Hi!
I've been looking into pathways into Canada lately. My grandpa was Canadian, my grandma is a citizen and I've always been very proud of the connection. As a child I learned english so I could talk to grandpa over the phone. I've visited a few times and loved it! I currently live in Poland.
Someone elsewhere suggested I look into eligibility for citizenship so I would like to ask about some additional insight about this topic.
Some info:
My Grandfather was Polish-Canadian. He was born and raised in Canada and served in the Navy. He was not my mother's father - he married my grandmother before I was born.
My Grandmother is a Canadian citizen. We moved her back to Poland with us to take care of her after Grandpa passed a few years ago.
I took the IRCC "Am I Canadian?" test out of curiosity, and noticed this segment:
"When my parent was born or adopted, my grandparent was a Canadian citizen (or a British subject, born or naturalized in Canada before 1947) who was employed outside Canada as a Crown servant."
If I select this as applicable, it takes me to a result that says "You are probably a Canadian citizen". Does serving in the Royal Navy make my grandpa a Crown Servant? Would an appropriate step to take be, for example, looking into my Grandpa's service history?
Realistically, do these family ties help my case for Citizenship by descent or PR at all? I realize I'm probably making a huge reach here but honestly this has honestly been very difficult to research between the overwhelming amount of tabs, pages and forms.
Thanks for your time and sorry for the trouble.
I've been looking into pathways into Canada lately. My grandpa was Canadian, my grandma is a citizen and I've always been very proud of the connection. As a child I learned english so I could talk to grandpa over the phone. I've visited a few times and loved it! I currently live in Poland.
Someone elsewhere suggested I look into eligibility for citizenship so I would like to ask about some additional insight about this topic.
Some info:
My Grandfather was Polish-Canadian. He was born and raised in Canada and served in the Navy. He was not my mother's father - he married my grandmother before I was born.
My Grandmother is a Canadian citizen. We moved her back to Poland with us to take care of her after Grandpa passed a few years ago.
I took the IRCC "Am I Canadian?" test out of curiosity, and noticed this segment:
"When my parent was born or adopted, my grandparent was a Canadian citizen (or a British subject, born or naturalized in Canada before 1947) who was employed outside Canada as a Crown servant."
If I select this as applicable, it takes me to a result that says "You are probably a Canadian citizen". Does serving in the Royal Navy make my grandpa a Crown Servant? Would an appropriate step to take be, for example, looking into my Grandpa's service history?
Realistically, do these family ties help my case for Citizenship by descent or PR at all? I realize I'm probably making a huge reach here but honestly this has honestly been very difficult to research between the overwhelming amount of tabs, pages and forms.
Thanks for your time and sorry for the trouble.