Hey, i may be Canadian eh

[papa bear]

Dad was born in Windsor 86 years ago to US citizen parents....According to this http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eDeDQpIQFD0 I can sign up to all the benefits of being a Canadian citizen! Now I can say 'eh' without being a smartazz, eh! Perhaps I will move to Revy, eh! The snow is still good, eh!

 

[farwest]

I don't know if I should laugh or puke !!!Nasa we have a problemI think it means Papa bear has to adopt me to be legit.!!

 

[MARCUSO]

Congrats!!

hmm
I just read an article on this...

Interesting


Now you have to learn how to use the Robertson screwdriver.....

 

[plumnuts]

I think I quallify (mom born in Alberta)... does this mean I can hunt in BC as a resident? But I still don't like hockey

 

[Rhoward]

Looks like im in. See ya up there.

 

[kane13]

Umm its a little harder than that, looks like if one or both of your parents are Canadian citizens you may have a chance if you are living outside the country. I listened to a program today there was a lady on there she has lived here for 40 years and she cannot get citizen status a lot of people are actually having a hard time with this, and unless you live in B.C. it will cost you more to hunt here no matter where you are from but anyone can hunt here it will just cost you more. Seems this is just another govt screw up and now they are scrambling to figure it all out.

 

[powder Head]

Marty, did you switch from Crown to Canadien Club last night.........

 

[papa bear]

Marty, did you switch from Crown to Canadien Club last night.........

I shoulda had some of both!

 

[papa bear]

Seems this is just another govt screw up and now they are scrambling to figure it all out.

US gov does plenty screw-ups too. A year or two ago dad decided to get a passport so that he can go to Ontario (sister's cabin on Brice Pennisula) -like he has done for 55-60 years. US government didn't like the birth certifcate he had....write to Windsor and got a new copy. Turns out in 1923 the hospital in Windsor used two sheets of paper to certify his birth to two US parents.....US government won't accept a birth certificate on two sheets of paper...has to be all on one sheet.....for christ sake he flew B-17s for the Army Air-core, has lived in the same house in Michigan for 55 years and paid taxes for nearly 70 years...talk about a bureacratic screw-up.

 

[plumnuts]

government screw up.. that never happens does it??

 

[pinnedunderdoo#3]

oh great thats all we need is more canadian citizens to take more jobs that we do not have in these hard times.... Canada has to put there foot down and stop imigration as well.

 

[S2S_sledder]

Thought Canada was only letting rich people from overseas in these days? Maybe thats just BC....

Seriously though, I have a friend that I went to Grad school with who was from Bellingham and was doing his Msc up here, tried to get a work permit (apparently this is possible if you recieve your degree here in canada) to stay in Vancouver but got denied. Hard to believe when you take a look around this city and see all the 'new canadians' that buy there way into this country through land title purchases.

If you can prove you have substantial assets (aka can afford to buy land or set up a business) the door is wide open. Don't even worry about learning the language or respecting our culture.

Dual citizenship is a great asset, I have an American passport as my father is from Ohio and its nice to know I can head for Alaska when I get the itch.