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The daughter of a Canadian soldier and a British-born mother naturalized as a Canadian citizen in 1955, Jackie Scott was refused a citizenship card in 2005. She was born while her father was stationed in England during the war in 1945; her parents were unmarried at the time. [ 27 ]
The Canadian permanent resident card is automatically lost upon becoming a Canadian citizen. However it can be revoked if the bearer is outside of Canada for longer than 730 days in a five year period (unless serving abroad as a Crown servant), or has committed criminal or immigration infractions resulting in a removal order. [10]
Canadian citizenship was granted to individuals who: were born or naturalized in Canada but lost British subject status before the 1946 Act came into force, were non-local British subjects ordinarily resident in Canada but did not qualify as Canadian citizens when that status was created, were born outside Canada in the first generation to a ...
In September 2006, the Federal Court had ruled that an individual born abroad and out of wedlock to a Canadian serviceman father and a non-Canadian mother acquired citizenship upon arrival in Canada after World War II without having subsequently lost their citizenship whilst living abroad.
Some criticized Turner for suggesting that there are two classes of Canadian citizens. [11]Other editorials supported the use of the phrase "Canadians of convenience," arguing that many immigrants meet their minimum residence requirement to gain Canadian citizenship (which, since 1977, can essentially never be revoked), leave the country, and only call upon their Canadian citizenship again ...
Chronology of Canadian immigration and citizenship laws [8] Act Year Description Naturalization Act: May 22, 1868 – December 22, 31, 1946 All Canadians born inside and outside Canada, were subject to the crown or "British Subjects." Canadian Citizenship Act: January 1, 1947 This Act legitimized and acknowledged Canadian citizenship ...
Prior to 1947, Canadian law continued to refer to Canadian nationals as British subjects, [4] despite the country becoming independent from the United Kingdom in 1931. As the country shared the same person as its sovereign with the other countries of the Commonwealth, people immigrating from those states were not required to recite any oath upon immigration to Canada; those coming from a non ...
Acquisition and loss of Commonwealth citizenship is tied to the domestic nationality regulations of each member state; [17] there is no separate process for obtaining this status. It is automatically lost if an individual is no longer a citizen or qualified national of a member state, [25] or if their country is removed from Schedule 3. [26]