So we recently discovered that my father would likely be eligible to receive citizenship, as his father was born before 1947 and left Canada for the United States but kept his citizenship. Would this make my father's children (born before 2009) eligible for citizenship as a second generation immigrant, even though my father had not applied for proof of Canadian citizenship before his children's births? Thank you.
Second Generation Citizenship??
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We actually need to know a few things:
Did your father's father ever become a U.S. citizen? If so, when?
What year was your father born?
When were you (and your siblings) born?
If your father's father was a Canadian citizen when your father was born (i.e. he had not lost his Canadian citizenship by becoming a U.S. citizen), and your father was born in the U.S. after February 15, 1977, and you had not reached aged 28 by April 17, 2009, then you could be a Canadian citizen.
Did your father's father ever become a U.S. citizen? If so, when?
What year was your father born?
When were you (and your siblings) born?
If your father's father was a Canadian citizen when your father was born (i.e. he had not lost his Canadian citizenship by becoming a U.S. citizen), and your father was born in the U.S. after February 15, 1977, and you had not reached aged 28 by April 17, 2009, then you could be a Canadian citizen.
He never became a U.S. citizen, he resides here on a green card- still a Canadian citizen. However, my father was born before 1977 even though I had not reached 28 by 2009, which I assume makes me ineligible.
The problem is that your father's birth before 1977 would have had to be registered with the Canadian government for him to have become a Canadian citizen. Since I assume that it was not, your father was not a Canadian citizen when you were born. (Your father actually had until 2004 to make a delayed registration of his birth.) Your father became a citizen in 2009, retroactive to his birth, BUT citizenship by descent was restricted to the 1st generation born abroad at that time. So, your father is a Canadian citizen, but his children are not.
That's understandable. Thank you so much. Would my father having Canadian citizenship make the process of applying for citizenship faster or easier?