Grandmother was Canadian Indian can i immigrate to Canada?

[jam7952]

Hi everyone,

My Late grandmother was a Canadian Indian, she was born on a reservation and maintained her dual nationality all her life. She told us all many stories of her life growing up on a Canadian reservation before meeting my grandfather (a Royal Navy Sailor) who lived in Canada with her for a year before marrying her and moving over to the UK.

I have visited Canada on many occasions and would love to take the opportunity to immigrate there with my wife and two young children. On looking at the immigration options available i do not fit in to any of the work criteria due to not having a trade, however i am an executive in a well known telecommunications company.

Based upon my family tree, do i have a right to claim for Canadian citizenship? I am aware of the changes to these laws recently, but given the fact my grandmother was Canadian Indian and not just naturalized there do i have a valid claim? I have heard so many different pieces of conflicting information on this and would be hugely grateful if someone could offer some clarification. I have been told that i should have a right to citizenship as my Grandmother was a native of Canada, is this the case?

Any help is very much appreciated.

Thanks in advance

 

[PMM]

Hi

Hi everyone,

My Late grandmother was a Canadian Indian, she was born on a reservation and maintained her dual nationality all her life. She told us all many stories of her life growing up on a Canadian reservation before meeting my grandfather (a Royal Navy Sailor) who lived in Canada with her for a year before marrying her and moving over to the UK.

I have visited Canada on many occasions and would love to take the opportunity to immigrate there with my wife and two young children. On looking at the immigration options available i do not fit in to any of the work criteria due to not having a trade, however i am an executive in a well known telecommunications company.

Based upon my family tree, do i have a right to claim for Canadian citizenship? I am aware of the changes to these laws recently, but given the fact my grandmother was Canadian Indian and not just naturalized there do i have a valid claim? I have heard so many different pieces of conflicting information on this and would be hugely grateful if someone could offer some clarification. I have been told that i should have a right to citizenship as my Grandmother was a native of Canada, is this the case?

Any help is very much appreciated.

Thanks in advance

Take the quiz. http://www.cic.gc.ca/english/citizenship/rules/index.asp The fact your grand mother was a native has no bearing. She was a Canadian citizen, but if your mother or father was not, you probably aren't

 

[Pippin]

I have no experience with your situation, but did a little google and found this link which might be of interest at some point in your research. http://www.lostcanadians.org/forum/topics/cic-and-citizenship-question
I suggest you do further searches that include the words "First Nations" as they are not called Canadian Indians now. Good Luck, it is an interesting case.

 

[Leon]

Like other people have pointed out, do the self-assessment on the cic website. It can matter what year your grandmother was born as well as that she moved to the UK and not for example to the US. Laws have changed through the years and before 1947, they did not actually have Canadian citizenship as such, only British subjects. It is possible that her children were citizens all along without knowing it. If your parent was a citizen when you were born, you could be too.