Has anyone had any experience with renouncing Canadian Citizenship?

[Boiler 45,402]

No more legal than people in some States being asked for their non US Drivers License.

What I remember was very similar to the naturalisation, did not involve your home country at all.

[warlord 73]

I doubt the US government would be asking for his Canadian passport...doesn;t sound legal.

I would think though that once renounced the Canadian government will provide some sort of documentation which would then suffice.

The US government wouldn't take his Canadian passport. The Canadian consulate would upon revoking his Canadian citizenship...

[hikergirl 277]

I found the one topic for you (2 threads though): http://www.visajourney.com/forums/topic/208267-a-moral-dilemma/

http://www.visajourney.com/forums/topic/222031-how-easy-is-it-to-regain-your-citizenship-if-you-relinquish-it/

[Inky 1,110]

Completely useless but I remember a poster from Canada having this exact same issue some years back. They had to renounce citizenship to get a certain clearance in the military for the job they wanted.

Iv searched for almost an hour but cant locate the post about it.... its here somewhere just buried.

[Inky 1,110]

On federal soup forums I found this post its from 2008, its the 6th post down from the top.

I spoke to our military circle and they all agreed to try this avenue first because he may not have to 'actually' renounce the citizenship.

(a few of them are dual citizenship holders who have high clearance, never asked to renounce.)

https://federalsoup.federaldaily.com/forum_posts.asp?TID=4876&PN=1&title=top-secret-clearance-with-dual-citizenship

Hello. I was in the U.S. military for a couple of years. While there, I was told I had to give up my Canadian citizenship (I was dual). All I did was go to the security forces office and turn in my passport, which they shredded, and sign a document which I wrote stating that I was giving it up. I think that's all that happened. Since that time, some bad personal stuff has happened and as a result, I left the military and moved back with my family in Canada for a while. Does the Canadian government still consider me a Canadian citizen? The only document that I don't have anymore is my passport. I never informed the Canadian government of anything regarding my service or citizenship status. Thank you so much for your time.

[Udella&Wiz 325]

Precisely

The US government wouldn't take his Canadian passport. The Canadian consulate would upon revoking his Canadian citizenship...

[Autumnal 25]

It may be enough to turn in his passport. You might also be able to get him to notarize something in front of a military official?

It may be enough to turn in his passport. You might also be able to get him to notarize something in front of a military official?

[Maeve 2]

I doubt the US government would be asking for his Canadian passport...doesn;t sound legal.

I would think though that once renounced the Canadian government will provide some sort of documentation which would then suffice.

The US Government is just asking him to renounce his citizenship, and if the renunciation is accepted he'll get a certificate.

We've got everything we need...its just this birth certificate debacle that' holding things up :/

[Flames9_RN 358]

Each govt organization has their own rules for granting security Clearances...and one doesn't have to accept the others clearance...and if they want you bad enough, they may grant a waiver.

[Maeve 2]

Thanks for the info, everyone

It would be great for him to just turn in his passport and sign something...but when I talked to my husband he did mention a certificate of renunciation, so I suspect they actually want him to go through with the whole thing :/ I haven't been able to talk to my husband much in the past few days, but I've been talking to the FRG and I think they're doing some research for me. Hopefully I can get some answers soon!

[Boiler 45,402]

More likely a form he has to fill in, and notarise,

Like I say never assume its logical.

[Maeve 2]

More likely a form he has to fill in, and notarise,

Like I say never assume its logical.

I sure hope so :/ But I haven't really heard from him since he told me about this, so hopefully everything is all right.

I did get some good news about the birth certificate, though! In Quebec, the parents can apply for their child's birth certificate - it doesn't matter how old the child is, and they don't need any of the child's ID. I had called this morning to check that the ID I had would be accepted, and the guy I spoke to (who of course didn't speak much English) kept telling me that my power of attorney might not be accepted :/ It would be really awful to send in all that money only to have them tell me, "tough luck." But the guy did say that it would be much easier if my in-laws applied. So my mother-in-law is going to send in the form and then send the birth certificate to me. Hopefully that doesn't take too long! *knock on wood*