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Forum: Immigration & Citizenship (Canada)

Jan 20th 2018, 7:13 pm

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no longer citizen?

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Posted By BritInParis

Re: no longer citizen?

The flipside of that is that she has been able to enjoy the rights of being a Canadian citizen for the last ten years even though she wasn't one; an administrative error doesn't give her the right to...

Forum: Immigration & Citizenship (Canada)

Jan 20th 2018, 6:31 pm

Replies: 20

no longer citizen?

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Posted By BritInParis

Re: no longer citizen?

She probably can but if she can wrangle citizenship out of the situation rather than going through spousal immigration then that would be preferable.

Forum: Immigration & Citizenship (Canada)

Jan 20th 2018, 2:12 pm

Replies: 20

no longer citizen?

Views: 1,384

Posted By BritInParis

Re: no longer citizen?

The initial citizenship card was issued correctly. The later citizenship certificate and passport appear to have been issued incorrectly. I'm not an expert on Canadian immigration law but I suspect...

Forum: Immigration & Citizenship (Canada)

Jan 18th 2018, 1:39 pm

Replies: 20

no longer citizen?

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Posted By BritInParis

Re: no longer citizen?

The citizenship card she was issued as a child was correct as she was under 28 at the time. That she didn't apply to retain her citizenship before she turned 28 is the problem. After 28 it became...

Forum: Immigration & Citizenship (Canada)

Jan 18th 2018, 12:45 pm

Replies: 20

no longer citizen?

Views: 1,384

Posted By BritInParis

Re: no longer citizen?

A citizenship card is like a passport; possession doesn't confer citizenship, you need to be a citizen in order to have one. For the lady in question, as the second generation born abroad, she needed...

Forum: Immigration & Citizenship (Canada)

Jan 17th 2018, 10:13 pm

Replies: 20

no longer citizen?

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Posted By BritInParis

Re: no longer citizen?

It's a consequence of poor law making. An amendment in Bill C-6 (https://www.canada.ca/en/immigration-refugees-citizenship/news/2017/10/changes_to_the_citizenshipactasaresultofbillc-6.html) could...

Forum: Immigration & Citizenship (Canada)

Jan 17th 2018, 6:06 pm

Replies: 20

no longer citizen?

Views: 1,384

Posted By BritInParis

Re: no longer citizen?

I think that's right. They were born after the change in the law. I did look into it at the time but even he doesn't know how he's Canadian so I didn't get very far. The new Canadian model is very...

Forum: Immigration & Citizenship (Canada)

Jan 16th 2018, 11:49 pm

Replies: 20

no longer citizen?

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Posted By BritInParis

Re: no longer citizen?

My cousin married a Canadian Mennonite who was born in Mexico. He's very vague on the details but his parents were also born in Mexico so I presume he had at least one Canadian-born grandparent....

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