Transitional Citizenship Act - Does it apply?
 

I immigrated from Canada to the US in 1954 and became a US citizen in
1971.

My 2 daughters were born in 1963 and 1965 in the US.

My questions are:

1/ Are they eligible to become Canadian citizens under this portion of
the Act?

2/ If the answer to 1/ is YES, and one of them did become a Canadian
citizen, would there then be any way her Canadian citizenship would
enable me to regain my Canadian citizenship which I lost in 1971 by
becoming a US citizen?

Re: Transitional Citizenship Act - Does it apply?
 

John G. <Grizzly@lostworld> wrote in message news:<[email protected]>. ..
    > I immigrated from Canada to the US in 1954 and became a US citizen in
    > 1971.
    >
    > My 2 daughters were born in 1963 and 1965 in the US.
    >
    > My questions are:
    >
    > 1/ Are they eligible to become Canadian citizens under this portion of
    > the Act?
    >
    > 2/ If the answer to 1/ is YES, and one of them did become a Canadian
    > citizen, would there then be any way her Canadian citizenship would
    > enable me to regain my Canadian citizenship which I lost in 1971 by
    > becoming a US citizen?

Yes, your daughters can re-claim their Canadian citizenship based on
your status as a Canadian citizen when they were born. You can get
the application online or through a Canadian consulate in the U.S.
Your daughter would then send the application (with the fee) back to
the consulate, which in turn sends it to Sydney, Nova Scotia. Wait
time to get the citizenship card: about a year.

No, her/them getting citizenship won't help you regain yours. You
could probably return to Canada at any time just by showing your birth
certificate (the presumption being that a person born in Canada is a
Canadian citizen), but you could never get a Canadian passport, since
the application asks if you ever took other citizenship.

Re: Transitional Citizenship Act - Does it apply? - Mr. Miller?
 

Thanks, David.

Don't know on what authority you speak, but am confident you're
correct, based on my own investigations.

For either of my daughters to obtain necessary copies of either their
own or their parents' birth certificates and marriage certificate,
would take longer than August 14th.

Is anyone able to advise if an application received in Nova Scotia by
August 14th, but without all required supporting forms, would be
considered received on time or would it be returned as incomplete and,
thereby, prevent the applicant from ever obtaining her Canadian
citizenship under current regulations?

It just occurred to me that my former wife, now deceased, never took
out her US citizenship. I suspect this would not change the daughters
status.

And, I am not sure, but I don't believe either of us ever registered
their US birth in Canada. Bother . . . .!!!

Regardless of whether or not their being Canadian citizens would
improve my position, I think it would be advantageous to them to have
Canadian citizenship.

Mr. Miller! You were very helpful to me a couple of years ago. Do you
have any suggestions or comments on this situation?

Thanks.



On 25 Jul 2004 10:41:10 -0700, [email protected] (David Tew)
wrote:

    >John G. <Grizzly@lostworld> wrote in message news:<[email protected]>. ..
    >> I immigrated from Canada to the US in 1954 and became a US citizen in
    >> 1971.
    >>
    >> My 2 daughters were born in 1963 and 1965 in the US.
    >>
    >> My questions are:
    >>
    >> 1/ Are they eligible to become Canadian citizens under this portion of
    >> the Act?
    >>
    >> 2/ If the answer to 1/ is YES, and one of them did become a Canadian
    >> citizen, would there then be any way her Canadian citizenship would
    >> enable me to regain my Canadian citizenship which I lost in 1971 by
    >> becoming a US citizen?
    >Yes, your daughters can re-claim their Canadian citizenship based on
    >your status as a Canadian citizen when they were born. You can get
    >the application online or through a Canadian consulate in the U.S.
    >Your daughter would then send the application (with the fee) back to
    >the consulate, which in turn sends it to Sydney, Nova Scotia. Wait
    >time to get the citizenship card: about a year.
    >No, her/them getting citizenship won't help you regain yours. You
    >could probably return to Canada at any time just by showing your birth
    >certificate (the presumption being that a person born in Canada is a
    >Canadian citizen), but you could never get a Canadian passport, since
    >the application asks if you ever took other citizenship.

Re: Transitional Citizenship Act - Does it apply?
 

Your daughters are *probably* eligible for Canadian citizenship (if
they were never registered as Canadians in the first place), but they
must apply as a matter of urgency as it seems that a deadline is
expiring on August 14th.

http://www.cic.gc.ca/english/citizen/born-e.html
http://www.cic.gc.ca/english/citizen...xpiration.html

It's won't help you get your Canadian citizenship back. Although if
enough former Canadians pressure the Canadian government, then the law
or policy may change - it's happening that way in Australia.

If your daughters *were* registered as Canadian citizens, then they
lost their citizenship at the same time as you did. In that case they
may be able to immigrate to Canada without meeting the regular
immigration criteria and resume their Canadian citizenship after a
year's residence.
http://www.cic.gc.ca/english/press/03/0318-pre.html

Jeremy

John G. <Grizzly@lostworld> wrote in message news:<[email protected]>. ..
    > I immigrated from Canada to the US in 1954 and became a US citizen in
    > 1971.
    >
    > My 2 daughters were born in 1963 and 1965 in the US.
    >
    > My questions are:
    >
    > 1/ Are they eligible to become Canadian citizens under this portion of
    > the Act?
    >
    > 2/ If the answer to 1/ is YES, and one of them did become a Canadian
    > citizen, would there then be any way her Canadian citizenship would
    > enable me to regain my Canadian citizenship which I lost in 1971 by
    > becoming a US citizen?