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I am Canadian!

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First thing... this is not a political rant, clickbait or about Molson beer slogans. I just wanted to share a big moment.

It came as quite a shock today, picking up my mail to see an envelope from Immigration. I honestly thought it was bad news about my application status. Instead, I opened the envelope and discovered a beautiful Canadian Citizenship certificate was inside. This is my long awaited "confirmation" of citizenship, in essence the government is confirming I have been Canadian since birth. I couldn't believe seeing the certificate would make me cry, but wow, this was such an emotional moment for many reasons.

I will still treasure having British citizenship, but I honestly can't wait another moment to apply for a Canadian passport and will start that process tonight. I will not miss renewing my Permanent Resident status every five years, or keeping up with all the ESTA applications to travel to the US. I will finally be able to check in online for flights, breeze through the airport and not need special screening of my documents. All great things for someone who loves to travel (as I'm sure many of you can relate to).
 
Congratulations!

I felt the same back in 1973 when I was sworn in as a US citizen and received my naturalization certificate. Still British at heart but very much an American now.
 
Remember Canadians are not traveling to US anymore. Congrats on exercising your birth right.
 
Congrats Marmite! We love Canada and the people who live there!
 
Congratulations. šŸ‡ØšŸ‡¦šŸ‡ØšŸ‡¦šŸ‡ØšŸ‡¦

Bill
 
Congratulations, I am glad this has made you so happy!
 
Congratulations that was a very special envelope. Treasure the content inside that envelope. :thumbup: :thumbup: :thumbup: :thumbup: :thumbup: :thumbup: :thumbup: :thumbup: :thumbup:
 
How long did it take. I need to get my Act together and apply for Canadian Citizenship. My Dad was born in Canada and lived there until he was 18. Once I get it done my Kids can apply. My middle Son is also looking to apply to several European Countries.
 
Having been born and raised in MI we spent plenty of time in Canada. Beautiful country with beautiful people. Congrats.
 
geist1223 said:
How long did it take. I need to get my Act together and apply for Canadian Citizenship. My Dad was born in Canada and lived there until he was 18. Once I get it done my Kids can apply. My middle Son is also looking to apply to several European Countries.
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I'm not sure what the wait is for applying for Canadian Citizenship, it depends on the situation and they give you the approximate current wait times on their website (there is a link to find out processing times on this page). My situation is being born abroad to a Canadian mother (while living in England). My wait time when I applied was supposed to be 4 months, but it ended up taking 14 months (they received my application in December 2024). I do not think this is the norm, they were having difficulty finding a copy of a specific document that they were searching for.

Also, there is new legislation that applies,The Citizenship Act has just been amended by Bill C-3, permanently ending the first-generation limit that prevented people from being recognized as Canadian citizens. I don't know all the details, but yes, there are ways for people to claim their citizenship even back through a great-grandparent.

Both my daughters are born in Canada so are Canadian Citizens, but for the youngest we applied on her behalf for British Citizenship (just last year) and although there was a lot of back-and-forth, it was a very quick for her to get her Citizenship, approximately 3 months. Good luck with your application process. I had a hard time answering some of the questions about where my mother was living during specific years, I can only imagine how little information I would have had if trying to apply based on information about a great-grandparent!
 
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Remember Canadians are not traveling to US anymore. Congrats on exercising your birth right.
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Thanks for the congratulations. I still have a lot of šŸ©¶ for my American neighbours (many of which are on TUG) and do continue to travel there.
 
Congratulations from a fellow Canuk! I remember how excited my late in-laws were when they finally got their Canadian citizenship (both also born in the UK).

~Diane
 
am1 said:
Remember Canadians are not traveling to US anymore. Congrats on exercising your birth right.
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This one is as many others are. Problem is the $1.42 ish exchange rate. The retirees can't afford it any longer. Congrats on your citizenship.
 
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