You may be a Canadian Citizen and you thought you were only a landed immigrant like I did. (naturalization, certificate)

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I started this thread from a prior concern and thread I'd started and this was information posted at the end so it may get missed, it is indeed helpful for those that may be in the same predicament I thought I was in.

You may be a Canadian Citizen and not a landed immigrant. Or you may have thought you lost your Canadian Citizenship and you have not.

This is a quote from Lasbagman's information that guided me to "The Lost Canadians website." It also explains how someone in my predicament is actually a Canadian citizen and only needs to send in the appropriate documents.

The third point applies to me as I was born in CA to a Canadian mother in 1964 but immigrated to Canada in 1969. I thought I would lose my Canadian landed immigrant status as I had been working abroad for 10 years, only back to Canada 3 times and didn't know I needed a permanent resident card and had to stay in the Canada for certain time increments to keep landed immigrant status.

It turns out a man named Don Chapman single handedly got a bill passed through parliament called Bill C-37 which helps landed immigrant people like me as well as people who were born in Canada and lost citizenship and other scenarios as well.

It's worth a read.

Here is a page that I linked with the basic information to get you started if you fall into any of the points and need to get your citizenship papers.

*(It takes 12-15 months to process but if you meet the criteria in the provided link you can expedite the process and could get your citizenship card in 8 weeks.)

-To summize, you may THINK you are a landed immigrant or permanent resident in Canada, but you are in fact a Canadian Citizen if you meet the criteria below.

-You make think you lost Canadian Citizenship but you may in fact be a Canadian Citizen if you meet the criteria below.

Thanks again Lasbagman!


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https://docs.google.com/View?id=dgs6...fsxxv9gj&pli=1
Lost Canadians Citizenship FAQ

(Frequently Asked Questions)
Qualifying

What is a "Lost Canadian"
Lost
Canadians are individuals who believed themselves to be Canadian
citizens, but actually lost their citizenship (or never had citizenship)
through the operation of either the Canadian Citizenship Act, or prior
legistlation.


Did some Lost Canadians become citizens?
Yes. Bill C-37, which received Royal Assent on April 17, 2008, amends the Citizenship Act
to give Canadian citizenship to those who lost or never had it, due to
outdated provisions in existing and former legislation. The law came
into effect on April 17, 2009, one year following Royal Assent.
People
who are citizens when the law came into force did not lose their
citizenship as a result of these amendments. The law is retroactive to
the time of birth or loss of citizenship, and gives citizenship to:

• People
  who became citizens when the first citizenship act took effect on
  January 1, 1947 (including people born in Canada prior to 1947 and war
  brides) and who then lost their citizenship;

• Anyone who was born in Canada or became a Canadian on or after January 1, 1947, and who then lost citizenship; and

• Anyone
  born abroad to a Canadian on or after January 1, 1947, if not already a
  citizen, but only if they are the first generation born abroad.

The
exceptions are those born in Canada to a foreign diplomat, those who
renounced their citizenship with Canadian authorities, and those whose
citizenship was revoked by the government because it was obtained by
fraud. (From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia)


What does it take qualify as a natural-born Canadian citizen?
Either:

1. Birth
   in Canada: in general, anyone born in Canada from 1947 onwards acquired
   Canadian citizenship at birth. The only exceptions concern children
   born to diplomats, where additional requirements apply. Most persons
   born in Canada before 1947 acquired Canadian citizenship on 1 January
   1947 if still living at that date.
2. Birth by Descent. All
   individuals born outside Canada in the first generation born abroad to a
   parent who was a Canadian citizen at the time of the birth, are
   automatically recognized as Canadian citizens (retroactive to date of
   birth or date citizenship was lost) if the parent was born in Canada, or
   if the parent became a Canadian citizen, that is, by immigrating to
   Canada and being granted citizenship through naturalization. (From
   Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia)
   
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   Here's the link for your Canadian citizen application. Yes it is in the link I provided above to get you started.
   
   Application for a citizenship certificate under Section 3

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