Spoke wit CIC on 16 October 2009. Was told that if application was mailed from the US, CIC will return it to "local" Canadian Consulate office to confirm authenticity of documentation. This will add infinate amont of time to process. Agent backed off from "10 Month" processing time. Anyone else have similar feedback?

Introduction

Some people born before 1947 to a Canadian parent are still denied citizenship either because their parents were married and the mother was Canadian or the parents were not married and the father was Canadian.

So if John Smith was born in 1947 he could have become a Canadian retroactively to birth as a result of section 3(1)(g) which came into force on April 17, 2009. However, his sister Mary Smith, who was born in 1946, did not become a citizen because the the Minister of… Continue

I was searching info about the C-37 (in Google I put these words: Andrew Chaplin+Clerk of the Standing Committee on Citizenship and Immigration bill) and I found this:


Standing Committee on Citizenship and Immigration (CIMM)

January 26, 2009 - Present… Continue

Legitimacy and the Law

In English law, bastardy and legitimacy were defined by the common law. Most provinces and territories in Canada abandoned the common law definition of legitimacy after 1921 and in Canada legitimacy acts were retroactive to the birth of the child. (Quebec never followed English common law: marriage had always conferred legitimacy on a child whose parents married after the birth of the child.)

England enacted a legitimacy act in 1926, but it was not retroactive to… Continue

The Standing Committee on Citizenship made several recommendations about who should become citizens, including the following: Anyone who was born abroad at any time to a Canadian mother or a Canadian father, retroactive to birth, if they are the first generation born abroad (4th recommendation)

[RECLAIMING CITIZENSHIP FOR CANADIANS: A REPORT ON THE LOSS OF CANADIAN CITIZENSHIP. Report of the Standing Committee on Citizenship and Immigration, Norman Doyle, M.P.Chair, DECEMBER 2007 39th PARLIAMEN… Continue