Lost Citizenship

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I belive that only children who became US citizens as part of their parents' applications lost their citizenship. You became an American when an adult, correct? If so, then you have always been a Canadian. Try google for lost Canadian citizenship. Look up www.richw.org as well.

http://www.lslap.bc.ca/PDFs/18.pdf

"LOSS OF CITIZENSHIP
There are few reasons for losing Canadian citizenship under the current Citizenship Act. These are outlined in Part II of the Act. The exceptions are:"

"Before February 14, 1977, a person lost Canadian citizenship if he or she took out citizenship of another country because Canada did not allow dual citizenship. If a person lost his or her citizenship in this manner that person can now get it back through resumption. Since February 14, 1977 Canada has allowed dual citizenship;..."

http://www.cic.gc.ca/english/citizen/no ... ption.html

"As of May 5, 2005, people who lost their Canadian citizenship as minors between January 1, 1947, and February 14, 1977, can apply to resume their citizenship without having to become permanent residents and live in Canada for one year."

No wait, no worries, welcome back and behave yourself.

And of course:

Fees:

http://www.cic.gc.ca/english/applications/fees.html

Fees in your case are a minimum of $100, depending what you are missing for documents.

Is this fixed by the new bill c-37?
We have a "lost canadians" Community at
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