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Because your mother is a native-born Canadian, then the requirement is not applicable to you. If she had lost her Canadian citizenship before 1977 because of her parents, while it is true that she was not Canadian when you were born, she would have gotten it back automatically with the 2009...

Under the law, citizens by descent are considered citizens at birth, so the certificate will be dated from your date of birth. However, because of the generational limit still in place, your children will not be able to claim citizenship by descent from you at this time (despite you now...

Prior to that date, multiple citizenships were generally not allowed by Canada. If the parent, most likely being first-generation born abroad, had gotten their Canadian citizenship by descent automatically from the 2009 or 2015 Acts (because the birth had to be registered by age 2 prior to that...

Have you and your siblings tried applying for replacement birth certificates from the provincial government you all were born in? British Columbia https://www2.gov.bc.ca/gov/content/life-events Alberta https://www.alberta.ca/ordering-certificates-documents Saskatchewan...

You're incorrect. Naturalized citizens are the same as native-born citizens and are not considered "born abroad" in relation to passing down citizenship by descent. Since Deanna is a naturalized citizen, Riker is considered the first-generation born abroad and is eligible for citizenship by...

Your spouse is a first-generation born-abroad child to a native-born Canadian, so yes, he can claim citizenship by descent.

The question does not match the trend of the OP's post history. A lot of the OP's posts are 'asking for a friend' questions and would seem to suggest that he/she is already in Canada. The OP could be a consultant seeking free help for their clients, or the account has been hijacked :eek:

Depending on when you were born, as well as your parent's status at that time, because your son was born before the commencement of the 2009 Act, he may already be a citizen by descent too.

The judge didn't ask for a reason for this first extension; she said she does not understand why they could not put something together within the last six months, but she will need an explanation in August if they want another extension to December, which is what they initially asked for when...

Regardless of if, when and where the parents have travelled, under the proposed rules, all that is required is that the parents satisfy the presence test before the child's birth. Here is C-71. the bill to amend the Citizenship Act with the proposed rules. Here is the text in the bill to...

Unfortunately, that is how the law works, sanctions from noncompliance. If the parent does not meet the presence test, then the child does not inherit the parent's citizenship at birth and is not entitled to a passport. It is incumbent on the parents to know the rules. Yes, it is the...

Under the proposed rule, as long as the parent had been physically present in Canada for 1095 days before the child is born, then the child would be a Canadian citizen; in this case, if the parent was in Canada for 1095 days before travelling, then the foreign-born child will be a Canadian citizen.

If the child is not born a Canadian citizen under the law, then the parents need to move to Canada and sponsor the child for PR. Once in Canada, then they can apply for citizenship. And then here comes another Charter lawsuit about how there remains two classes of citizens again... :p I hope...

That any parent, who has citizenship by descent, needs to have physically been present in Canada for 1095 days before the birth of their foreign-born child to be able pass citizenship to said child.

You need to ascertain if your grandfather naturalized as a British subject in Canada. That record listed him as still being an alien in 1916. If he did and did not renounce or have it revoked before Canadian citizenship commenced in 1947, then I believe he became a Canadian citizen in 2015...

I would recommend that anyone in the second or subsequent generation gather their documents but hold off on submitting their applications until C-71 is actually put into law, which would be in a little over a month per the judge's deadline; there is also the possibility of it being challenged...

I think there is an overgeneralized misbelief of who is officially considered a "Lost Canadian". S-245 was originally written to address the second-generation retention requirement but halted to include the proposed changes being discussed now. Within Parliament's website are three links under...

Based on the OP's description of never residing in Canada, the OP is probably a citizen by descent and cannot pass down citizenship to her child; even with the recent ruling, the proposed amendment would require the parent to have been in Canada for 1095 days before the birth of the child...

No problem, happy to clear up any ambiguity you may have perceived. It helps out the community who might have similar thoughts. :)

Your wife can sponsor your child for PR and immediately file for citizenship under 5(2) as a naturalized citizen; PR children do not have to meet the 1095-day residency obligation as long as one parent is Canadian. The only obstacle is for your wife to prove that she intends to move to Canada to...