Grandfather born in Canada - just a child when the law changed -am I still eligible for citizenship?

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Am I the only one who is really curious to know how it ends ?

 

[hawk39]

Hi there! My grandfather was also born in Canada. He was born in 1924 in Ontario and moved to Detroit with his parents when he was very young. He fought in WWII and was offered US citizenship then, so he became one probably around 1942. My mother was born in 1955 in Washington DC, and I don't know whether they ever registered proof of her birth abroad. Would she still be able to apply for proof of citizenship or is it not worth it? I'm not sure if my grandfather gave up his Canadian citizenship at the time he became at US citizen, but would the 2009 changes nullify that, giving my mom citizenship?

When your grandfather became an US citizen in 1942, he would have automatically lost his British subject status and did not become a Canadian citizen in 1947, so he would not have been able to register your mother's birth anyway. The 2015 changes gave citizenship to those that had lost it as a British subject except if they had voluntarily renounced. So your grandfather became a Canadian citizen by birth in 2015, and because of this, your mother is eligible for citizenship by descent.

From what I've learned, it looks like myself (and my 2 siblings) would not qualify due to being born in the 2nd generation (all of us were born in the US before 1990) because my mother would have become a citizen in 2009, correct?

Correct, except it's 2015, not 2009.