having said that, if you really wanted to file for citizenship, you should ask a lawyer to be sure and to make sure that any appeals or whatever get filed in a timely manner. In other words, it may already be too late, but five years from now will *definitely* be too late.
On Sat, Mar 13, 2010 at 4:47 PM, Dana <[email protected]> wrote: > 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:313396 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-community/subscribe.cfm Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-community/unsubscribe.cfm
