Please register to participate in our discussions with 2 million other members - it's free and quick! Some forums can only be seen by registered members. After you create your account, you'll be able to customize options and access all our 15,000 new posts/day with fewer ads.
Hello,
I was wondering if anyone could help with a question that I have: I was born in Calgary. I was adopted by my parents who were US citizens from US working in Canada. My birth parents are Canadian. Shortly after I was adopted we moved to Seattle. I was Naturalized in 1969 to become a US citizen. My birth certificate has my adopted parents name on it not my birth parents. Do I have dual citizenship because I was born in Canada to birth parents who are Canadian? Did I give up my Canadian citizenship when I became a US citizen?
Thanks for any help or where I could get answers to question. I did some research but did not really get any answers.
Even if my Canadian birth cert has my adoptive US parents on it?
I love Canada and have been in contact with blood relatives, but they are not sure.
Thank you.
Going to think about it. Got to save some $$ first!
- you were born in Canada
- you were adopted in Canada by people living and working in Canada at the time
- you have a Canadian birth certificate showing your date and place of birth in Canada
- you were moved out of Canada to another country after you were adopted
You are a citizen of Canada. It doesn't matter whose name is on the birth certificate as your adoptive parents or what their own citizenship is. Their circumstances don't effect your own Canadian citizenship.
If, theoretically, your adoptive parents had been biological ones and they had had you in Canada, you'd still be Canadian because of where you were born. So it doesn't matter that it's their names on the certificate.
If, theoretically, your adoptive parents had been biological ones and they had had you in Canada, you'd still be Canadian because of where you were born. So it doesn't matter that it's their names on the certificate.
It would not matter, I guess, that my adoptive parents, who are US citizens, name is on my Canadian birth certificate.
My Mom seems to think that once I was naturalized in US I gave up any chance to have dual or obtain Canadian citizenship.
I think I won our bet. She owes me a home cooked meal!
Thanks for help.
Please register to post and access all features of our very popular forum. It is free and quick. Over $68,000 in prizes has already been given out to active posters on our forum. Additional giveaways are planned.
Detailed information about all U.S. cities, counties, and zip codes on our site: City-data.com.
Please register to participate in our discussions with 2 million other members - it's free and quick! Some forums can only be seen by registered members. After you create your account, you'll be able to customize options and access all our 15,000 new posts/day with fewer ads.
