I want to move back to and work in Canada

[cowpattybill]

I have not found this issue in the forums so far so hopefully someone can assist me.

My mother is a Canadian citizen. She married my American citizen father in the USA and I was born in the USA. When I was 7 we moved to Canada. At the time (1978) I received landed immigrant status. Later as a teenager I obtained a Social Insurance Number and got summer jobs, paid taxes, etc.

When I graduated high school (1988) I moved back to the US and joined the US Navy. Since then I have only been back to Canada a few times to visit family.

Now I want to move back to Canada. I thought I had to apply for a permanent residency card but my situation doesn't seem to fall into those categories. My time away from Canada was not because I was in the company of a canadian citizen, nor was I working for a Canadian company while living in the US.

I've heard some conflicting information. One is that since my mom is a Canadian citizen then I am automatically a Canadian citizen (and US citizen since I was born in the US) and don't need a PR card.

Any ideas on the proper procedures?

I should also mention that my father now has dual citizenship.

 

[PMM]

Hi

I have not found this issue in the forums so far so hopefully someone can assist me.

My mother is a Canadian citizen. She married my American citizen father in the USA and I was born in the USA. When I was 7 we moved to Canada. At the time (1978) I received landed immigrant status. Later as a teenager I obtained a Social Insurance Number and got summer jobs, paid taxes, etc.

When I graduated high school (1988) I moved back to the US and joined the US Navy. Since then I have only been back to Canada a few times to visit family.

Now I want to move back to Canada. I thought I had to apply for a permanent residency card but my situation doesn't seem to fall into those categories. My time away from Canada was not because I was in the company of a canadian citizen, nor was I working for a Canadian company while living in the US.

I've heard some conflicting information. One is that since my mom is a Canadian citizen then I am automatically a Canadian citizen (and US citizen since I was born in the US) and don't need a PR card.

Any ideas on the proper procedures?

I should also mention that my father now has dual citizenship.

If your mother was a Canadian citizen at the time of your birth, then you may be a citizen. It depends on your date of birth. If you were born after 15/02/1977 then you are a Canadian citizen and can apply for proof of citizenship. If you were the second generation born abroad, i.e. you mother was not born born in Canada, but received citizenship in Canada, you had to apply for retention of citizenship before you turned 28 before 17/04/2009. So here is the application http://www.cic.gc.ca/english/information/applications/certif.asp

 

[cowpattybill]

I was born before 1977. My mother is Canadian by birth. My father was a US citizen. Both my older brother and myself were born in the US. When we moved to Canada (or back to Canada for my mom) in 1978 my dad eventually became a Canadian citizen, my mother already was. If I understand correctly, my brother and I remained US citizens but had landed immigrant status.

My father now has dual citizenship.

I'm just not sure what paperwork I have to fill out in order to legally live and work in Canada.

 

[rjessome]

I was born before 1977. My mother is Canadian by birth. My father was a US citizen. Both my older brother and myself were born in the US. When we moved to Canada (or back to Canada for my mom) in 1978 my dad eventually became a Canadian citizen, my mother already was. If I understand correctly, my brother and I remained US citizens but had landed immigrant status.

My father now has dual citizenship.

I'm just not sure what paperwork I have to fill out in order to legally live and work in Canada.

Since your mother is a Canadian citizen by birth, you inherit her citizenship. Follow the link PMM provided for the instructions and required application forms/documents.