > > > ________________________________ > > > > > > > > > > > > "tom" wrote in message > > > > news:[email protected]... > > > > > > > > > > Hi There, > > > > > > > > > > In june 10,1975 , my Canadian father became an US citizen. I was 18 > > > years > > > > > old at the time. > > > > > > > > > > Question 1 - did I loose my Canadian citizenship because of my > father > > > > > becoming a us citizen ? > > > > > > > > > > Question 2 - If i did loose my Canadian citizenship, is there a form > I > > > can > > > > > fill out to resume my Canadian citizenship ? Or is there any other > > > course > > > > of > > > > > action I can take ? > > > > > > > > > > Thanks in advance. > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > |
Re: Am I a Canadian Citizen or not ????
"tom" wrote:
> I was born in Peru, My father filled out "Canadian citizen > born abroad" when I was born. Later, we moved to the US. > . . . So I need to find out what age is considered the > majority, right? Short answer: I believe this pretty much settles it; you would most likely have lost Canadian citizenship when your father became a US citizen when you were 18. The age of majority under Canada's old citizenship law was 21, so you were still a "minor child". Longer answer: The fact that your father registered you with Canadian consular officials would mean that you were, in fact, a Canadian citizen as a child. This also would have meant that you did, in fact, have Canadian citizenship that could have been lost later on. I don't know any details about Peru's citizenship laws, but there is a reasonable likelihood that you also acquired Peruvian citi- zenship at birth because you were born there. That is, it sounds like you may very well have had dual (i.e., Canadian and Peruvian) citizenship as a child. Do you happen to know whether you have (or ever had) Peruvian citizenship? Canada's pre-1977 citizenship law -- which, as we've said already, revoked the Canadian citizenship of a minor child whose responsible parent (generally meaning the father) lost his Canadian citizenship -- had a proviso under which this revocation would happen only if the child had another citizenship (either before the father lost his Canadian citizenship, or something the child acquired along with the father). The idea was to prevent making such children stateless (i.e., without any citizenship). You didn't say when (or even if) you became a US citizen. But even if you never did -- or if you did so after your father -- it most likely would not have made any difference under the old Canadian law IF you happened to have Peruvian citizenship, because in that case you would still have met the old law's requirement about having some other citizenship after losing your Canadian citizenship. Now, the above might not apply if -- for some reason -- you didn't acquire Peruvian citizenship at birth (or lost it for some reason before your father became a US citizen). In that case, you would still have to determine whether you acquired US citizenship before (or at the same time as) your father -- and if you didn't, then you may not have lost your Canadian citizenship after all. But even if you didn't lose your Canadian citizenship along with your father, there is one more way under which you could have lost it -- namely, if you acquired US citizenship on or after your 21st birthday, but before the current Canadian citizenship law took effect on 15 Feb. 1977. In this case, you would have lost your Canadian citizenship on account of your own foreign naturalization as an adult -- and probably without a straightforward option to get it back now. Regarding age: AFAIK, Canada's pre-1977 citizenship law defined a "minor" as being under 21. So, at 18, you were still a minor, and your father's loss of Canadian citizenship (as a result of his naturalization in the US) would have caused you (his minor child) to lose your Canadian citizenship too. I believe this would also mean that if you didn't lose your Canadian citizenship along with your father, and you then became a US citizen after your father (but before your 21st birthday), you would never have lost your Canadian citizenship at all, because in Canadian eyes you would still have been a minor, and foreign naturalization of a minor child didn't cause loss of Canadian citizenship except in connec- tion with the actions of the responsible parent (generally meaning the father; see above). As I suggested earlier, if the above set of provisions seems like an unchartable plate of spaghetti, you might do well to gather all the relevant facts and go find a Canadian immigration lawyer who is willing to give you a brief initial consultation at little or no cost. Rich Wales [email protected] http://www.richw.org *NOTE: I've lived in both Canada and the US and have dual citizenship. *DISCLAIMER: I am not a lawyer, professional immigration consultant, or consular officer. My comments are for discussion purposes only and are not intended to be relied upon as legal or professional advice. |
Re: Am I a Canadian Citizen or not ????
