AM I A CANADIAN CITIZEN?

[zalezd]

Hey Everyone I was wondering if anyone has come across a situation similar to mine?

Here are the facts:

Great grandmother born in Uk - in 1907 and Great Grandfather born in Canada in 1906.
They met and married in Canada in 1928.
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My grandmother was born in Canada 1944

The family move to the USA and became US citizens in 1956. Lost Canadian Citizenship.
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My mother was born in USA 1962
I was born in 1983
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***My great grandmother moved back to Canada and passed away in 1987** Retained her Canadian citizenship***
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Grandmother,mother and I still live in the USA.

Question:

If my great grandmother retained her Canadian citizenship after loosing it when she became a citizen of the USA and prior to her death, wouldn't that retroactively cause my grandmothers citizenship to be reinstated, therefore causing my mother to be a Canadian citizen at birth and me be in the first generation?


Any help would be greatly appreciated!!

 

[alphazip]

Your grandmother was born in Canada, lost Canadian citizenship in 1956, then regained it when citizenship changes became effective in 2009. Your mother, as the first generation born abroad, also gained Canadian citizenship in 2009, but you, as the second generation born abroad, did not.

As to your great-grandmother, you say she returned to Canada after losing her Canadian citizenship, and "retained" her citizenship. I think you must mean "resumed." A resumption of citizenship is a grant, meaning it is not retroactive. More on resumption here: http://www.cic.gc.ca/english/resources/tools/cit/acquisition/resumption.asp

 

[Coffee1981]

Sadly if you'd filed your application in 2008 you would have been ok. Sorry bud

 

[screech339]

Sadly if you'd filed your application in 2008 you would have been ok. Sorry bud

It didn't matter when the OP filed the application. The OP would still not be Canadian before 2009 law because the OP's mother was not Canadian at time of OP's birth.

 

[Coffee1981]

It didn't matter when the OP filed the application. The OP would still not be Canadian before 2009 law because the OP's mother was not Canadian at time of OP's birth.

Ah, true. I was still hungry when I wrote that . Apologies.