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No Way - 27 Feb 2007 17:25 GMT

I'm currently a Canadian citizen and my brother-in-law is a US
citizen. He had applied for sponsorship on our behalf many years ago
and the application was finally processed and we are now having to
send in various forms and fees to continue the application process.

What I was wondering though was whether my family, who are all
Canadian citizens as well, and I can retain our Canadian citizenship
and go through the process of obtaining the US citizenship through
this type of immigration process, ie., a sibling sponsoring the
immigration. Thank you very much for your time and courtesy.

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sgallagher@rogers.com - 27 Feb 2007 21:55 GMT

> I'm currently a Canadian citizen and my brother-in-law is a US
> citizen. He had applied for sponsorship on our behalf many years ago
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> this type of immigration process, ie., a sibling sponsoring the
> immigration. Thank you very much for your time and courtesy.

You won't become US citizens by moving to the US. You will be non-
citizen permanent residents. After five years you will be able to
apply for US citizenship if you wish, but you do not have to.

The way that US and Canadian laws are currently, if you naturalize in
the US part of the process includes a statement of renunciation of
other citizenships. BUT.... Canadian law does not view that
renunciation as having any effect under Canadian law, so Canadians who
naturalize in the US actually end up keeping their Canadian
citizenship and they also have US citizenship.

If you ultimately do decide after five years to naturalize in the US,
it would be worth checking with Canadian officials to verify whether
you would keep your Canadian citizenship, in case the laws change
between now and then, not that this is expected.

You might also want to post this to misc.immigration.usa.

Stephen

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No Way - 28 Feb 2007 01:31 GMT

>> I'm currently a Canadian citizen and my brother-in-law is a US
>> citizen. He had applied for sponsorship on our behalf many years ago
[quoted text clipped - 10 lines]
>citizen permanent residents. After five years you will be able to
>apply for US citizenship if you wish, but you do not have to.

Yes, you're absolutely correct. I left out a few steps in my question

:-)

>The way that US and Canadian laws are currently, if you naturalize in
>the US part of the process includes a statement of renunciation of
>other citizenships. BUT.... Canadian law does not view that
>renunciation as having any effect under Canadian law, so Canadians who
>naturalize in the US actually end up keeping their Canadian
>citizenship and they also have US citizenship.

I see, I see.

>If you ultimately do decide after five years to naturalize in the US,
>it would be worth checking with Canadian officials to verify whether
>you would keep your Canadian citizenship, in case the laws change
>between now and then, not that this is expected.

Still a good idea though, just in case. Even though it's a long ways
off yet, still good to know.

>You might also want to post this to misc.immigration.usa.

Yet another great idea. I just found the newsgroup now. Thank you
very much for your time and courtesy, Stephen. I really appreciate
it.

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Immigration Forum / Canada / February 2007

Dual Citizenship