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No problem, happy to clear up any ambiguity you may have perceived. It helps out the community who might have similar thoughts. :)

Your wife can sponsor your child for PR and immediately file for citizenship under 5(2) as a naturalized citizen; PR children do not have to meet the 1095-day residency obligation as long as one parent is Canadian. The only obstacle is for your wife to prove that she intends to move to Canada to...

It should affect those born before 1977 as well, but keep in mind that before 1977, there was a pathway for citizenship by descent for any generation with a married Canadian father by registering the child's birth with the Canadian embassy, then there was the delayed registration period from...

How do you believe it is unfair if a substantial connection test is required? The change mostly, if not all, affects first-generation born abroad parents born after 1977 who were raised in Canada as minors and moved abroad as adults for career or family; they already have a substantial...

Technically, the generational limit is still in effect because the judge suspended her ruling for six months. My guess would be that IRCC could be processing them and holding off on sending citizenship certificates until the suspension expires, setting them aside, or they could be returning...

The judge's ruling completely removed the generational limit; in theory, this could retroactively make anyone with a Canadian ancestor that did not renounce their citizenship a citizen. The 2009 Act basically did this with 3(1)(b) and (g), but with the built-in generational limit stopping it...

The government said they would not appeal the ruling. The planned amendment by Parliament is a non-consecutive three-year residency test for the parent before the birth of the child for children born after the 2009 Act was enacted. This means that your wife needed to have lived in Canada for...

Sorry, but you do not have a claim to citizenship by descent. There are actually a few reasons from your narrative, but the main one is that your mother was born before your grandfather had even established residency in Montreal, much less Canadian citizenship. By the time he had moved to...

Canada does not and has never allowed a parent to renounce their child's citizenship; it is a formal and voluntary process that only an adult applicant can go through. Automatic loss due to a parent's action is not renunciation because it is considered involuntary. There is nothing to apply...

Whether you had lost your Canadian citizenship when you were adopted is no longer an issue; any citizenship lost due to any reason except for formal renunciation or acquisition by fraud was restored by the 2009 Act. As of today, you have Canadian citizenship with your birth certificate being...

Yes, you do. You are deriving your citizenship from your father, not your grandmother. Since you have a half-sibling that is willing to help you out, I would suggest that you ask him/her to obtain your father's birth certificate from his province of birth, a copy of his/her own birth...

Are you sure that's all you know about your grandfather? There are some details you should find out, such as where his parents are from, and what his status was before and after the commencement of the 1947 Act. Sounds like he abandoned your grandmother and father, so anything you've heard...

Depends on if the birth country grants unrestricted jus soli citizenship.

@iSaidGoodDay gave you two solutions; to look into debt consolidation and to find a job or multiple jobs. A RESPONSIBLE person would take any job or multiple jobs and earn something instead of nothing until they find something better or related to their field.

If you are also still a citizen of your home country, then you may be subject to the Master Nationality Rule. Basically, if you are charged with a crime in your home country, then Canada will not be able to protect you.

Yes, there is a manual. https://www.canada.ca/content/dam/ircc/migration/ircc/english/resources/manuals/enf/enf04-eng.pdf

Indeed, because if the judge's order is left as-is, by invalidating 3(3) entirely, this would potentially open up citizenship for anyone who had a Canadian ancestor, regardless of how far removed. In my opinion, I believe the judge could have simply ordered that 3(1)(b) be removed from the text...

The judge suspended her ruling for six months to give Parliament time to amend the Citizenship Act so the limit is technically still in effect. I would advise the OP to hold off until May (the 5th month after the ruling) or until Parliament makes the amendments into law before submitting the...

https://www.cbsa-asfc.gc.ca/security-securite/rem-ren-eng.html#:~:text=With%20a%20Departure,Canada%20(ARC). https://www.canada.ca/content/dam/ircc/migration/ircc/english/resources/manuals/enf/enf10-eng.pdf https://laws-lois.justice.gc.ca/eng/regulations/SOR-2002-227/page-30.html#h-689321 A...

Please explain how a Charter violation can make one ignorant of the law. The OP's grandfather was required and had the opportunity to make a declaration to retain his citizenship and the mother would have had the opportunity and been required to register her birth had he made a declaration...