Any chance for me as a second generation to have citizenship?

[lokiflu]

My grandmother was born in Canada somewhere in the 1920s then she moved abroad, my dad was born abroad in 1940s and was not registered at birth in Canada, he never claimed the citizenship, I was born before the 2009 law change and of course am not registered at birth in Canada.

The question is, can my father claim Canadian citizenship and pass it to me? Or this is not possible because my dad was not a Canadian citizen when I was born?

 

[hawk39]

Assuming that your grandmother did not lose her British Subject status and became a Canadian citizen in 1947 or 2015, I think if your father was not registered but can claim citizenship through his mother because of the 2009 Act, he can not pass it down to his children, since he would be considered the first generation born abroad. Had he been registered when he was born or during the delayed registration period, then you could probably get citizenship from him. So unfortunately, I do not think you can get citizenship by descent through your father.

 

[alphazip]

Your father gained Canadian citizenship in either 2009 or 2015 (the date depending on whether his mother was still a British subject on December 31, 1946). His birth in Canada could not have been registered if he was born in wedlock to a Canadian citizen mother, though he could have applied for a "facilitated grant" of citizenship between 1977 and 2004. Still, that would only have helped you if you were born after the date of the grant. As things stand, because your father was not a Canadian citizen when you were born, you did not inherit Canadian citizenship from him.