Hi everyone, I hope this is the right place to ask this, as I've done a bunch of looking around and can't definitively figure out the answer.
My father, through adoption, has been living in the US my whole life. He is still a Canadian citizen, having never bothered to get US citizenship. He's been married to my mother for almost 20 years now. My mother hasn't applied for any sort of Canadian citizenship or residence. My father adopted me after I was an adult, but he has raised me from when I was 12.
I'd like to apply for Canadian citizenship, or permanent residence to citizenship. I've been told from one of my Canadian friends that the adoption makes me eligible due to the first generation relationship. Other people are saying that I don't qualify because despite my adoption, being an adult and my father not living in Canada, I would need to apply for permanent residence like anyone else would.
I'm not even sure what websites have the right information, as the government of Canada site has some dead links, and I see conflicting information on other sites.
If anyone could help me out, I'd be grateful!
My father, through adoption, has been living in the US my whole life. He is still a Canadian citizen, having never bothered to get US citizenship. He's been married to my mother for almost 20 years now. My mother hasn't applied for any sort of Canadian citizenship or residence. My father adopted me after I was an adult, but he has raised me from when I was 12.
I'd like to apply for Canadian citizenship, or permanent residence to citizenship. I've been told from one of my Canadian friends that the adoption makes me eligible due to the first generation relationship. Other people are saying that I don't qualify because despite my adoption, being an adult and my father not living in Canada, I would need to apply for permanent residence like anyone else would.
I'm not even sure what websites have the right information, as the government of Canada site has some dead links, and I see conflicting information on other sites.
If anyone could help me out, I'd be grateful!