Canadian Citizenship Through Heritage - Please help

[DiplockPaul]

Hello everyone

I need some help getting my head around something

I am trying to look into my eligibility of becoming a Canadian citizen though my heritage and i am aware that the laws have been changed which limits eligibility to 1st generation descendants (my father) but there is an exception that i think i may apply for which i will post below (taken from the eligibility tool on the Canadian immigration website)

• When my parent was born or adopted, my grandparent was a Canadian citizen (or a British subject, born or naturalized in Canada before 1947) who was employed outside Canada as a Crown servant.

The reason i think this applies to me is because my grandfather was born in Canada before 1947 and then moved to the UK 1 year later with his father. He then went onto join the UK royal air force during WW2 as a plane mechanic (a crown servant).

the part where i am confused is the next bit of text which i will paste below

A Crown servant is employed outside Canada with the:

• Canadian Armed Forces,
  
• federal public administration, or
  
• public service of a province other than as a locally engaged person

I am confused because my grandfather was a natural born Canadian citizen since birth and then went onto be a crown servant in another country obtaining dual citizenship status, during world war two but this text only mentions the Canadian armed forces which, at the time, served the British royal family as they were a part of the commonwealth.

Note: during my grandfathers time in the UK Royal Air force he was both a Canadian citizen as well as a British citizen due to his dual citizenship.

Any help or clarification with this issue would be greatly appreciated

 

[links18]

I don't think you qualify, your grandfather was in the UK military not the Canadian forces. But you might want to do some research as I know there were integrated UK/Canadian units during the war.

 

[DiplockPaul]

I will be sure to look into it further, I thought I may have been eligible due to him still being a registered canadian citizen and being a crown servant over seas (though being in the British forces) my reasoning behind this was that both the Canadian armed forces and British forces were crown servants due to Canada being in the commonwealth.

It's all a bit confusing but I'm sure I will get to the bottom of it eventually. My cousin's managed to obtain their citizenship so I will ask them how they did it/when they did it as they are 17 years older than me and my have done it prior to 2009.

 

[links18]

Well, you make an interesting case. If nothing else, you could give it a try--making the case you give above--and see what happens. Here is an historical question that you need to answer though--when did the Canadian crown become a separate legal entity from the crown of Great Britain.? Statute of Westminster, 1931? I should probably know that.

 

[canuck_in_uk]

Hello everyone

I need some help getting my head around something

I am trying to look into my eligibility of becoming a Canadian citizen though my heritage and i am aware that the laws have been changed which limits eligibility to 1st generation descendants (my father) but there is an exception that i think i may apply for which i will post below (taken from the eligibility tool on the Canadian immigration website)

• When my parent was born or adopted, my grandparent was a Canadian citizen (or a British subject, born or naturalized in Canada before 1947) who was employed outside Canada as a Crown servant.

The reason i think this applies to me is because my grandfather was born in Canada before 1947 and then moved to the UK 1 year later with his father. He then went onto join the UK royal air force during WW2 as a plane mechanic (a crown servant).

the part where i am confused is the next bit of text which i will paste below

A Crown servant is employed outside Canada with the:

• Canadian Armed Forces,
  
• federal public administration, or
  
• public service of a province other than as a locally engaged person

I am confused because my grandfather was a natural born Canadian citizen since birth and then went onto be a crown servant in another country obtaining dual citizenship status, during world war two but this text only mentions the Canadian armed forces which, at the time, served the British royal family as they were a part of the commonwealth.

Note: during my grandfathers time in the UK Royal Air force he was both a Canadian citizen as well as a British citizen due to his dual citizenship.

Any help or clarification with this issue would be greatly appreciated

The easiest thing to do is just pay the $75 and apply.

 

[DiplockPaul]

The easiest thing to do is just pay the $75 and apply.

I will most likely do that

Also in response to the Canadian crown becoming a separate legal entity, I believe it was shortly after world war 1...which funnily enough, my Canadian great grandfather fought in

 

[DiplockPaul]

Actually I just looked it up and it was the Canada act of 1982 where the British government made Canada wholly independent and removed all say that the British parliament had within Canada's government

I will most likely do that

Also in response to the Canadian crown becoming a separate legal entity, I believe it was shortly after world war 1...which funnily enough, my Canadian great grandfather fought in