Help for a friend to re-applying for Canadian Citizenship

[raphael7546 0]

I have a friend who is Canadian, (She is a doctor), married an American in 2000 and needs to re-apply for Canadian Citizenship. Do any of you know how she would go about that or where she should begin?

[zyggy 9]

I have a friend who is Canadian, (She is a doctor), married an American in 2000 and needs to re-apply for Canadian Citizenship. Do any of you know how she would go about that or where she should begin?

Why would she need to reapply... unless she specifically renounced it in front of a Canadian Counsular Officer, she's still a Canadian Citizen...

[warlord 72]

Yeah this is kind of a strange question. I'm just curious why on earth she would want to renounce her citizenship. It's a hassle and really serves no purpose unless she's in some high political office or something high up in the Department of Defence then I can't see why anyone would do that.

Most of us just stay dual...

[rae_and_scott 1]

My guess would be that the OP simply isn't aware, nor is her friend, that you don't lose your Canadian citizenship by marrying an American.

Just my guess though.

[raphael7546 0]

My guess would be that the OP simply isn't aware, nor is her friend, that you don't lose your Canadian citizenship by marrying an American.

Just my guess though.

I Am WELL AWARE that you don't lose your Canadian Citizenship when you move to the states.

This is for someone I know.

She just mentioned this to me while I was running out the door and I couldn't ask her anything further about it. I just sent her an email asking her further info.

I'm thinking maybe she is mistaken and means she needs to get a new passport. As soon as she answers the questions I asked her I'll know more.

I'm not sure if she was an American and moved to Canada and became a Canadian and then moved back or how she got her American status. Which Visa , K-1, K-3 , work visa, whatever.

Like I said, She is a doctor with a practice here.

[Krikit 1,163]

I Am WELL AWARE that you don't lose your Canadian Citizenship when you move to the states.

This is for someone I know.

Whoa. I don't think Rae was being rude, Raphael. Nor anyone for that matter. They're just trying to help.

[rae_and_scott 1]

Thank you Krikit.

I really didn't mean any offense; just guessed the wrong thing.

[DeadPoolX 9]

Even if she's American, had gained Canadian citizenship and then moved back to the U.S., she still couldn't lose her Canadian citizenship. The only two possible explanations I could think of would be that your friend is talking about reapplying for a Canadian Passport (since those do expire, regardless of where you are) or she wasn't a citizen, but a permanent resident, in which case her status as one may have expired due to being outside Canada for too long.

Otherwise, I have no clue. I have a feel, however, that she's merely using the word "citizenship" incorrectly and means something else entirely.

Edited April 8, 2008 by DeadPoolX

[raphael7546 0]

Even if she's American, had gained Canadian citizenship and then moved back to the U.S., she still couldn't lose her Canadian citizenship. The only two possible explanations I could think of would be that your friend is talking about reapplying for a Canadian Passport (since those do expire, regardless of where you are) or she wasn't a citizen, but a permanent resident, in which case her status as one may have expired due to being outside Canada for too long.

Otherwise, I have no clue. I have a feel, however, that she's merely using the word "citizenship" incorrectly and means something else entirely.

Thats what I'm thinking Dead. I think she is confusing her citizenship with her passport.

She hasn't emailed me back yet. Will have to wait and see.

Thanks everyone for your input though!