That is my reading of it. This assumes that your grandfather's child (you don't say if it is your father or your mother) is a Canadian citizen. British citizenship works the same way. I got it because my father was British when I was born, but my children did not.
On Sat, Mar 13, 2010 at 4:30 PM, Casey Dougall <[email protected]> wrote: > > My Grandfather is Canadian, do I still qualify as second generation? Just > wondering, would have been cool to have dual citizenship since we're > neighboring countries and all hehehe. > > If I read this correctly, I should have applied last year because I'm no > longer eligible right? > > http://www.cic.gc.ca/english/citizenship/proof.asp > > On April 17, 2009, the law changed for people born outside Canada. It limits > Canadian citizenship to the *first generation of children born outside > Canada to Canadian citizens*. This means: > > - a child born outside Canada in the second or subsequent generation * > after* the new law comes into effect will not become a Canadian citizen > automatically at birth, and > - a person born in the second or subsequent generation outside Canada * > before* the new law comes into effect *and who is not already a > citizen*will not become a citizen under the new law. > > > ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| Want to reach the ColdFusion community with something they want? Let them know on the House of Fusion mailing lists Archive: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-community/message.cfm/messageid:313395 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-community/subscribe.cfm Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-community/unsubscribe.cfm
