You can keep your original citizenship. Just keep in mind that if you run into any issues while in your home country, Canada may be unable to help you.
Can Canadian citizen who formerly were refugee go back home?
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If a sovereign country's charter prohibits dual citizenship, then the government has the right to revoke one's citizenship if that individual acquired another citizenship. "Dura lex, sed lex".
I don’t know if you were successful on going back or if you tried by now; What I can say however, these words coming from a lawyer; There are two different ways you can get sent back which both cases are pretty rare; Sedation which is only for PR’s (that when your protected person status gets removed) and Vacation which is for citizenship. This is when an application gets started on you saying that you have misrepresented from the beginning of you entry; It is also pretty rare because this needs strong evidence to begin with and in most cases they don’t investigate unless there is something strong against your whole immigration history. If you’re situation back home has changed and now you are able to go home by all means go for it, be ready to be questioned but there is a 90% chance that nothing will happen. Be mindful tho if anything goes wrong in your home country, there is little to no power that Canada has to get you out of that situation so you are taking the risk. Try and use your Canadian passport as your home country passport is going to be the biggest red flag, but if you are still gonna need that passport, that is also most probably be fine! You can go back and come back to Canada as no one can refuse your entry, you might get questioned but just be honest and you will be fine. Even in the rarest cases if you get the vacation, you will have the chance to go to court and defend yourself and not just randomly get kicked out.
To sum everything up; Yes, 90-95% chance if you go back, you won’t have a problem.
To sum everything up; Yes, 90-95% chance if you go back, you won’t have a problem.
Cessation. Not sedation. Cessation is not that rare. The government is pursuing cessation cases quite actively these days.
Yes Cessation; Thank you for fixing the typo. You are surely right and it is more common specially these days; However as I mentioned, Cessation only applies to those who hold a Permanent Residence status in Canada and their Protected person status is still active. (AKA are PRs under the protected person label)
Renewing it? I don’t think it would be an issue since Canada won’t even know in most cases. Using however might be a problem. Don’t get me wrong renewing it raises a red flag but that’s only if they know. Although, I would say, it might not actually cause a big problem
Hi i hope everything is well on your end. i meant if you became a citizen as a former refugee . would you still be able to renew your national id in your country of origin if you are still considered citizen of your country of persecution without being an issue or more precisely reavailement,vacation whatever you named it while visiting your home country as a dual citizen
Hi there; I’m not an immigration lawyer nor have ever been a refugee. However, knowing and working at an environment with lots of former refugees what I can tell you is that. I have seen people (former refugees) who have renewed their national ID’s and passports without any issues. I also have seen people being questioned because of it; It is honestly a luck thing I would say. I have not seen people getting into major troubles because of it but it is important to remember that this is only for Citizens; If you are a Permanent resident, avoid doing that at all costs as it can be cause of your status in Canada to be Revoked. I would talk to a professional, lawyer or immigration workers just to be safe. Have your reasons straight and always be prepared for questions. I don’t think it would cause major problems but it is also the biggest red flag if anything. When you do a refugee claim it’s basically claiming the country of your origin can’t protect you from the harms that may receive there; A passport and ID means you own the protection of that country, and if you try and renewing your Passport (Specially if you’re not a citizen) it is like seeking protection from them which is questionable. Generally however, it you are a citizen here and your country allows dual citizenship then I don’t see why it would be a BIG problem. It is highly recommended to use your canadian documents, ID’s and passport as much as possible.
Again I’m not a lawyer nor claim to have the knowledge; I’m just passing the information I’ve heard from professionals or people who’ve had the experience.
Hope this helps a bit.
Again I’m not a lawyer nor claim to have the knowledge; I’m just passing the information I’ve heard from professionals or people who’ve had the experience.
Hope this helps a bit.
very detailed answer thank you so much. in regards with the passport renewal ive heard its the same though but as for the id you do not have to go to embassy. you can go to police station give fingerprints only
according to my understanding to be considered re-availrment you should enter the embassy. as a dul citizen they continue to ask you for the national id for everything such as administrative stuff, hospital,driving licence,school,inheritance and even in airport if you own another passport