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Canadian Citizen? NOT.
The needs for passports has brought some surprizes to some people who have always thought they were Canadian citizens.
Actually, my brotherinlaw, who came from Budapest in 1956 or 57 (I think 1957?) appllied for a passport last year as he was reunited by mail and telephone with his family members not so long ago and he and my sister were planning on going to Budapest to have a reunion with his family. The first since 1956/7!!! He was shocked to find out that he wasn't a Canadian Citizen yet, after all, and has had to go through the Citizenship processing before he can get his passport. (I was instrumental in the reuniting him and his family, through searching for his relatives for him) This news article especially interested me because of it's mentioning of WW2 Soldiers and their Wabrides and children, and made me wonder how many people are finding out they are not citizens after all, after all these years? Quote:
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What are you going to do Americans stuck in Canada?
What are you going to do with all the Americans who get stuck in Canada because they don’t have a passport to get back into the US? But then again maybe their lucky ones.
Lot of surprised people down here in the states who didn’t know this was coming. The wait to get a US passport is getting longer by the day. The US Postal Service (that paragon of efficiency) is responsible for distributing the pass port forms promptly ran out of application forms. In another interesting sidelight to this need for a passport some government activities require three forms of photo ID. I have a drivers license and a pass port good thing they accept my Health Club Pass as the third.
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Re: What are you going to do Americans stuck in Canada?
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It sure would have been better to give people a LOT more time and have a LOT more publicity about the Passport needs/rules and ESPECIALLY about informing people exactly who would need to get Citizenship sorted out and established first. I had thought about USA-ans getting stuck here too. Amazing that, knowing the influx that could be expected (let alone the "surprize! Ya need one!" ones) that they're weren't enough forms printed and distributed for the deadlines. I can only imagine how this is going to be effecting many people's lives (ouch!) And on a side note, my daughter had better get her heinie moving to get her passport in case she needs to get to her Dad and other relatives who are USDA citizens, in a hurry. Karmen |
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Drive across then fly ...
It looks like many will drive across the border, and even drive then fly. I expect the Airports closest to borders will be very busy and people will be booking flights far in advance to make sure they have seats on the flights.
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no real problem down here, got my passport in 4 days with no problems. if you dont want a passport you can get a passport card right on the spot at sevral places down here.
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Of Course Your in Texas
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Citizenship
Take a second and think about all those Newfoundlanders who were born before 1949.....mmmmm
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Re: Citizenship
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Hmmm
1. Mike, pre-1947 Newfoundlanders may be British citizens.
2. If you don't need a passport, and some years back Kiwis were miffed that the Aussies suddenly demanded passports for those who wanted to cross the Tasman, do you use an identity card? 3. I had a client years ago aged in his Twenties. Mum was a Brit who married a New Zealander, and they then moved to Australia where he was born. Marriage broke up, she returned home with her young kiddie on her passport, and then he found when he wanted to go to France that he was not a Brit! The reason: a) His father was not British b) He was not born in the UK c) In the UK unlike the Netherlands I gather, citizenship is not acquired through the mother. So what was he? He was either a New Zealander through his late father, even though he had never lived there, or an Australian. In the end he said fuff to the UK and went to Australia House in London, got an Aussie passport and left England for a new life, not having lived there since he was say two at most! Similar problems arise through West Indian immigrants who came over in the Fifties and Sixties whose countries then went independent. Also certain British islanders such as Montserrations have what is in effect second-class British passports with no right of abode. |
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Monseratations
Now that is a mouthful.....
Here is another interesting piece of Citizenship trivia. With Germany defeated and the majority of the men and young boys in captivity in the Soviet Union or in allied camps there was a severe shortage of labour to rebuild the country. It is well known that women cleaned up most of the rubble but also an influx of migrant workers. Many from Turkey eventually bringing their families and settling down in Germany. German law would not allow them to become citizens because they could not link their past to a former German National. Thus a whole generation was born in Germany and had no country. Not Turkish and unfortunately not German. At least that used to be the way....along came the World Cup.....and lo and behold a non-citizen born in Germany with Turkish parents became one of Germany's finest "strikers".... to play and represent Germany you had to be a German citizen..... voila.... the rules change and political will via Soccer results in a change in the Law to accept those who were born in Germany to be "eligible to apply" for Citizenship. Ah you have to the wording of Law....eligible does not necessarily mean entitled to.... Who says Soccer is not important. cheers Mike |
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