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clbremer

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Feb 1, 2019
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Hi there,

My mom was born in Canada to a Canadian Mom and a father from the United States in December of 1947. At some point later in life, my mom moved to the US and eventually became a US Citizen. At the time she did this, she was made to renounce her Canadian citizenship due to Canada not allowing dual citizenship at the time.

Now, I am interested in the possibility of becoming a Canadian citizen...I guess I have two options...

My mom attempts to reinstate her Canadian Citizenship, then I follow suit (unlikely because she is worried ICE will round her up...Funny, I know)

I attempt to get Citizenship based on her and her mom being from Canada...

Any advice would be helpful...
Thanks
 
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Wyfarer

Full Member
Jul 19, 2018
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This is my story:

https://www.canadavisa.com/canada-immigration-discussion-board/threads/canadian-citizenship-really-oh-my.572663/

I just got my Proof of Canadian Citizenship Certificate the middle of last month, now in the process of getting my Canadian Passport.

Mom was born in Canada in 1929 (Canadian dad/American mother), moved across the border at four months old, became Naturalized (US) at the age of 11 years old when her dad did in 1941. I was a first born to mom in 1960 and that's what shows up on my Certificate.

A couple other points:

1. I don't know that your mom renounced her Canadian citizenship, it was "renounced" for her--bad laws and poor legislation

2. You should be able to do all this (becoming a Canadian citizen--actually, in my case, I already was, just needed the Cert.; that's what the application confirms or doesn't) without your mom's consent, help, indorsement--you will need her birth certificate and yours during filing, plus some other paperwork as to your identity.

3. Don Chapman's book, The Lost Canadians, is a good read; sounds like you are one of the Lost Canadians off-spring like I was.

The Cert process/app will be about five months...I got some incredible shortcuts and answers in my thread link above from fellow posters here.
 
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hawk39

Hero Member
Mar 26, 2017
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clbremer said:
Hi there,

My mom was born in Canada to a Canadian Mom and a father from the United States in December of 1947. At some point later in life, my mom moved to the US and eventually became a US Citizen. At the time she did this, she was made to renounce her Canadian citizenship due to Canada not allowing dual citizenship at the time.

Now, I am interested in the possibility of becoming a Canadian citizen...I guess I have two options...

My mom attempts to reinstate her Canadian Citizenship, then I follow suit (unlikely because she is worried ICE will round her up...Funny, I know)

I attempt to get Citizenship based on her and her mom being from Canada...

Any advice would be helpful...
Thanks
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Did your mother become a US citizen as a minor because her parent also became a US citizen? If she did, then her Canadian citizenship would have been automatically restored because loss as a minor due to a parent's action is not recognized today.

Did your mother just assumed that she had lost her Canadian citizenship when she became a US citizen, or did she officially renounce it to a Canadian government official?
  • If the former happened, then while she did lose it under the 1947 Act, it was automatically restored to her under the 2009 Act.
  • If, before your birth, the latter happened, then even if she went through the process and requirements for restoration, I don't think you would be eligible for citizenship by descent because her restoration would not be retroactive to her date of loss and she would not be deemed to have been a citizen when you were born.
  • If, after your birth, the latter happened, then I think you became eligible for citizenship by descent under the 2009 Act because your mother was still Canadian when you were born.
Unfortunately, citizenship by descent today is based on your parent's status when you were born, so your grandmother's status does not help you.

So, you need to find out if and when your mother had officially renounced her Canadian citizenship to a Canadian government official. Even though the US naturalization oath says that you renounce all foreign allegiances, this is not recognized as an official renunciation by Canada.
 
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