Congratulations new Canadians!

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http://www.cic.gc.ca/english/citizenship/rules.asp

(One Canadian parent? You're a Canadian!)

Not me, though. No Canadian parents.

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Hey, that means feorag's mother is unquestionably Canadian. (Her mother was a war bride; she was born over there in, IIRC, 1946: father died shortly thereafter and widow plus daughter returned to the UK.) I wonder if that means that F could get a Canadian passport?

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Nope. The new law denies citizenship to:

were born outside Canada to a Canadian parent, who are not already citizens or who lost their citizenship in the past, and who were born in the second or next generation abroad (this includes people who failed to retain citizenship)

Unless F's mother's citizenship was previously claimed.

I think.

[autopope.livejournal.com]

Yes, but F was the first generation born abroad. Hmm. I'd have to ask her mother if I could look at her birth certificate.