Hello,
I am about to send my package application for citizenship, I have already been in Canada as a Permanent Resident for about 3 and half years.
I was born in Chile, so I am chilean by birth right, plus one of my grandparents was Italian so I have Italian passport, as they allow up to third generation. I lived for a few years in Italy in the past, and loved it so much, I have some relatives still and so it is important to keep my Italian passport.
Because I immigrate to Canada 10 years ago (work permit, PR, and now citizenship), I would like to vote and be certain this is my home, so my question is could I apply for Canadian Citizenship without having to give up my chilean and Italian citizenship?
As I have been reading in this Forum it should be ALRIGHT... Although I have a friend that tolde me his citizenship was rejected because of this:
He is born in Ecuador, and grew up in the US, and now moved to Canada for the last 9 years, so in his process to become Canadian citizen he was asked to give up on ONE of his other TWO citizenship...
Any clues?
I have also read, for Ecuador it could be a bit tricky in terms of citizenship by naturalization...
I know as fact that Chile allows TWO PASSPORTS, also I know by fact that CANADA allows TWO PASSPORTS... So any insight would be greatly appreciated!
Thanks in advance
I am about to send my package application for citizenship, I have already been in Canada as a Permanent Resident for about 3 and half years.
I was born in Chile, so I am chilean by birth right, plus one of my grandparents was Italian so I have Italian passport, as they allow up to third generation. I lived for a few years in Italy in the past, and loved it so much, I have some relatives still and so it is important to keep my Italian passport.
Because I immigrate to Canada 10 years ago (work permit, PR, and now citizenship), I would like to vote and be certain this is my home, so my question is could I apply for Canadian Citizenship without having to give up my chilean and Italian citizenship?
As I have been reading in this Forum it should be ALRIGHT... Although I have a friend that tolde me his citizenship was rejected because of this:
He is born in Ecuador, and grew up in the US, and now moved to Canada for the last 9 years, so in his process to become Canadian citizen he was asked to give up on ONE of his other TWO citizenship...
Any clues?
I have also read, for Ecuador it could be a bit tricky in terms of citizenship by naturalization...
I know as fact that Chile allows TWO PASSPORTS, also I know by fact that CANADA allows TWO PASSPORTS... So any insight would be greatly appreciated!
Thanks in advance