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Anonymous wrote:Long process! It will also depend if the parent was Canadian Born Abroad. Laws changed in April 2009. You can apply and see if you qualify. HOWEVER...US does not allow for dual citizenship after 18. Only Canada. It would depend on what type job she has i.e. Security Clearance etc. No pate answer...

I am married to a Canadian, my one child is dual and my one child is US. I am US. Depends.....on many things.

This is not correct. Im US born and got dual Australian citizenship when I was 27.

Was this recently? Because I am trying to get dual citizenship from the country of my spouse, I was born in US and the state dept rep warned me a few months ago that applying to another country could render me stateless. She scared the crap out of me.

They always say that, which is why you have to be prepared. I got mine in 1997 and have renewed my US passport twice, the last time in 2015. The first time I renewed (2001) was a nightmare because the passport officer was not familiar with the Supreme Court rulings that established my right to dual citizenship. Luckily, I had copies of the rulings. But even after she read them, it took her an uncomfortably long time to hand me my new US passport.

Google Supreme Court and US dual citizenship for info about the cases. It's nearly impossible to lose your natural-born citizenship unless you yourself renounce it officially and specifically, and an oath to another country, which is what you take when you get dual citizenship, does not constitute a public renouncement of your birth country. BUT, check with a lawyer, just in case something has changed in the last few years and b/c it's kind of complicated and if they give you hell, you need to know what to say. The second time I renewed, no problem at all.

PS The State Department knows about the rulings, but, for reasons I don't understand, they insist on being jerks about it.

It will be an easy process and I can't imagine why you'd need a lawyer. My DH is Canadian and I am filling out my kids' paperwork myself. It is no more complicated than a passport application.

AmyForever wrote:One thing is for sure you have to brace yourself for a looong process. All you need is a immigration lawyer and money to pay the fees Good Luck!!

For the OP's situation, it is NOT a long process. Super quick process since her mom is already a canadian citizen and is just asking for the certificate to prove it.

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Anonymous wrote:Because Justin Trudeau is better than the Orange Menace?

Only if you don't want to hang onto your own money.

Ah, classic american line to justify why you live in a second world country. If you're middle class or a "rich" wage earner (as in, someone whose income comes primarily from earned wages, and not from investments), your effective tax rate in the US is like 2-3% less than in Canada. Now add up everything you pay for healthcare out of pocket, private preschool, private schools (if your kids go - much less common in canada where almost all public schools are pretty good paths to university), college for you and/or your kids, grad school for you and/or your kids.... throw in the general stress of wondering how you're going to pay for all those things, and then tell me if you'd just rather have them all covered by your extra 2-3% taxes.

If you're warrant buffett, you're much better off in the US.

I've met people who have fled Canada to come and work and live in the U.S. because our healthcare is so much better. The Canadian healthcare system is not good.

These are wives tails. I grew up in canada. My family and all my childhood friends are in canada. No one flees canada for US healthcare. People end up coming to the US for a variety of reasons and some like to bitch about healthcare when they leave. It's not why they left canada.

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Anonymous wrote:Because Justin Trudeau is better than the Orange Menace?

Only if you don't want to hang onto your own money.

Ah, classic american line to justify why you live in a second world country. If you're middle class or a "rich" wage earner (as in, someone whose income comes primarily from earned wages, and not from investments), your effective tax rate in the US is like 2-3% less than in Canada. Now add up everything you pay for healthcare out of pocket, private preschool, private schools (if your kids go - much less common in canada where almost all public schools are pretty good paths to university), college for you and/or your kids, grad school for you and/or your kids.... throw in the general stress of wondering how you're going to pay for all those things, and then tell me if you'd just rather have them all covered by your extra 2-3% taxes.

If you're warrant buffett, you're much better off in the US.

I've met people who have fled Canada to come and work and live in the U.S. because our healthcare is so much better. The Canadian healthcare system is not good.

I have obtained Canadian Citizenship ( https://mylawyer.ca/ helped me a lot in the process). It was a tough and time-consuming process. Though my position is that as an independent country, Canada has every right to set the rules about exactly who can become a citizen here and the length of time that it takes to get that status, too.

One thing is for sure you have to brace yourself for a looong process. All you need is a immigration lawyer and money to pay the fees Good Luck!!

Anonymous wrote:Don't you have to pay taxes to both countries?

If you're born in the US, you ALWAYS have a tax obligation to the US. You only have a tax obligation in Canada if you physically live there. So if you're living in canada, and born in the US, you are required to file a tax return in the US every year reporting your worldwide income, and you get a credit for all the taxes you pay in canada. So you won't owe anything in the US.

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Anonymous wrote:Because Justin Trudeau is better than the Orange Menace?

Only if you don't want to hang onto your own money.

Ah, classic american line to justify why you live in a second world country. If you're middle class or a "rich" wage earner (as in, someone whose income comes primarily from earned wages, and not from investments), your effective tax rate in the US is like 2-3% less than in Canada. Now add up everything you pay for healthcare out of pocket, private preschool, private schools (if your kids go - much less common in canada where almost all public schools are pretty good paths to university), college for you and/or your kids, grad school for you and/or your kids.... throw in the general stress of wondering how you're going to pay for all those things, and then tell me if you'd just rather have them all covered by your extra 2-3% taxes.

If you're warrant buffett, you're much better off in the US.

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Anonymous wrote:Agree with other posters that this is easy, so long as you have the paperwork. You don't need a lawyer.

Really?

Yup. You either have easy access to the papers you need, or you don't. The instructions on the canadian immigration page are very clear. A lawyer isn't going to help you track down the paperwork, unless you just have money to burn. So either way, a lawyer isn't adding much value to this.

Anonymous wrote:Don't you have to pay taxes to both countries?

I believe (correct me if I'm wrong someone), US is the only country which requires their citizen to pay tax even though the citizen resides elsewhere outside of US. In another words, if you are a citizen of, say, Canada, but live in US, you don't have to pay tax to Canada because you don't have the established residency in Canada. kind of thing.
(I'm just using Canada as an example)

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Anonymous wrote:Long process! It will also depend if the parent was Canadian Born Abroad. Laws changed in April 2009. You can apply and see if you qualify. HOWEVER...US does not allow for dual citizenship after 18. Only Canada. It would depend on what type job she has i.e. Security Clearance etc. No pate answer...

I am married to a Canadian, my one child is dual and my one child is US. I am US. Depends.....on many things.

This is not correct. Im US born and got dual Australian citizenship when I was 27.

Was this recently? Because I am trying to get dual citizenship from the country of my spouse, I was born in US and the state dept rep warned me a few months ago that applying to another country could render me stateless. She scared the crap out of me.

Don't you have to pay taxes to both countries?

Anonymous wrote:Long process! It will also depend if the parent was Canadian Born Abroad. Laws changed in April 2009. You can apply and see if you qualify. HOWEVER...US does not allow for dual citizenship after 18. Only Canada. It would depend on what type job she has i.e. Security Clearance etc. No pate answer...

I am married to a Canadian, my one child is dual and my one child is US. I am US. Depends.....on many things.

This is not correct. Im US born and got dual Australian citizenship when I was 27.

Anonymous wrote:Because Justin Trudeau is better than the Orange Menace?

Only if you don't want to hang onto your own money.