Way back when, we both looked into it and planned to get the process going. After my partner died in 2011, I sort of dropped the idea, but I think it is time.

Many people are setting up a "plan B." A friend of mine (naturalized citizen born in Kuwait) and his wife went through the process of becoming permanent residents of Malta. (They live in St. Paul, so fears of being kidnapped for being brown in public have been high). Another acquaintance whose grandfather was born in Greece is in the process of getting Greek citizenship by descent.

"Give me your tired, your poor, Your huddled masses yearning to breathe free, The wretched refuse of your teeming shore."

It would be very appropriate, IMHO.

My son , born in usa, has duel Canadian? US/ citizenship and so does his wife who was born in Jordan...they live in Edmonton .... Their son was born December 2024 in Canada so he is first generation Canadian now for our family....

Life does get better...opens doors.

If his parents would have pursued citizenship, he would have been eligible, but the thought never crossed their minds, nor do I think they would have been interested.

I have no relations from Canada that I know of. Maybe one that goes back about three hundred years....but I doubt if it counts and I doubt I would be able to obtain the documentation

If you had a great-grandparent of Polish citizenship. Especially if your ancestor lived in Poland anytime after 1920.

I might consider it.

Here's what AI (Gemini) had to say on the subject.
Take with whatever grains of salt you apply to all AI.

It's not much better than here right now.

You are eligible for Mexican citizenship if your parents were citizens, but since my husbands parents were born in the US and never pursued their right to Mexican citizenship, he is no more eligible than you or I.

caveats to that as well.

He became a citizen after fighting in WWI, but she didn't become one till much later, I remember being told that her first vote was for LBJ. My mother was fluent, but she never passed that on, except for several choice words.

And my paternal great grandparents came from Ireland, my grandfather was their eldest son. As for my Dad's mother, who I was closest to, her ancestors were Dutch, came to these shores in the 1600s, so there's not a lot of hope there. *sigh*

He holds a Polish passport. His mother was born in the UK of Polish parents so he's eligible that way.

His birth certificate was issued by the Austro-Hungarian Empire though... which I guess is why 1920 is mentioned. Great grandparents on my mother's side were all Polish.

On my dad's side we have Canadian ancestors, but that's a longer walk...

My fight is right here. One way or another i'm staying to see all this through. November election and days, weeks, months after We win or lose legally or we fight. That's it!

Me & mine are going to stay here, and we're going to kick their rw asses!

My mom called me today and said she was going to do it and when I last read up on this, she was the only one who could do it, but they obviously opened it up beyond that and now me, my brother, his kids, his grandkids my other brothers kids and grandkids all get to do this if we provide all the documents.

Wheeeeeeeeeeee!!!!!!!!

I doubt I will move there but I will certainly visit and then who knows....?

I feel like it's a huge gift for all the work I've done over the years on our Canadian/Cornish genealogy. I've been working on it again while watching Poldark so it's a big bonus!!

Glad the news applies to you!!

I qualify for UK citizenship by descent (father born in London). I have no plans to move either, but like the idea of having a UK passport. I considered starting the process quite awhile ago, but didn't follow through.

With the UK it was a much better deal before Brexit because the right to work extended to the whole EU.

Oh well. Can't have it all!

have a ton of UK heritage unfortunately it's too distant for me to qualify.

One of my Canadian ancestors, my 2 x great grandfather is from Cornwall and emigrated with his parents to Canada (after the tin and copper mines were depleted) then married my Canadian 2 x great grandmother. Based on several family names in Poldark, I think I should get automatic UK citizenship. LOL.

Sorry Mexico, I need to be somewhere with colder weather, a.


Think it'll work?

😔

...who moved to Canada afterwars.

how to lay my hands on birth certificate type information (or I understand baptismal records can sometimes work) for my maternal great grandfather - 5 generations before that had all lived in Canada everywhere I look in my grandfather’s family and I think it would benefit my adult children as well by making it much easier for them to claim citizenship should they want (I know my daughter is thrilled by the idea, my 74 year old husband is somewhat bemused by the though)