"john smith" wrote in message news:...
> Thanks for your response Rich.
>
> I am Canadian (though naturalized canadian), and my family and roots are in
> Canada. My children are dual citizens, but have lived in the US all their
> lives. I am kind of torn: I really dont want to loose my Canadian
> allegiance, but on the other hand, I live in the US and my children are
> American, and I feel a sense of loyalty as well as allegiance to the US
> (which is the basis of my applying for US citizenship). When my children
> are grown up and my parents need my help in Canada, I dont want to have to
> go through the red tape and years of waiting before I can go there and take
> care of them for long term, had I lost my Canadian citizenship.
John,
Just as a follow up, are you aware that according to
current Canadian nationality law, your childrens' children (your grandchildren)
will also be Canadian? The major difference between your children
and your grandchildren will be that if your grandchildren want to
keep their Canadian citizenship, they will have to live in Canada
for at least one year before they are 28 years old, and then
file an application to retain their Canadian citizenship.
Your children are not required to do anything to keep their
Canadian citizenship, only your grandchildren will.
This is going on the presumption that your children were not born
in Canada, and that the legislation will not change. From the
context of your paragraph it would appear that your children
are still fairly young. It's still a good thing to know.
Stephen Gallagher |