UK passport and dual citizenship

[Theresa]

Hi, I am a british citizen with an American visa, i want to renew my kids british passport. I am going to canada to do this. I have been told that i can get dual citizenship (british and canadian). Is this the case?

[CanuckAbroad]

What are your family ties to Canada? A US visa certainly doesn't get you a Canadian passport.

[Reba]

Why would you go to Canada to renew a British passport? Why not just go to the British consulate in the US?

Where did you get the idea you can have dual Canadian British citizenship? Unless either of your parents are Canadian, or you immigrate to Canada and get LPR status, and then after 3 years (or however long they require now) apply for citizenship, how are you eligible?

[stephaniehoffman]

Why would you go to Canada to renew a British passport? Why not just go to the British consulate in the US?

Where did you get the idea you can have dual Canadian British citizenship? Unless either of your parents are Canadian, or you immigrate to Canada and get LPR status, and then after 3 years (or however long they require now) apply for citizenship, how are you eligible?

Because, British Citizens think that Canadians having the queen on our money think that they are special as we are the colonials who would defer to them and roll the red carpet for them, and give them citizenship just like that. I have also heard of British citizens being astonished that they didnt have the same rights or even more rights than Canadians as they are First Class Original British folks! But you know what? they wouldnt give us Canadian citizens despite having their queen on our money any more rights in England than a Japanese would have coming to England. I feel with this kind of no special deal, it would only make sense that Canada become a Republic. This way, the Quebeckers will have to stop bitching about English and French Canada and independence, as we will have then cut ties with England fully. Since the French in America didnt expect any special treatment from Americans when they declared their independence from Britian, and even allied the Americans on this cause, the Quebeckers will also have to stop wanting independence from rest of Canada, if the whole of Canada separated from the UK.

[doublehappiness]

so interesting

[rayray]

i am a british citizen, i came to canada for a few weeks to see family and friends, i now want to go to the usa to see my boyfriend, i tried to go for thanksgiving and was refused entry and was told that i had to apply for a visa. prior to this i had been going back and forth for a whole year with no problems on a visa waiver which allowed me to stay for 90 days, now this did i get something wrong or are they just being mean to me, i miss my boyfriend and want to go back. is it possible to apply for a us visa here while in canada?

[Steven]

You can only stay in the US for a maximum of six months a year, so they probably looked at the stamps in your passport and/or checked in their computer and determined you weren't eligible to enter.

You can apply for a US visa while in Canada, check with the local US consulate, there is an application form on-line for a B-1/2 visa. But it won't make a difference frankly, the only advantage for someone who can get a visa waiver is that it means you can stay for 183 days instead of just 90. If you've already entered multiple times and have used up 183 days the visa won't help.

I think by "apply for a visa" they mean a work visa or a family reunification (i.e. fiancée) visa.

[Steven]

Hi, I am a british citizen with an American visa, i want to renew my kids british passport. I am going to canada to do this. I have been told that i can get dual citizenship (british and canadian). Is this the case?

Haha no, it takes ages just to get permanent residence, I speak from personal experience. Even if you have close family and you qualify for family reunification, it can take years to get permanent residence and it takes three years to get citizenship.

Not sure why you are coming to Canada to get your passport renewed, the passport office at the embassy in DC is far superior to the one in Ottawa in my experience. At least you can get a live person on the phone, at least you could back when I renewed my passport.