[email protected] (Rich Wales) wrote in message news:...
> "tom" wrote: > > > I was born in Peru, My father filled out "Canadian citizen > > born abroad" when I was born. Later, we moved to the US. > > . . . So I need to find out what age is considered the > > majority, right? > > Short answer: I believe this pretty much settles it; you would > most likely have lost Canadian citizenship when your father became > a US citizen when you were 18. The age of majority under Canada's > old citizenship law was 21, so you were still a "minor child". Additional note: if your mother was a Canadian citizen at the time of your birth, you should still be able to claim Canadian citizenship as the result of court rulings providing for the equality of women in matters of citizenship. This would apply whether she did or did not later take U.S. citizenship. If, as Rich Wales stated, your father was conscientious and registered your birth with the Canadian consulate at the time you were born, and if your mother was not Canadian, you would have lost your Canadian citizenship at the same time he did. |
Re: Am I a Canadian Citizen or not ????
Rich,
So Canada could not have revoked my Canadian citizenship - becuase I would have been stateless as a result. So I am still Canadian. Do you recommend I persue a legal clarification of the matter ? Thanks,Peter "Rich Wales" wrote in message news:[email protected]... > "tom" wrote: > > I was born in Peru, My father filled out "Canadian citizen > > born abroad" when I was born. Later, we moved to the US. > > . . . So I need to find out what age is considered the > > majority, right? > Short answer: I believe this pretty much settles it; you would > most likely have lost Canadian citizenship when your father became > a US citizen when you were 18. The age of majority under Canada's > old citizenship law was 21, so you were still a "minor child". > Longer answer: > The fact that your father registered you with Canadian consular > officials would mean that you were, in fact, a Canadian citizen > as a child. This also would have meant that you did, in fact, > have Canadian citizenship that could have been lost later on. > I don't know any details about Peru's citizenship laws, but there > is a reasonable likelihood that you also acquired Peruvian citi- > zenship at birth because you were born there. That is, it sounds > like you may very well have had dual (i.e., Canadian and Peruvian) > citizenship as a child. Do you happen to know whether you have > (or ever had) Peruvian citizenship? > Canada's pre-1977 citizenship law -- which, as we've said already, > revoked the Canadian citizenship of a minor child whose responsible > parent (generally meaning the father) lost his Canadian citizenship > -- had a proviso under which this revocation would happen only if > the child had another citizenship (either before the father lost > his Canadian citizenship, or something the child acquired along > with the father). The idea was to prevent making such children > stateless (i.e., without any citizenship). > You didn't say when (or even if) you became a US citizen. But even > if you never did -- or if you did so after your father -- it most > likely would not have made any difference under the old Canadian > law IF you happened to have Peruvian citizenship, because in that > case you would still have met the old law's requirement about having > some other citizenship after losing your Canadian citizenship. > Now, the above might not apply if -- for some reason -- you didn't > acquire Peruvian citizenship at birth (or lost it for some reason > before your father became a US citizen). In that case, you would > still have to determine whether you acquired US citizenship before > (or at the same time as) your father -- and if you didn't, then > you may not have lost your Canadian citizenship after all. > But even if you didn't lose your Canadian citizenship along with > your father, there is one more way under which you could have lost > it -- namely, if you acquired US citizenship on or after your 21st > birthday, but before the current Canadian citizenship law took > effect on 15 Feb. 1977. In this case, you would have lost your > Canadian citizenship on account of your own foreign naturalization > as an adult -- and probably without a straightforward option to get > it back now. > Regarding age: AFAIK, Canada's pre-1977 citizenship law defined a > "minor" as being under 21. So, at 18, you were still a minor, and > your father's loss of Canadian citizenship (as a result of his > naturalization in the US) would have caused you (his minor child) > to lose your Canadian citizenship too. I believe this would also > mean that if you didn't lose your Canadian citizenship along with > your father, and you then became a US citizen after your father > (but before your 21st birthday), you would never have lost your > Canadian citizenship at all, because in Canadian eyes you would > still have been a minor, and foreign naturalization of a minor > child didn't cause loss of Canadian citizenship except in connec- > tion with the actions of the responsible parent (generally meaning > the father; see above). > As I suggested earlier, if the above set of provisions seems like > an unchartable plate of spaghetti, you might do well to gather all > the relevant facts and go find a Canadian immigration lawyer who > is willing to give you a brief initial consultation at little or > no cost. > Rich Wales [email protected] http://www.richw.org > *NOTE: I've lived in both Canada and the US and have dual citizenship. > *DISCLAIMER: I am not a lawyer, professional immigration consultant, > or consular officer. My comments are for discussion purposes only and > are not intended to be relied upon as legal or professional advice. |
Re: Am I a Canadian Citizen or not ????
