To get a Canadian passport?

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Everything that's been happening lately I've been thinking about hedging my bets and taking up my dual nationality... just in case.

My dm was Canadian (deceased now) so I'm guessing based on that I can get Canadian citizenship as well as a British?

Has anybody applied for this? What's the process like? I'm guessing I'll have to get a copy of her birth certificate from her province as I have no idea where hers went (and I vaguely remember her having to do lots of running around to replaced some sort of document that was damaged in a records office in Canada etc).

Also, if I get dual citizenship/passport I'm guessing my kids will then be eligible as well?

Op as far as I am aware only the first generation born overseas can claim
Canadian citizenship. I think you can claim for yourself but not for your children.

Hi OP! I did this a few years ago but a little differently. I'm Canadian by birth and my daughters Canadian by descent through me. To get their Canadian Citizenship Certificates and passports I had to fill out a load of paperwork with my proof of citizenship (birth certificate and passport) and proof of them being my children. It was pretty straight forward but I'm Ontario not Quebec and Quebec has a few of their own rules.

My DDs can't pass on their citizenship. Their children need to be born in Canada or the father will need to be Canadian. I think this affects children born from 2009 or 2010 or somewhere around then.

I had to sponsor my DH and would have had to sponsor my DDs if they couldn't get citizenship. It's a long process but Canada doesn't like splitting families up. We did in-Canada sponsorship. My DH couldn't work during this time and couldn't travel outside Canada (well he could but if he got stopped reentering it could have scuppered everything). Now he has Permenant Residency and can apply for citizenship in a couple of years time. There is a sponsorship system outside the country but you need to prove that you have firm plans to move to Canada. We just found in-Canada easier.

I have to travel into Canada on my Canadian passport and so do my DDs as other pps have mentioned. I keep our British passports up to date because it's just easier traveling into the UK on British passports. I find getting the Canadian passport a little more expensive but much easier to get. Photos are an odd size but lots of places now offer Canadian passport photos.

None of us have regretted the move. We moved just after the Brexit vote (nothing to do with that but all our friends thought it was because its oh so reasonable to think 5 days is enough to plan an international move).

Canada isnt cheap to live in depending on where you are. If you're going to Quebec, you and your DH will need to speak French and English and I think your DH will need go pass a test to work. It rules Quebec out for us but the English-speaking provinces just need to speak and understand English.

If you want to chat, feel free to PM me. It was three months of stress for us to move but so worth it. The paperwork is a minefield but you forget all about it once you're through it all.