Might have to renounce; easy to regain with Canadian birth certificate?

[ufoseeker]

To make a long story short, I might have to renounce/relinquish. I would only renounce if it is relatively painless to regain citizenship. I was born in Canada and obviously have a Canadian birth certificate. I have heard that it's quite easy to regain for holders of a Canadian birth certificate but only once. After that, you wait in line like everyone else.

Is this the case?

Thanks

 

[nwtspam]

Ask Conrad Black.

To make a long story short, I might have to renounce/relinquish. I would only renounce if it is relatively painless to regain citizenship. I was born in Canada and obviously have a Canadian birth certificate. I have heard that it's quite easy to regain for holders of a Canadian birth certificate but only once. After that, you wait in line like everyone else.

Is this the case?

Thanks

 

[Leon]

It is not easy. If you look at http://www.cic.gc.ca/english/citizenship/resume-eligibility.asp you see that you would have to become a permanent resident and then live in Canada for a year before you could apply to regain your citizenship again. It is not getting the citizenship that is hard, it is getting the PR. You would have to qualify for some immigration class to do that, apply, pay a bunch of money, wait for months or years etc.

Why do you want to renounce?

 

[ufoseeker]

There are countries that have a system of allowing people who have renounced (previous birth certificate holders only) a one time shot at regaining their citizenship incase they feel they made a big mistake or had to do it temporarily for political reasons etc.

Was hoping Canada was one of them but maybe not.

 

[ajslp]

It is better not to renounce unless you absolutely have to. It is not a slam dunk that you will get it back.