Canada dual citizenship

[maria1993]

Hi all,

I couldn't find anything in the web about this.

After you apply and successfully become a citizen of Canada, does Canada immigration notify your country of origin immigration that you've become Canadian?

Thanks.

 

[zardoz]

Hi all,

I couldn't find anything in the web about this.

After you apply and successfully become a citizen of Canada, does Canada immigration notify your country of origin immigration that you've become Canadian?

Thanks.

Not as far as I can tell.

 

[screech339]

Usually they don't. However people who asked this kind of questions are usually those who acquired or want to Canadian citizenship whose native country don't allow dual citizenship and want to hide 2nd citizenship from the country. Otherwise, who cares whether other countries knows if you have Canadian citizenship or not.

 

[ZingyDNA]

Hi all,

I couldn't find anything in the web about this.

After you apply and successfully become a citizen of Canada, does Canada immigration notify your country of origin immigration that you've become Canadian?

Thanks.

Of course not. Canada doesn't care about your other citizenships. They only care if you obtain their citizenship lawfully. That should be the way how it works for every country, but unfortunately is not the case for some countries, especially those in Asia...

 

[maria1993]

Usually they don't. However people who asked this kind of questions are usually those who acquired or want to Canadian citizenship whose native country don't allow dual citizenship and want to hide 2nd citizenship from the country. Otherwise, who cares whether other countries knows if you have Canadian citizenship or not.

Yup, that's me. Still debating whether I should apply or not, and this is one of the reason.

 

[ZingyDNA]

Yup, that's me. Still debating whether I should apply or not, and this is one of the reason.

But how would you hide your Canadian citizenship from your home country? Do you need a visa to enter Canada with your native passport?

 

[screech339]

But how would you hide your Canadian citizenship from your home country? Do you need a visa to enter Canada with your native passport?

One way for them to find out. The embassy in Canada for example want to know your official status in Canada when renewing passport. If you're PR, (show docs that you have immigration status, ie PR, visas) they know you don' have citizenship. If you don't have PR or visa status, that means you have citizenship thus won't renew passport and revoke native citizenship.

 

[Seym]

But how would you hide your Canadian citizenship from your home country? Do you need a visa to enter Canada with your native passport?

For a start, that pretty much involves always going back to the home country to get any paper since you can no longer go to your consulate/embassy where they'll ask for your status in Canada, and to fly to a third country using the other passport and then use the canadian one to go back.

Quite the hassle, without even considering the possible legal issues related to holding a passport that you have no right to carry on.

At the end, it's probably a matter of relative weights of the citizenships. If you're german or spanish, you probably have less incentives to ask for the canadian citizenship than indian citizens...

 

[Bs65]

But how would you hide your Canadian citizenship from your home country? Do you need a visa to enter Canada with your native passport?

Once a Canadian citizen you should use your Canadian passport to enter Canada. In any case you could not as a citizen travel to Canada on a native passport given you could not still have a PR card or a PRTD or if visa exempt an ETA.

 

[screech339]

Once a Canadian citizen you should use your Canadian passport to enter Canada.

Not if the OP leave native country to a third country using native passport and then switch to Canadian passport to Canada from there.

 

[NewUser2018]

if you travel back to country of origin chances of them knowing is 90%. For example Canada, Australia, USA & EU countries share so much info that they know even your current occupation, health status and prior arrests which means it's easy for them to know your previous citizenship and names and even if you changed gender.

this is based on my travels to EU, USA and Aus and watching thousand of hours of border Security national geographic tv.

 

[Bs65]

Not if the OP leave native country to a third country using native passport and then switch to Canadian passport to Canada from there.

Maybe I am missing your point given not sure what difference it makes going to a third country given a citizen should still use Canadian passport to check in and board a plane for Canada and to enter Canada . Granted they could leave home country using native passport for third country then checkin again for the Canada flight if the result is to avoid the home country noticing a dual citizen If that is the point you are making. Seems a lot of hassle for someone committed to a life in Canada as a citizen but everyone has their reasons I guess to hold onto something from their old life.

 

[Bs65]

if you travel back to country of origin chances of them knowing is 90%. For example Canada, Australia, USA & EU countries share so much info that they know even your current occupation, health status and prior arrests which means it's easy for them to know your previous citizenship and names and even if you changed gender.

this is based on my travels to EU, USA and Aus and watching thousand of hours of border Security national geographic tv.

Also note that advance passenger information with passport details is collected by airlines and shared with government agencies, not that someone is likely sitting around searching for dual citizens but the information is out there.

 

[screech339]

Maybe I am missing your point given not sure what difference it makes going to a third country given a citizen should still use Canadian passport to check in and board a plane for Canada and to enter Canada . Granted they could leave home country using native passport for third country then checkin again for the Canada flight if the result is to avoid the home country noticing a dual citizen If that is the point you are making. Seems a lot of hassle for someone committed to a life in Canada as a citizen but everyone has their reasons I guess to hold onto something from their old life.

It is a lot of hassle for someone who wants to hide their native citizenship from country that don't allow dual citizenship. Desperate means calls for desperate actions. To each their own. It is usually done by those who want Canadian citizenship and at same time keep their properties / assets / ability to work in their native country while holding 2nd citizenship. They basically want to have their cake and eat it too.

 

[tomlee1986]

No I don't think they do tell the other countries about dual citizens