Citizenship through grandmother

[Matt99]

Hi,
Recently I have discovered that my grandmother (probably) is a canadian citizen.
Is there any possibility that I am a canadian citizen??
What should I do?? We have no certificates or proof of citizen.

 

[vania]

No.

 

[spyfy]

If you expect a solid answer, be more detailed.

When was your grandma born
Where was your grandma born
When was your mother or father (the child of your grandma) born
What was their gender
Where were they born
Did any of them move away from Canada?
When did they move away?
Where did they move?

And so on.

 

[Matt99]

Hi spyfy thanks for your interest
My grandma was born in 1940
She was born in Italy
Her father was born in Italy too but he obtained canadian citizenship
Her father worked in Canada for several years

 

[Redfield]

Unfortunately only parents can give citizenship to their kids, and even if your dad/mom received their citizenship from their mother, they’d have to be born or you’d have to be born in canada so the i heritance of canadian citizenship is maintained.

 

[hawk39]

Matt99, unfortunately citizenship by descent is now limited to the first generation born abroad, so your grandmother would be the only possible recipient. However, you need to find out when your great-grandfather immigrated and became a Canadian citizen because citizenship by descent only works if the parent is a Canadian citizen when the child is born. So since your grandmother was born in 1940, before the Canadian Citizenship Act was first enacted in 1947, there is a strong possibility that, unless he became a citizen in 1947 because of the Act and can prove that he would been considered a Canadian citizen (i.e. a British subject born, naturalized, or domiciled in Canada prior to 1947) when she was born in 1940, your grandmother is probably not a citizen by descent.

 

[alphazip]

Hi spyfy thanks for your interest
My grandma was born in 1940
She was born in Italy
Her father was born in Italy too but he obtained canadian citizenship
Her father worked in Canada for several years

Since Canadian citizenship only came into being in 1947, your great-grandfather could not have become a Canadian citizen before your grandmother was born in 1940. He could have become a British subject before 1947, in which case he may have become a Canadian citizen if he was living in Canada in 1947. If your grandmother was living with her father in Canada, then she may have become a Canadian citizen at the same time. On the other hand, if you're saying that your great-grandfather went to Canada on his own after 1947 and became a citizen, that would not have given citizenship to his daughter in Italy. You haven't supplied enough information as to when your great-grandfather acquired Canadian citizenship, whether your grandmother ever lived in Canada, etc. However, women generally couldn't pass Canadian citizenship on to their children born abroad until 1977. So, even if your grandmother was a Canadian citizen, her child (your parent) would have to have been born after 1977 for your parent to have inherited Canadian citizenship.

 

[alphazip]

Unfortunately only parents can give citizenship to their kids, and even if your dad/mom received their citizenship from their mother, they’d have to be born or you’d have to be born in canada so the i heritance of canadian citizenship is maintained.

That's usually true, but not always.

Here's an example of a case of descent from a Canadian-born grandparent that gives Canadian citizenship to the grandchild:

Grandfather: born in Canada in 1958, became U.S. citizen in 1980. Dual citizenship allowed as of 1977.
Son: born in USA in 1982, Canadian citizen at birth. Requirement to register eliminated in 1977.
Granddaughter: born in USA in 2007, Canadian citizen at birth. Requirement to retain by age 28 eliminated in 2009.
Grandson: born in USA in 2010, not a Canadian citizen due to 2009 restriction on citizenship by descent.

 

[Matt99]

Thank you for your answers
I will make a final research on my grandparents documents to see dates exc.

 

[itsmyid]

Hi,
Recently I have discovered that my grandmother (probably) is a canadian citizen.
Is there any possibility that I am a canadian citizen??
What should I do?? We have no certificates or proof of citizen.

Just curious, even if you are hypothetically eligible , how are you going to be able to move forward without any certificates or proof of citizenship ? Anybody could have a grandmother who’s ‘probably ‘ a Canadian citizen with nonexistent evidence to prove it ...

 

[Matt99]

I ve seen that I can ask for the proof on cic site 75cad$

 

[itsmyid]

I ve seen that I can ask for the proof on cic site 75cad$

You must be taking about the citizenship certificate ... but in order to get that, don’t you need to provide some proof ? Or anybody can pay $75 and claim to be a Canadian citizen

 

[Matt99]

Yes obviously I need some papers but I don't know preciously what yet, because my priority is to know if I can receive citizenship through my grandma or not. In case I have that possibility I will move forward looking for documents exc.

 

[alphazip]

Thank you for your answers
I will make a final research on my grandparents documents to see dates exc.

Depending on when your great-grandfather became a British subject/Canadian citizen, you may be able to find his record of naturalization here:

Search by name (1915-1946): https://www.bac-lac.gc.ca/eng/discover/immigration/citizenship-naturalization-records/naturalized-records-1915-1951/Pages/search-naturalization-1915-1939.aspx

Search by date (1947-1951): https://www.bac-lac.gc.ca/eng/discover/immigration/citizenship-naturalization-records/naturalized-records-1915-1951/Pages/search-naturalization-1939-1951.aspx

 

[Matt99]

Thank you alphazip I m about to start my search