Thanks, bouders!
Thanks, ArdenNJ!
Congratulations.
Thank you.
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IME (naturalised US) this is written in stone. I cannot tell you how many times this has been reiterated (over lots of years) . What I think they would really like is that the same passport to be used, period.
Question re dual US/Canadians. My wife is Canadian (born in Canada) and now US as well. Our kids, born in the US are dual citizens. I gather from @DadTwoGirls’ post that they would not be able to pass on Canadian citizenship to their kids. Is this true even if they live for a period in Canada?
“Our kids, born in the US are dual citizens. I gather from @DadTwoGirls’ post that they would not be able to pass on Canadian citizenship to their kids. Is this true even if they live for a period in Canada?”
I am not a lawyer and I am not a citizenship expert. However, as far as I know, yes this is correct. It doesn’t matter if they live for a while in Canada. However, they are Canadian citizens. If they want to they can live in Canada. If they want to, they can have their kids while they live in Canada. If they have their kids (your grandkids) while living in Canada, then those kids get their Canadian citizenship by being their having been born there (and this would pass for another generation to their kids).
My kids have the same situation (born in the US, one parent was born in Canada). At this point they have lived in the US long enough that if they were to have children, then their kids would be US citizens (if they want to be) regardless of where they are born. However, the laws for getting Canadian citizenship are different.
Citizenship is a complex enough field that I’d consult an attorney expert in such matters, including rights and obligations before making any decisions and reaching conclusions about such issues.
Citizenship issues are going to be a moving target, what was true years ago won't be true in the future. Especially the parental/grandparental kinds of bestowment of citizenship status. I doubt you need to consult an attorney but for sure look at official country websites for up to date changes.
Here is what the government of Canada says on the subject:
http://www.cic.gc.ca/english/resources/tools/cit/acquisition/acquisition.asp
Thanks. That seems pretty clear. One of my kids will be a Silicon Valley denizen. Hard to see him in Canada. The other one began university in Canada and seemed to me to likely to move to Canada. We have very close family there both in Western Canada and Ontario and have a house in Quebec. But, her two older (Toronto-based) cousins have moved to NY and she is now a nurse practitioner. When she was looking for a job, we looked at Canada but concluded that most Canadian provinces don’t yet give NPs the same latitude that have in many states in the US. Now that she has started working in the US and has a BF here, I’d say the odds of Canada are going down. So, I guess the grandkids will likely only be US citizens.
@donnal:
Congrats, I can understand the contradictions you might be feeling, given the history of Germany, but one thing having worked around Germans for years is that the Germans of today are very, very different than the ones who were responsible for the horrors of the Nazi era, it took a couple of generations, but interacting especially with the ones younger than myself, very different country and people:). I theoretically could get dual citizenship in Italy (my dad was born there), but to be honest I wouldn’t want to subject them to my trying to speak Italian (I know there is no requirement for that), the language is too beautiful to subject it to me lol.