Hi,
I hoping someone will be able to give me some advise on my scenario. I may be clutching at straws, but there’s a few twists in this tale - Great Grandfather moved from UK and lived in Canada and joined Canadian Armed Services and Grandmother born in Canada.. before moving back to UK as a child. Wondered if either would / could possibly help me apply for Canadian citizenship…
Here’s the history:
1910 - Great Grandfather moved to Canada with Great Grandmother (both British subjects, ~30 years old at the time) to start a new life.
1914 - Great Grandfather joined Canadian Expeditionary Force and went to Europe to fight in World War I. I only mention this date as from what I understand, under the Canadian Immigration Act (1910) he (and his wife, my great grandmother) should have been deemed Canadian citizens as they were now domiciled in Canada for more than 3 years by this point (I think the 3 year requirement increased to 5 years from 1914 onward).
1915 - January - Grandmother born in Canada; 1915 - April - Great Grandfather killed in Europe as part of Canadian Expeditionary Force. I mention this just in case it helps to deal with the "first generation abroad" restriction and the exception about being born overseas but if your grandparent was working overseas then that limitation falls away.
1920 - Grandmother (aged 5-ish) moves back to UK and in the mid 1940s marries a Briton. My Grandmother always referred to being born in Canada and felt a closeness to Canada, but as far as I know, she only ever got a British passport and never really thought about Canadian citizenship - the world was very different back then!
1948 - my father is born (in UK)
1974 - I'm born (in UK)
The overriding question is, is there any way I could apply for Canadian citizenship? My two approaches were:
(i) I wondered if my dad could get Canadian citizenship and overcome the "1 generation" limit because his grandfather (my great grandfather) was working for the Canadian armed services overseas when his Canadian mother (my grandmother) was born. Then, would that mean I could apply for Canadian citizenship because my dad is Canadian...?
(ii) Alternatively, putting my great grandfather to one side, I'm guessing my UK-born-father could apply for Canadian citizenship as his mother (my grandmother) was born in Canada, but I couldn't as I would be second generation...? :-(
A little long winded - I know my dad thought about applying years ago, but I think the rules were different then so he couldn't. Anyway, it might be a long shot, but thought I would ask the experts on here.
Thanks in advance!
I hoping someone will be able to give me some advise on my scenario. I may be clutching at straws, but there’s a few twists in this tale - Great Grandfather moved from UK and lived in Canada and joined Canadian Armed Services and Grandmother born in Canada.. before moving back to UK as a child. Wondered if either would / could possibly help me apply for Canadian citizenship…
Here’s the history:
1910 - Great Grandfather moved to Canada with Great Grandmother (both British subjects, ~30 years old at the time) to start a new life.
1914 - Great Grandfather joined Canadian Expeditionary Force and went to Europe to fight in World War I. I only mention this date as from what I understand, under the Canadian Immigration Act (1910) he (and his wife, my great grandmother) should have been deemed Canadian citizens as they were now domiciled in Canada for more than 3 years by this point (I think the 3 year requirement increased to 5 years from 1914 onward).
1915 - January - Grandmother born in Canada; 1915 - April - Great Grandfather killed in Europe as part of Canadian Expeditionary Force. I mention this just in case it helps to deal with the "first generation abroad" restriction and the exception about being born overseas but if your grandparent was working overseas then that limitation falls away.
1920 - Grandmother (aged 5-ish) moves back to UK and in the mid 1940s marries a Briton. My Grandmother always referred to being born in Canada and felt a closeness to Canada, but as far as I know, she only ever got a British passport and never really thought about Canadian citizenship - the world was very different back then!
1948 - my father is born (in UK)
1974 - I'm born (in UK)
The overriding question is, is there any way I could apply for Canadian citizenship? My two approaches were:
(i) I wondered if my dad could get Canadian citizenship and overcome the "1 generation" limit because his grandfather (my great grandfather) was working for the Canadian armed services overseas when his Canadian mother (my grandmother) was born. Then, would that mean I could apply for Canadian citizenship because my dad is Canadian...?
(ii) Alternatively, putting my great grandfather to one side, I'm guessing my UK-born-father could apply for Canadian citizenship as his mother (my grandmother) was born in Canada, but I couldn't as I would be second generation...? :-(
A little long winded - I know my dad thought about applying years ago, but I think the rules were different then so he couldn't. Anyway, it might be a long shot, but thought I would ask the experts on here.
Thanks in advance!