Am I Canadian by descent?

[AppleJones]

Hi - posting to try and find out if its worth me applying for Canadian Citizenship, would be grateful for any help you can provide.

My Grandma was born in Canada in the 1930s and was a Canadian citizen by birth. She moved to the UK in her early teens, married my Grandpa (british,UK)
My Dad was born in the UK in 1959 and is a Canadian citizen. He is Canadian by descent. He has a Canadian ID card and passport but didn't apply for these documents until sometime in the 90s after I was born, but my understanding from what I have read is that he was automatically a Canadian Citizen when he was born.
I was born in 1989 in the UK. My dad did not apply for citizenship for me or my brother on our behalf when I was a child, but I would like to apply now as an adult.

Am I eligible based on these circumstances. Can I apply as a second generation if my dad automatically became a Canadian citizen when he was born?

If this is all correct, can I still apply or have I left it too late (read somewhere else that you have to do it before your 28th birthday)

Thanks in advance

 

[Gibe]

I don’t think so. Canadian born abroad can’t transmit their citizenship to their children. The only ones that can are Canadian born in Canada or naturalized ones. But depending on when you were born that may change.

You can verify this here: https://www.canada.ca/en/immigration-refugees-citizenship/services/canadian-citizenship/become-canadian-citizen/eligibility/already-citizen.html

 

[zardoz]

Hi - posting to try and find out if its worth me applying for Canadian Citizenship, would be grateful for any help you can provide.

My Grandma was born in Canada in the 1930s and was a Canadian citizen by birth. She moved to the UK in her early teens, married my Grandpa (british,UK)
My Dad was born in the UK in 1959 and is a Canadian citizen. He is Canadian by descent. He has a Canadian ID card and passport but didn't apply for these documents until sometime in the 90s after I was born, but my understanding from what I have read is that he was automatically a Canadian Citizen when he was born.
I was born in 1989 in the UK. My dad did not apply for citizenship for me or my brother on our behalf when I was a child, but I would like to apply now as an adult.

Am I eligible based on these circumstances. Can I apply as a second generation if my dad automatically became a Canadian citizen when he was born?

If this is all correct, can I still apply or have I left it too late (read somewhere else that you have to do it before your 28th birthday)

Thanks in advance

By all means apply for proof of citizenship but in the end, I think that you will be determined to be ineligible. Good luck however...

 

[hawk39]

Hi - posting to try and find out if its worth me applying for Canadian Citizenship, would be grateful for any help you can provide.

My Grandma was born in Canada in the 1930s and was a Canadian citizen by birth. She moved to the UK in her early teens, married my Grandpa (british,UK)
My Dad was born in the UK in 1959 and is a Canadian citizen. He is Canadian by descent. He has a Canadian ID card and passport but didn't apply for these documents until sometime in the 90s after I was born, but my understanding from what I have read is that he was automatically a Canadian Citizen when he was born.
I was born in 1989 in the UK. My dad did not apply for citizenship for me or my brother on our behalf when I was a child, but I would like to apply now as an adult.

Am I eligible based on these circumstances. Can I apply as a second generation if my dad automatically became a Canadian citizen when he was born?

If this is all correct, can I still apply or have I left it too late (read somewhere else that you have to do it before your 28th birthday)

Thanks in advance

This is mostly likely how your father got his Canadian citizenship, because married Canadian women were not able to pass citizenship down to their children before 1977:

• "Although married women were unable to pass down citizenship to their offspring under the 1947 Act, a provision in the 1977 Act (paragraph 5(2)(b)), before it was repealed on 17 April 2009, also allowed children born to Canadian mothers in wedlock before 1977 to apply for Canadian citizenship through a special grant before 14 August 2004. Unlike the delayed registration, the grant of citizenship under this provision was not retroactive to birth, and hence children born to such parents would not be Canadian citizens by descent if they were born before their parents' citizenship was granted, because the parents were not yet Canadian citizens at the time of their birth."

So since your father got his citizenship after you were born, you are not be able to claim Canadian citizenship by descent at all.

 

[Triol80t]

Please what can I do if I am waiting for my proof of citizenship and I intend travelling to Canada as an adult now born abroad 1st generation.

Regards