2nd generation born outside Canada

[Gcovington]

My mother was born in Germany to an American father (not military) and a Canadian mother. She was not granted citizenship at the time(1971) because her father had to be the Canadian parent not her mother. Since the law has changed I’m assuming she’s now eligible for citizenship? I was born in 2003 before the change in 2009, so would I be eligible for citizenship as well?

 

[PMM]

Hi

My mother was born in Germany to an American father (not military) and a Canadian mother. She was not granted citizenship at the time(1971) because her father had to be the Canadian parent not her mother. Since the law has changed I’m assuming she’s now eligible for citizenship? I was born in 2003 before the change in 2009, so would I be eligible for citizenship as well?

1. Your mother would have to apply and receive proof of citizenship first.

 

[Gcovington]

Hi



1. Your mother would have to apply and receive proof of citizenship first.

And then I could apply and receive a certificate?

 

[hawk39]

My mother was born in Germany to an American father (not military) and a Canadian mother. She was not granted citizenship at the time(1971) because her father had to be the Canadian parent not her mother. Since the law has changed I’m assuming she’s now eligible for citizenship? I was born in 2003 before the change in 2009, so would I be eligible for citizenship as well?

Sorry, but you would not be eligible for citizenship by descent because of the first generation limit. Even though she is now deemed a citizen at birth retroactively, the first generation limit would now apply to you as well.

In order for you to have been eligible as a second generation, your mother needed to have applied for the special grant of citizenship under 5(2)(b) of the 1977 Act before you were born.