Hopefully there's someone terribly knowledgeable or an attorney here who can help me out.
Here's my situation:
Father was born in 1954 in the United States to a Canadian parent. There was no registration of his birth in Canada and no attempt on his part to gain citizenship.
I was born to him in 1987.
Following the 2009 Law, he sent away for and received his citizenship certificate, which apparently makes him a citizen retroactively.
Do I now qualify for citizenship, or is there some special stipulation stating that because he received his citizenship under the 2009 bill's stipulations, I'm no good. I know that no second generation Canadians born abroad after 2009 qualify for citizenship, but some born before do.
Help!
Here's my situation:
Father was born in 1954 in the United States to a Canadian parent. There was no registration of his birth in Canada and no attempt on his part to gain citizenship.
I was born to him in 1987.
Following the 2009 Law, he sent away for and received his citizenship certificate, which apparently makes him a citizen retroactively.
Do I now qualify for citizenship, or is there some special stipulation stating that because he received his citizenship under the 2009 bill's stipulations, I'm no good. I know that no second generation Canadians born abroad after 2009 qualify for citizenship, but some born before do.
Help!