am i still a canadian citizen?
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I can tell you 100% you are still an American citizen and you are also a Canadian citizen - you have dual citizenship.  You did not need a green card to go back to the USA to work.  You can freely live and work in either country and will never lose either citizenship unless you officially renounce either one to the government.  \n\nI know this is a fact.  I also was born in the USA with both of my parents being US citizens.  We moved to Canada when I was 10 years old and when I was 21 I took out Canadian citizenship.  I, too, thought that I had lost my American citizenship automatically at the time of becoming a Canadian citizen, until about 10 years later when I was travelling over the border to the USA from Canada and a US customs officer asked me my citizenship when I handed him my driver's license, my US birth certificate, and my Canadian naturalization certificate.  I told him I was Canadian.  He asked my why I said that, since I was born in the USA.  I told him that I thought I had automatically lost my US citizenship when I took my Canadian citizenship.  He told me that unless I have either renounced my American citizenship or have ever received a letter from the US government telling me that I am no longer an American citizen, then I am still American.  He told me to contact the US Embassy in Canada to enquire, but from now on he told me to claim only my US citizenship when I enter the USA.  He said the US does not recognize my Canadian citizenship and so I should only report that I am a US citizen when asked at the border in the future.  However, I need to hand both pieces of ID because they want to see what my status is in Canada, as well.  Ever since then, I hand both pieces of ID and my driver's license and when asked my citizenship, I say, US citizen, when travelling into the USA.  I never have any problem whatsoever and, in fact, I am told, "Ma'am, you can stay in the USA just as long as you want to!"  Ha!  In fact, at the time, I had my 2 children in the car with me who were both born in Canada.  The customs officer also told me to check with the US Embassy regarding them, as well, as they may also have US citizenship.  I did contact the Embassy.  They sent me forms to complete regarding my children and then they sent me a letter stating that my elder child also has US citizenship, based on the citizenship laws at the time of his birth; however, my younger child does not, based on the citizenship laws at the time of her birth.  As well, they sent me a letter stating that I was a US citizen, even though I also now had Canadian citizenship.  \n\nIt is very nice, actually, as you have the best of both worlds.  I never have a problem coming either way over the border and I travel back and forth a couple times a month.  \n\nSo, contact the US Embassy in Canada if you are in Canada now, or the US Immigration if you are presently in the US - they're in the phone book or you can look them up on the internet.  If you have children, also, check out their citizenship status.  If you do not have children yet, but plan to, as soon as they are born, whichever country they are born in, notify the other country of their birth to register it and they will have both citizenships, automatically.  I should have done this with both of my children at the time of their births but, because I didn't know this at the time, I didn't.  Now, my son just has to apply for his US passport and that is what will be his proof of his US citizenship, as he already has his Canadian birth certificate. \n\nThis is not necessarily the case with other countries in the world, but between Canada and the USA, you do not have to renounce one to have the other.  It is a wonderful thing and we are very fortunate.
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Contact the Canadian embassy. good luck
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You don't need an attorney.\n\nJust contact the Department of Immigration in Canada and ask for the permission papers.\n\nIf you have gramatical errors or mispelled words, it will not lessen your chances of being accepted to Canada.\n\nThey will only want to know why you want to become a citizen.\n\nThat's all.  Just official stuff and they don't care about your grammar.\n\nGood Luck!  Canada is a beautiful country!
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LOL!!!!!!!  oooooohhhhh !!!  that's it eh????  Everyone wants to be a Canadian!!!...I knew it wasn't me!!!!  hahahahahahahaha!!!
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You should have no problem returning to Canada.  Many Canadian ex patriots do this after retirement and are welcomed back by the Canadian government. They too, like to see US dollars flowing into their country, even if it is just pension and social security money.
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I am assuming you will want permanent citizenship in Canada. Canadian immigration has a web site that has all the information you will need. Just type it into your browser. There is way too much information for me to try to type into here for you and you will need the forms from the site anyways. Learn to like paperwork because you will be filling a bunch of it out.
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I married a Canadian Woman. I now live in Canada. This does not give you automatic Canadian citizenship. It is a process that takes some time to get. \n\nFirst you have to become a "Landed Immigrant". If you have no criminal record it is relatively only time consuming. Do not use one of the immigration consultant. They are a waste of money. Instead do it yourself with the help of one of the Yahoo group Canadian immigration groups. They can help you with each step. They helped my wife and me a lot. Then in about 3 years you can apply for citizenship and get dual citizenship. DO NOT return to the US or your country of origin during the process as you may not be allowed to return.\n\nIf you have been divorced, before you can marry in Canada you have to get several letters from lawyers and certified copies of every divorce decree. If your spouse died then you must have death certificates as well. This has to be sent into the Provincial government and approved before you can get your marriage license. It is a process that can take several weeks to get together, sent, and returned so plan on that.\nGood luck and remember it will take lots of time to accomplish it all...
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permission to visit Canada\ncheers
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Go to the Canadian Immigration website (below) and you should find all you need to know.
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Yes.  You do not need to be a citizen, but you must be a resident.\n\n(1) Entered the United States on a permanent residence visa or has an Alien Registration Receipt Card (INS Form 1-551/I-551 greencard or stamped I-94), and\n\n(2) Established a bona fide residence, and\n\n(3) Established a home of record in the United States.
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You make that question sound like as if Canada is an issolated country. Ok, if you have a child in Canada, it will be a Canadian citizen, but if you were to move back in to the U.S it wouldn't be a problem I assume. Yes, you can have dual citizenship here, and as for American T.V....what else is there? It's all Americanized here too. That's what digital cable is for. No you won't have to listen to Canadian artists (they suck). Whether you like it in Canada or not, is totally up to you, that's something you'll have to decide when you've been there for a while...I'll tell you though, it's cold as f**k here, in the winter of course, summers are exceptional.
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Not that I know of.  But there are countries that allow "naturalized" citizens to do so.  Canada, for one.
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If you are a "legal US immigrant" then you are not yet a US citizen, right?  Until you have US citizenship, your travel to Canada is governed by the agreements between Canada and your own country.  If natives of your country need visas to visit Canada, so do you despite your Green Card.
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Yes you can. You will have to get a British Passport and an American Passport though.  The two countries have an agreement regarding dual citizenship.  You have a birth right to do so.    Mine is Canadian and UK
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Contact Canadian immigration and find out. I'm sure you can do a web search here on good old yahoo and find there website.
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If you are a permanent resident of the United States you need to bring your green card or other proof of your right to enter the United States.  You also need to bring your current, valid passport, along with a Canadian visa if you need one.  You can find out if you need a visa by either contacting the consulate or embassy of your home country or Canada.  The fact that you are entitled to reside in the United States does not mean that you will be allowed to enter Canada.
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I'm not sure what you're actually asking, because it doesn't make sense.  Check with a website on citizenship.