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Hopefully, you didn't leave an IRA behind. If so, once you renounce, 30% (or possibly 15%...discussion here: http://www.advisor.ca/tax/tax-news/the-true-withholding-tax-for-u-s-retirement-accounts-213037) of withdrawals will be withheld and you'll have to file a U.S. return anyway to claim a...

The certificate number it is asking for is your citizenship certificate number if applicable. Because your proof of Canadian citizenship is your Quebec birth certificate, not a citizenship certificate (normally issued to people born outside of Canada), you can simply enter N/A in that section...

You would start by getting your mother's birth certificate from the province of Quebec (certificates issued before 1994 are no longer accepted) and your U.S. birth certificate. Fill out the form found here...

This is how you would answer the questions in the "Am I Canadian" tool: Where were you born? Outside Canada Crown servant? No Naturalized? No One of my parents was: (several choices, incuding Born in Canada?) No I was: Born between 1947 and 1977 How did parent become Canadian? Born outside...

Well, unfortunately, you wouldn't have received that answer if you had completed the questionnaire correctly. First of all, let's assume that your mother had Canadian citizenship when you were born. Normally, your birth would have had to be registered with Canadian authorities, but there was a...

You don't need anything other than her American birth certificate and a birth certificate of one of her Canadian parents. You don't need to prove that she was ever considered a Canadian citizen in the past, UNLESS you want to get citizenship for yourself through her. In that case, she would...

So, your mother was born outside of Canada to Canadian parents. I was born outside Canada to a Canadian parent. What I sent (in accordance with the instructions: https://www.canada.ca/content/dam/ircc/migration/ircc/english/pdf/kits/citizen/cit0014e-2.pdf) was my birth certificate and my...

I have a minor difference of opinion with all those who claim that if a child is apparently a Canadian citizen, but has not been acknowledged as such by IRCC, then they can't get an eTA, are committing fraud if they do so, etc. There are people who post in in this forum all the time who *think*...

I agree with hawk39's analysis. In my opinion, you are barred from citizenship by the limitation on citizenship by descent imposed in 2009, and I don't believe that the 2014 legislation would have created an avenue to avoid that limitation. It was the same Conservative government that passed...

This answer is wrong. As Seym wrote, both the U.S. and Canada allow dual citizenship, so your child can get Canadian citizenship while keeping her U.S. citizenship. The only way for your child to lose U.S. citizenship is by renouncing it, but she would have to be at least 16, and most likely...

Well, this thread started out with a question about applying for proof of Canadian citizenship. In other words, the child is already a Canadian citizen, because he/she was born abroad to a Canadian citizen, and just needs proof of that fact. My answer had to do with the original post. Your...

Yes, the pollsters couldn't believe that Americans were as stupid as they turned out to be. I realized it long ago, which is why I moved to Canada.

The link given above by HamiltonApplicant is for a citizenship application, not "proof" of Canadian citizenship. That application is here: https://www.canada.ca/content/dam/ircc/migration/ircc/english/pdf/kits/citizen/cit0001e-2.pdf The difference in the requirement for ID documents is that...

Do you mean the 2.8% chance (as of May 15, 2018) that the Cons would form a majority government?

You write, "the legislation actually says...", and then you quote from "the" legislation. But, from which legislation are you quoting? I do find that exact wording in the Citizenship Act, 1985 (http://laws-lois.justice.gc.ca/eng/acts/C-29/section-3.html), but I thought you were referring to...

It says "in general," because there is a rare circumstance under which a person born in the 2nd generation could have become a Canadian citizen after the 2009 changes. That circumstance has to do with the person's Canadian parent/grandparent being abroad for the purpose of Crown service. See...

I agree that the 2009 changes removed the obligation of Paul's father to retain and returned the citizenship that he lost in his 20s, and that he is now a citizen from his date of birth or January 1, 1947 (whichever date is later). I agree that those same changes removed the obligation of a...

Note: I wrote this before noticing that hawk39 had already answered. I agree with what he wrote and add this, some of which is redundant. Perhaps I'm missing the point you're making here, but we discussed a Delayed Registration of Birth Abroad earlier in this thread. The reason you and Paul...

Nothing to correct in that one, hawk39! :) Every country has a right to define who is a citizen of that country, and the government of Canada (actually, the previous government) made the decision to cut citizenship off after the first generation born abroad. It is very unlikely that a court...

Well, since you asked...lol. Everything you wrote is correct, except that Paul's father benefited from the 2009 changes, not 2015. The 2009 changes helped most all of the first generation born abroad, except those whose parents had ceased to be British subjects before 1947. The 2015 changes...