It's been a long 9 months! Received my card last week, FINALLY!!!

What I always felt I was, is now truly recognized.

Thanks to Don Chapman who I believe made all this possible. Thanks to everyone here at the Lost Canadian site for sharing their stories, for the encouraging words to never give up.

I AM a CANADIAN CITIZEN!

SPB

Well the long wait for me is over, just got my passport and sin number and entered Canada for the very first time as a recognized Canadian. The process was simple and the people in Vancouver couldn't be nicer.

How sweet it is.

Gotta learn the National Anthem. And catch up on my RSP.

We all need to get together to decide what rights we have and what we may have lost in opportunities since our citizenship is retroactive to birth. (i.e. compensation for unused health care or paid insurance in ot… Continue

Just found out that my application was complete and CIC mailed my Certificate of Citizenship on December 30, 2009.
Going to Vancouver for Olympics to celerbrate my citizenship.
Anyone know where I can get passport(canadian) in the USA either Florida or California?

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