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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]My daughter has been tracking this for about two years.  Became a dual citizen last summer.

Per her, the courts had declared the previous law unconstitutional years ago and had been getting ticked at the political branch because they'd been taking so long settling on an acceptable change.[/quote]

What was the process and how much verification did she need?[/quote]You have to submit Canadian paperwork, pictures meeting Canadian requirements, proof you are who you are (driver's license/US passport/...), and a complete genealogical trail since your Canadian/British/... ancestor became Canadian/... and subsequently emigrated from what is now Canada.  To the extent possible, the trail (births/marriages/name changes/...) has to be based on certified/signed/sealed copies of legal documents, but, where such records don't exist, some people have used church records, etc.  My daughter was able to obtain a combination of certified birth certificates, marriage records, emigration records from the various state/local/provincial governmental agencies since her most recent emigrant wasn't far removed - my grandmother was born outside Toronto. (Her cousins on my wife's side are submitting through my wife's less recent emigration trail from Acadia, I'm not sure whether their trail is completely governmental.  My daughter has also mentioned being on some blogs where people have successfully claimed emigration as far back as the 1600s.)

As to process, my daughter applied last spring - before the December codification - so she had to apply for a grant of citizenship, swear an oath, etc.  Under the codification, she'd be automagically a Canadian citizen having provided the complete genealogical trail and appropriate paperwork.[/quote]

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