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But am I right in thinking that if you have had your citizenship application form in for some months, it will be accepted. Or do you think it will be returned???

I did check before I posted, but could find nothing about it. Have you any idea when the transfer took place. Many thanks.

I just noticed that the months have increased from 11 months to 29 months for those sponsoring their family through London!!! Out of around 27 or so offices around the world, London is the third longest. I know there is nothing that can be done about it, but it seems incredibly harsh and...

Will soon be selling up and moving from UK to Canada. Can anyone suggest the best way of transferring funds for new house etc? Am thinking of money transfer companies like Moneycorp or UKForex instead of the bank, but would really appreciate some input or information from others who have...

'Why make us wait indeed!'. It is unfair as we have been waiting for several years already. I had an email from Ottawa when I queried why the wait when the procedures were already there for the previous Bill. Their return comment was that those procedures only applied to Bill C-37 and Bill...

I am in the same boat - born in wedlock, pre-1947 to a Canadian Mother, non Canadian father. I have applied and have been informed from Ottawa that the Lost Canadian part of Bill C-24 comes into effect late May. My application will sit there until they start proceedings. However, I have also...

Yes, you should be. Contact the Canadian Consular Office in London. They should be able to help you. I wish you luck.

It is absolutely inexcuseable that they cannot give us an exact date (or even month) when Bill C-24 will come into force. Not sure what they hope to gain from keeping us all in the dark. Some of the Bill was enforced on Royal Assent, so if they can start part of it, they surely know when other...

I understand there is no coming into force date for the Lost Canadians either! Could be anytime within the next ten years!

Does anyone know if a coming-into-force date has been issued for any of Bill C-24, especially those affected by the change of 3-4 years to 4 in 6 years???

It may depend on the date your family left Canada. As per usual, the rulings are very difficult to work out and in some cases incomprehensible. So, I would wait for the 'Am I a citizen' tool to be up and running.

I get stopped and questioned every time I arrive in Canada - and I am English - white skin. It has nothing to do with the colour of your skin. Once I had to wait and be questioned over a two hour period before being let in. I have never committed any crime either.

Do you know this far a fact, and how did you get the information that some Lost Canadians have been informed?

This topic has descended into racism. I think Canada and other western countries have taken in many more asylum seekers, immigrants and others for permanent settlement than any of the other countries around the globe. I would never be able to become a citizen of India, Pakistan, China, Japan...

Perhaps the man's parents were not Canadian citizens or had Canadian citizenship. There are documented cases of couples having their baby in Canada while not being being PRs or citizenships. This is the only way I can see that the CIC issued a passport in error to someone not entitled to one.

Just for interest, I give below a section of an email I received from the Office of Mr. Tom Mulcair back in March. "The NDP supports reforming the Citizenship Act, which has not been revised since 1977. We welcome the changes that include extending citizenship to “lost Canadians,” expediting...

There are some good points in Bill C-24 are being missed, and the only people who should worry are those who seek to gain citizenship fraudulently, those who want to engage in terrorism and those who just want to grab their citizenship and go live in another country. The Canadian Forces will...

I found the article confusing to say the least. Where did they get the increase to 8-10 years? I couldn't find it in the Bill. I thought mainly the only ones to lose citizenship would be terrorist or fraudsters. Not 99.999% of the rest. Yes, we may have to wait another year, but if you are...

I couldn't agree more, but how do they do that?

Bill C-37 was a relatively simple Bill. Not as complex as C-24, so the two can't be compared as far as a time-frame is concerned.