"petercli" wrote:
> So Canada could not have revoked my Canadian citizenship > - because I would have been stateless as a result. So I > am still Canadian. I'm not sure who "petercli" is; I couldn't find any earlier postings under this name, either in this thread or any other. Are you "tom", posting under a different name? You seem to be posting from the same ISP as "tom", so I suppose this is conceivable (though by no means proven). Anyway . . . . If you are "tom" using a different address, then I guess some relevant followup questions at this point would be: (1) Did you acquire Peruvian citizenship -- at birth, or at any other time? If not, are you certain that you really didn't? Or did you and your family simply never investigate the possi- bility that you might have had Peruvian citizenship? Please realize that the mere fact that you were registered with Canadian officials as a child would =not= necessarily have prevented you from having Peruvian citizenship too -- i.e., you might have had dual (Canadian/Peruvian) citizenship, even if you and your parents never realized this fact. (2) If you did acquire Peruvian citizenship at birth or in child- hood, did you explicitly lose it at any time as far as you're aware? That is, were you ever told by Peruvian officials that they no longer considered you to be one of their citizens? Again, don't simply assume that you must obviously have lost your Peruvian citizenship (acquired at birth) when your father had you registered with Canadian officials as a Canadian born abroad; citizenship laws usually don't work that way. (3) Did you ever become a US citizen? If so, what was the date, and how old were you at the time? As I explained previously, it would matter (as far as Canadian law was concerned) if your US naturalization happened before, simultaneously with, or after your father's US naturalization -- as well as whether it was before 15 February 1977 or not -- and also whether you had reached your 21st birthday yet (the age of majority under the pre-1977 Canadian citizenship law -- though it would appear from your first posting that you didn't become 21 until after Canada's current citizenship law took effect). (4) What about your mother? What citizenship(s) did she have when you were born? As David Tew pointed out, if your mother was a Canadian citizen at the time of your birth, you should be able to claim Canadian citizenship through her (without having to apply to immigrate to Canada first), no matter what might have become of your status as a result of your father's story. If you aren't "tom", then the specifics of some of the above questions obviously won't apply to you. Tell us about you, if you would -- where and when you were born, what citizenship(s) your parents had, what citizenship(s) you are aware of having had as a child, etc., etc. > Do you recommend I pursue a legal clarification of the > matter? I'm sure that wouldn't hurt in any case -- though if you have the necessary documents to prove all the relevant dates, places, and citizenships, it might not be necessary to get a lawyer involved. Many dealings with Citizenship and Immigration Canada can be made on one's own, without a lawyer. But if your situation seems iffy, an experienced Canadian immigration lawyer couldn't hurt and might possibly help. Rich Wales [email protected] http://www.richw.org *NOTE: I've lived in both Canada and the US and have dual citizenship. *DISCLAIMER: I am not a lawyer, professional immigration consultant, or consular officer. My comments are for discussion purposes only and are not intended to be relied upon as legal or professional advice. |
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