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My grandmother and mother were born in Canada. My mom became a naturized US citizen but her mom lived in the states from the 1950's till death and never became a citizen, only had visa or greencard.

Well, fast forward and im now late 40's, single, and have extended relatives still in western Canada but im a US born citizen. Ive been looking into travel and it came across something i read that i might be eleigible to have Canadian citizenship due to a parent being born Canadian.

I dont know the particulars of this and havent pursued it yet but id like to get an opinion if i should pursue this and go seek citizenship? I am pretty close to both the BC and Alberta border and would like to see relatives there in the future and even spend time in that counrty. Im not sure if it would make travel easier in the future by trying for citizenship, if im even eligible, and if there would be signifigant cost involved.

Im thinking of this now as im taking care of my dad until he dies which will be soon. After that i will jave more time and concentrate on my life and travel.

Just wanted some opines on the the matter

If it were me, I would. Any idea on the cost?

It can't hurt. If you want to travel farther afield in the future, traveling on a Canadian passport might be better. Everybody loves Canadians...

I think half the landowners in Point Roberts WA have dual citizenship...must not be too big of a deal.

My father was born in Alberta. His mother was Canadian and his father from US. My Grandparents moved back and forth across the border and ended up in the US for good when my Dad was only 2 or so. From what I understand you can indeed get Canadian citizenship if you wish, since you have a parent born there. I'm not 100% sure if there are any drawbacks or problems with having dual citizenship.

I'd love to be able to hunt in Canada. As far as traveling there, it shouldn't be a problem to just get a passport (other than CV19). I have cousins there that I would like to see again. I have traveled a bit in western Canada and it is a beautiful place. Like the people too. I had .002% too much alcohol in my system and got a DUI many many years ago and as a non Canadian, I'm pretty sure I'd have to go through some paper work hoops to visit, having the DUI on my record. I've heard they may let you in but wouldn't want to make plans, and get turned around at the border.

Ive no idea of the cost involved but if its too much itnwouldbt be worth it. Im a short distance from the Canadian border and i suspose i could just jumpbthe border and seek asilum.

Having to compete with 35 million socialists for food would beat the hell outta competing with 320 million, here in the US, if things ever collapse.

Heckuva cheap insurance policy. Do it. And open a Canadian bank account and stick about $5000 “getting started” money in there.

The rest of us will be stuck down here, fighting off the “Gimmiedats”, in a few years...

i see the advantages but it is going against the current so to speak

We wouldn't accept you, so the point is moot.

As long as it's been at least ten years, it's generally OK, unless the man in the little booth is having a bad day... I had an Impaired Driving 33 years ago and have never had a problem. Those were the days before I realized that I didn't have to get drunk to be an azzhole. A second offense and you can forget it, though.

Yes. They only use old charges like that if they need an excuse to detain you.

The closest that I've come to having a problem was when I went over a few years ago and there was a long line at every booth except the Bilingual one had no cars in it, so I drove over. The officer wasn't happy that he had to do something. Seeing as this was in Windsor, I don't think he had to do much.
That was more than made up for by the great conversation that I had with another officer. My wife was laughing her head off. We were going over to go down to Amherstburg to see Fort Malden. The officer decided to quiz me on the War of 1812 to see if we were legit. It turned into a delightful little banter back and forth. Such as he asked me "What started the war?" and I replied "Well, we'd say it was this, but you'd say it was that".

mr troll shows up, taking time off from peddling manure in print i see, should come with a clothes pin for your nose

For the past 20 years or more, customs types have had direct links via computer, right in the booths. It made it easier to funnel potential trouble or flagged people into the office.

Oh, I know that. What was funny is it ended up with two amateur historians bantering back and forth. He knew quite a bit about the war.

Good to hear re the 10 yrs, maybe I'll give it a try. In my case it's been a lot longer than 10 years thankfully. I hate hoops and paperwork. I let my passport expire so I need to take care of that first.

When we lived in Calgary (2005 - 2009) I was often asked about pursuing Canadian citizenship. My reply was, why? To this day it would have done nothing for us.

Here's the government website that explains it. You have to scroll down a bit.
https://www.canada.ca/en/immigratio...sible-canada-past-criminal-activity.html

Where do you stand on taxes, nd pension with a dual citizenship?

Thanks