Dual Citizenship....

dougie109
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Joined: 17 Jun 2008
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Location: Toronto

Posted: Tue Jun 17, 2008 7:52 am

 

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Good afternoon people,

I am 24 years old, Both my parents are british and im wondering how i can get my dual citizenship?i have looked over the site endlessly and have yet to find the right forum? im over 18 but both of my parents are already british. I currently live in canada. Any information on this matter would be GREAT!

Thanks have have a lovely day.

CANADIANS!

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ashschu
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Joined: 09 Feb 2008
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Location: Vancouver Island

Posted: Tue Jun 17, 2008 8:54 am

 

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Alright - I am assuming you are trying to get your UK citizenship and are already Canadian, right? I've answered your question as if that is the situation, so I hope I read your question right

I found a website that was immensely helpful when I was trying to determine if I was eligible for a British passport and if I had dual nationality already. I am STILL unable to post the link as I haven't made 10 posts here yet (hopefully this is my tenth!) but I will pm you the address right now.

It's on the page that explains how you are eligible for dual citizenship. You are almost the same age as me, so I suspect you already have your UK citizenship from birth. I am 23 and I already had it. All I had to do was prove my lineage with my long form birth certificate and I was able to apply for a British passport (which by the way was an amazingly painless and quick experience. Easier than getting a Canadian passport even!)

If you have any other questions about the process, let us know! I just went through this a few months ago, and I know a few others on here did or are right now as well.

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dougie109
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Joined: 17 Jun 2008
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Location: Toronto

Posted: Tue Jun 17, 2008 10:10 am

 

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sounds great, ok few more things if you dont mind.

Long form birth certificate? what is it and where do i get it?

secondly, what did it cost you for the passport and how do i "declare" that i am applying for it?

Cheers for the help

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ashschu
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Joined: 09 Feb 2008
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Location: Vancouver Island

Posted: Tue Jun 17, 2008 1:17 pm

 

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Your long form birth certificate is the large sized one that lists both of your parents and their birth place - as opposed to the small wallet sized one that some provinces provide. As long as you have a larger (maybe I don't know 10" by 10") certificate that lists your parents you should be fine. You also need your parents (whichever one you are claiming your citizenship through) original long form certificate that lists their parents and place of birth as well. If you don't have one you can contact the government of which ever province you were born in and order another one. You can also order one for your parents if you need one. That website I sent you has information on who to contact to get forms that you need.

As for declaring that you are applying for a passport - I'm not completely sure what you mean by that. All I did was print off the passport application forms that I got from that website, filled them in and provided the proper documentation and then sent them off to the Consulate in Ottawa. They have a number you can call if you need any help filling in the forms. It's about $3 a minute, but they're very helpful if you have something you can not figure out. The forms and notes are quite straightforward though, I don't think you would need to contact them. I only did just to get assurance that what I was filling in was correct as I needed my passport application to go through quickly, and didn't want to deal with having to resend it for a simple error.

Hopefully that helps a bit. Any other questions, feel free to ask!

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dougie109
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Joined: 17 Jun 2008
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Location: Toronto

Posted: Wed Jun 18, 2008 10:48 am

 

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sounds great, one last thing, do you get citizenship documents from england now? or we just get the passport and that is all we need?

Cheers for the help
Douglas

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ashschu
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Joined: 09 Feb 2008
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Location: Vancouver Island

Posted: Wed Jun 18, 2008 11:50 am

 

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I didn't get any citizenship papers. You can send for those if you want them as well (you can find out how on that website as well I think).but the passport is really all you need. It is just as official in proving your citizenship as the papers are. On the first page of the passport it says what your claim to the passport is, mine says British Citizen just like all my England born family's passports say so you are good to go. I believe your passport number is accepted everywhere you would need a citizenship number

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dougie109
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Joined: 17 Jun 2008
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Location: Toronto

Posted: Thu Jun 19, 2008 2:58 am

 

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great! THANKS for all the help, i have now applied for my parents birth and marriage certificates!

Have a good one
Douglas

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