quote:The new law offers citizenship to many individuals now in limbo. It also stops the previous practice of granting citizenship in perpetuity to children of Canadians born abroad, limiting eligibility to children of parents born in Canada.
I post this mostly for quidscribis, but I suspect she won't be the only one here affected by this.
Posted by Teshi (Member # 5024) on :
Canada made people renounce their citizenship? Glad they changed that.
Posted by Orincoro (Member # 8854) on :
Unfortunately a lot of countries do that- however in practice the United States is not one of them. I think in theory we do require it, but it is rarely actually done. The Czech Republic required in individuals to renounce their former citizenships to be a citizen here, but as far as I know there is no official way to renounce your citizenship as an American. Even if you make some formal declaration, you can always obtain a copy of your birth certificate, and get a passport, vote, do whatever.
The whole issue as always seemed so strange to me. I've heard people swear up and down that dual citizenship is illegal in so many places (including the US), and then I've seen people with multiple passports from America, France, Portugal, Mexico- you name it.
Posted by Teshi (Member # 5024) on :
I'm a dual citizen with Canadian citizenship, but I immigrated to Canada rather than emigrating from it. You can certainly be a dual citizen with Canadian citizenship, but if you leave they might have been making you renounce Canadian. People emigrating from Canada is pretty rare, so I'm not surprised I've never heard of it.