Dual citizenship help?

Question

i'll try and keep this short.
my mom was a canadian, married an american (in canada) moved to back to the usa, and had 3 kids, i'm the youngest born 1975, in '76 they move us back to canada, and (i think) i become, along with my dad, brother and sister a landed immigrant. we allways crossed the border no problem and i was always told i had a dual citizenship. so fast forward 30 yeas, i have never worked in or moved to another county, i have a canadian sin number, health card, i vote and love tim hortons coffie. now i'm trying to get a canadian passport, first i have to "prove" i'm canadian by getting a "citizenship certificate" its proving to be a bit of a hassel, gathering froms, geting things singed by the proper people, and extra fees. pain in the ***. so would it be any easer for me to get a american passport? will a birth certificate(windchester mass.) and canadian drivers licsence be enough? anyone else run into this?

Answer 1

My husband had the same problem 15 years ago ... he went to get a passport to go overseas, and was told he had to prove his citizenship first, but he was able to do so within a few weeks time, probably because there wasn't the rush for passports then like there is right now. He had been born in the U.K. but brought over as a toddler.

As far as getting an American passport, you should be able to, but I don't know about residency rules. Check the U.S. Passport website. Having a U.S. birth certificate should enable you, but I don't know for certain, sorry. It is worth looking into though, esp. if you are planning travel soon.

However, I would still go through the process to get a Canadian Passport too.

Answer 2

You would have an easier time getting your US passport, I believe. There are forms you will have to fill out to declare that you have never done anything to renounce your US citizenship. I was born in the US, immigrated to Canada at the age of 10, became a naturalized Canadian citizen 11 years later (have dual citizenship), and now, at the age of 51 I have just gotten my first US passport. I just went to the US Embassy in BC and paid $97 US and got my passport that is good for 10 years. Are you a male or a female? I ask this because as a female who had been adopted by my US stepfather and then married and then divorced, I had to produce documentation to prove I am who I was declaring myself to be via all the name changes (birth certificate, adoption papers, marriage certificate). I received my passport in two weeks from the date of application in early December 2006 and I was very amazed with the speed of this processing.

I do also plan to get my Canadian passport, as well, but I am going to wait until they change them to be valid for 10 years as the US ones are.

Also, do you have children? I ask this because I have two Canadian children who are now adults (my ex-husband was Canadian), and I have found out that my son qualifies for US citizenship, so he also has dual Canadian/US citizenships. He is going to apply for his US passport shortly. If you have children, you may want to look into the possibility that they may also have dual citizenships.

Good luck!

Answer 3

Madman has the assumption different than that Germany does enable twin citizenship below particular circumstances (below age 23, twin citizenship at start, etc.) Mexico on the different hand does no longer enable twin citizenship. maximum Mexican people that have a US and a Mexican passport are US electorate and Mexican nationals (2 countless issues).