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As long as you have all the required documentation (child's birth certificate, etc.), you can apply here in Canada.

If you had to naturalize, then (in my opinion) you would not be considered a natural-born Filipino. A natural-born citizen is a person who acquires citizenship at birth.

If your father was born in Canada, then you have a right to Canadian citizenship if you can prove that he is your father. You may be able to amend your birth certificate to add your father's name (check the rules for the state in which you were born*), but this would almost certainly need your...

Yes, my spouse recently renewed by mail, and we simply followed the instructions on Form DS-82, namely: "(If any of the below-mentioned acts or conditions have been performed by or apply to the applicant, the portion which applies should be lined out, and a supplementary explanatory statement...

No, a Canadian citizen, no matter how many other citizenships he/she possesses, cannot be deported from Canada, unless, as others have said, that person's Canadian citizenship has been revoked due to fraud. Citizens can, however, be extradited to other countries if a crime has been committed...

You don't actually need to go to the LA consulate, because you can simply send your father's birth certificate as received from the provincial vital statistics office. (That's what I did.) However, you won't get it back, so you may prefer to go the consulate and have it certified. Others have...

Well, it was my first citizenship certificate also, and I didn't have them certified. It applies only to birth certificates, etc., but of course you're free to do whatever you think is best. In some states notaries won't certify documents (see list...

Although I know there is confusion on this point, copies made for ID purposes don't need to be certified. Just include a simple copy. That's what I did, and I received my proof of citizenship. As to documents that do need to be certified, such as birth certificates, be aware that if you...

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If your daughter was born in Canada to a U.S. citizen father, this is how to register her as a U.S. citizen: https://ca.usembassy.gov/u-s-citizen-services/child-family-matters/birth/

The OP said his grandmother was a "Crown subject," not "Crown servant." If born in Canada in 1941, she would have been a British subject at birth, and become a Canadian citizen in 1947. I think the OP is simply using a rather outdated term ("Crown subject") to mean that she is Canadian...

Even if your British birth certificate indicates that your mother was born in Canada, it is unlikely that that will be sufficient to enable you to receive a Canadian citizenship certificate. The instructions state that you must send your Canadian parent's birth certificate. All I can suggest...

I agree with points 1 and 2, but not necessarily with number 3. If the OP's parent was a Canadian citizen when the OP was born, even if by descent, then he/she would have inherited citizenship from that parent, IF the OP was born before April 17, 2009. The OP reports being 25 years of age...

Because your mother was born abroad to a Canadian mother and not a Canadian father, she was not recognized as a Canadian citizen under the terms of the original Citizenship Act (unless she was born out of wedlock). Therefore, she did not become a Canadian citizen on January 1, 1947. This example...

Just to be clear, if you send the certificate you received from the government of Quebec, you don't need to do anything else. I sent the certificate (of my father's birth) I received from the government of Ontario and that was accepted. I did not get it back.

For your parent to have become a Canadian citizen without registration, he/she would have to have been born to a Canadian-citizen parent after February 15, 1977. Then, you would have to have been born after that, but before 2009. I think what you're saying is that your grandfather was...

His birth could not have been registered, because he was born to a Canadian mother. Under the original Citizenship Act, only the children born abroad to a Canadian father could be registered, unless the child was born out of wedlock. Between 1977 and your birth in 1985, your father could...

I see this: "This was changed in 1977, but the change was not retroactive, so only children born after this change to married Canadian women would gain citizenship." And this: "The only real chance you have is if your mother acquired citizenship because of the 1977 change I mentioned in the...

The OP mentioned that his grandmother died in 1951, so the OP's mother couldn't have been born in/after 1977. She (the mother) had an opportunity between 1977 and 2004 to apply for a non-retroactive grant of citizenship, based on being born to a Canadian citizen mother, but the OP would have...

Your children born abroad would only be Canadian citizens if they were born before April 17, 2009. Children born abroad after that date would not be Canadian citizens.