Question about Citizenship by Descent

[ic4l]

My mother was born in 1957 in Canada.

She later became an American citizen, and produced me on US soil in 1988.

Am I or can I become Canadian by descent?

 

[Godzilla9]

My mother was born in 1957 in Canada.

She later became an American citizen, and produced me on US soil in 1988.

Am I or can I become Canadian by descent?

Check this website with tool under the table: http://www.cic.gc.ca/english/citizenship/rules/

 

[links18]

You are Canadian, unless your mother renounced Canadian citizenship before you were born.

 

[screech339]

My mother was born in 1957 in Canada.

She later became an American citizen, and produced me on US soil in 1988.

Am I or can I become Canadian by descent?

Yes, you are Canadian by Descent. You can apply for Proof of Citizenship to get certificate.

 

[ic4l]

You are Canadian, unless your mother renounced Canadian citizenship before you were born.

She was a child when my grandparents moved from Canada to the US.

So would she still be considered Canadian?

 

[ic4l]

Yes, you are Canadian by Descent. You can apply for Proof of Citizenship to get certificate.

What is confusing me is the 2009 / 2015 rules

"were born outside Canada to a Canadian parent, were not already a Canadian citizen or you had lost your citizenship in the past, and you were born in the second or subsequent generation (this includes people who failed to retain citizenship)."

My mother has a Canadian birth certificate but i don't know if she was ever a Canadian citizen, or is she automatically one because of birth place?

 

[links18]

What is confusing me is the 2009 / 2015 rules

"were born outside Canada to a Canadian parent, were not already a Canadian citizen or you had lost your citizenship in the past, and you were born in the second or subsequent generation (this includes people who failed to retain citizenship)."

My mother has a Canadian birth certificate but i don't know if she was ever a Canadian citizen, or is she automatically one because of birth place?

Anyone born on Canadian soil (except children of certain diplomatic personnel) are Canadian from birth as are their children regardless of where born. As long as your mom didn't go through a formal renunciation process before you were born (probably not or you'd probably know about it), you are Canadian.

 

[ic4l]

Anyone born on Canadian soil (except children of certain diplomatic personnel) are Canadian from birth as are their children regardless of where born. As long as your mom didn't go through a formal renunciation process before you were born (probably not or you'd probably know about it), you are Canadian.

Thank you .

I'm very happy to hear this.

 

[alphazip]

Thank you .

I'm very happy to hear this.

I agree, you're a Canadian citizen. And, just so to be clear, the fact that your mother renounced her Canadian citizenship to U.S. authorities in connection with becoming a U.S. citizen doesn't matter.