This last December, Canada changed its citizenship law to an extremely broad version of citizenship by descent. If I understand it correctly, anyone who has any ancestor born in what is now Canada, no matter how distantly far back, is now a Canadian citizen. My great-great grandmother was born there in the mid nineteenth century, so I think this now includes me and my family. I have obviously not taken any steps to pursue this. Do folks on the blog think this is something that needs reporting? My SF-86 was submitted in November, and I only just found out about this. I want to be fully transparent, but obviously, this is a very distant connection. It is also expected to apply to millions of US citizens.
Do you have to do anything to claim your Canadian citizenship/citoyenneté canadienne?
For instance, I may be entitled to Irish citizenship based on my grandparents, but I’d have to go through an application process. Not to mention the process to get a passport.