Hello. I submitted this question through the IRCC website (as it is the only way to contact them as a non-Canadian) but I only got a generic preformed response that said to fill out CIT-001 and see what happens. Unfortunately, that didn't really answer my question and after searching the internet if other people had asked this question, I came upon this forum and am hoping someone would be able to help me out.
My grandfather emigrated to Canada from China in the 1950s as a "paper son", or one who assumed the identity of a citizen or sponsored family member of a citizen to gain entry of that citizen's country. Through an amnesty program in the 1960s, he was granted Canadian citizenship and was able to bring over my grandmother and mother (who was 13 at the time) from China, and shortly thereafter, they were also granted Canadian citizenship. My mother then lived in Canada for 13 years until she came to the United States to marry my father. I myself was born in 1981 in the United States.
Seeing as that the United States recognized multiple citizenships, I believe my mother would still be considered a Canadian citizen (as see has not renounced it in front of a Canadian official). At first, I believed that my mother, having been born in China, would be considered the first generation, thus making me ineligible to apply for citizenship by descent. However on the website for the Canadian embassy in Germany, I read that if someone was born or naturalized in Canada and had children outside of Canada, then that person's children would be considered the first generation born outside of Canada, and eligible for citizenship by descent.
So my question is... what generation would I be considered? Thank you in advance for any help or clarity you can give me regarding this question.
My grandfather emigrated to Canada from China in the 1950s as a "paper son", or one who assumed the identity of a citizen or sponsored family member of a citizen to gain entry of that citizen's country. Through an amnesty program in the 1960s, he was granted Canadian citizenship and was able to bring over my grandmother and mother (who was 13 at the time) from China, and shortly thereafter, they were also granted Canadian citizenship. My mother then lived in Canada for 13 years until she came to the United States to marry my father. I myself was born in 1981 in the United States.
Seeing as that the United States recognized multiple citizenships, I believe my mother would still be considered a Canadian citizen (as see has not renounced it in front of a Canadian official). At first, I believed that my mother, having been born in China, would be considered the first generation, thus making me ineligible to apply for citizenship by descent. However on the website for the Canadian embassy in Germany, I read that if someone was born or naturalized in Canada and had children outside of Canada, then that person's children would be considered the first generation born outside of Canada, and eligible for citizenship by descent.
So my question is... what generation would I be considered? Thank you in advance for any help or clarity you can give me regarding this question.
