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News from the Consular Section of our Canadian Consulate General in New York:
New Citizenship Law – A new Canadian law will come into effect on 17 April 2009, amending the current Citizenship Act. David Knockaert from the Canadian Consulate General in New York will be at our annual AGM meeting. He will be discussing these issues. Details on the AGM will be posted soon! The new law will:- give Canadian citizenship, depending on the circumstances, to certain individuals who at one time had Canadian citizenship and then lost it, and to others who will be recognized as Canadian citizens for the first time; - extend the current rule that allows children who were born outside Canada and adopted into Canadian families after February 14, 1977 to become Canadian citizens without having to become permanent residents first: this rule will be extended to include people adopted on or after January 1,1947; - change the rules for people born outside Canada. Individuals born outside Canada to a parent who is a Canadian citizen at the time of the birth will only be considered Canadian if: · the parent was born in Canada; · the parent became a Canadian citizen by immigrating to Canada and being granted citizenshipThis means that, after the new law comes into effect, children born in another country will not be Canadian citizens by birth if they were born outside Canada to a Canadian parent who was also born outside of Canada to a Canadian parent. For more information, please visit - http://www.cic.gc.ca/english/citizenship/rules-citizenship.asp OR in French at http://www.cic.gc.ca/francais/citoyennete/regles-citoyennete.asp Passports for Children born in Bermuda – if your child was born in Bermuda and has yet to receive his//her Canadian citizenship certificate, you may now nonetheless apply to the Canadian Consulate General in New York for a limited validity passport for your child providing: - the Consulate General has already received from you a fully completed proof of citizenship application for your child, - you submit proof of imminent travel OR a letter from yourself stating that the passport is required to allow you to renew your Bermudan work permit Canadian Ship Visit – for those of you who may have missed seeing the HMCS Halifax during its recent stop in Bermuda, another opportunity to see Canadian naval vessels will be available at the very end of February when 5 Canadian vessels (a destroyer, 2 frigates, a supply ship, and submarine) visit Bermuda New Registration System - The Registration of Canadians Abroad (ROCA) service has been recently updated. This service entitles Canadians in a foreign country to be contacted and assisted by Canadian government officials during an emergency (e.g. natural disaster or civil unrest), or to be informed about a family emergency at home. Registration can serve all Canadians abroad, even those who live close to the Canadian border. You are strongly encouraged to register at: http://www.voyage.gc.ca/index-eng.asp Consular Section Email address: The Consular Section of the Canadian Consulate General in New York has a new email address. We can now be reached at This e-mail address is being protected from spam bots, you need JavaScript enabled to view it . Our website content is also being reorganized and expanded. We hope to have the new content posted this spring. |
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