Great-Grandparents were Canadian

[TylerST]

I'm a US citizen in a relationship with a Canadian, looking for possible ways to move to Canada, without marriage just yet.



Here is a brief family history.

My Great Grandparents. Born in Canada, Married in Montreal, Died in Ontario.

My Grandmother. Born in a US Detroit Hospital, lived and grew up right across the border in Windsor Canada. Married an American. Spent a period of her adult married life in Canada, at least one of her children was born in Canada. Died of old age in the US. She would have been born sometime, probably, in the 1920s, I'm not exactly sure.

My Father. Born in the US in 1958. Spent some years as a child and teenager living in Canada with his mother and American father. My father died when I was a teenager in a car crash. I know his brother, my uncle, was born in Canada.



From that brief family history, does anyone see any avenues I can pursue to move to Canada?

Was my father possibly a Canadian citizen? I wish I could have asked him. Does his mother's, my Grandmother's, US birth complicate things?

Would it be possible for my uncle to sponsor me, even though he lives in the US? Would it be possible for a very distant relative in Canada sponsor me?

 

[scylla]

No - your uncle can't sponsor you. First of all, he would have to be living in Canada. Secondly, there are very specific criteria he would have to meet (e.g. have no children, have no spouse or common law partner, neither of his parents can still be alive, have no other relatives living in Canada).

It's very difficult to say what your father's Canadian status may have been without more information about whether he obtained permanent residency while living in Canada - or whether he qualified for and obtained derived citizenship - or whether he obtained citizenship through naturalization. Also difficult without knowing this same information about your grandmother. Most likely, you have zero claim to Canadian citzenship. But again, you'd need a lot more information about your father to confirm.

 

[Lammawitch]

In addition to Scylla's remarks: if you and your Canadian partner live together for at least one year s/he could sponsor you as a common law spouse.