I see people are asking about this, especially since the Canadian Superior court opened citizenship by descent as of 12/15/2025.
@classictravelr I dont understand how the democrats are so quiet. It is crickets. Unless they are cashing in too. They reviewed the amount of insider trading going on right now and it is off the charts. I will find link of that if wanted. Canada, meanwhile, opened up citizenship by descent to be incredibly lenient as of 12/15/2025. I qualify as per my grand grandfather who immigrated from Nova Scotia to Massachusetts. I have about 10 months of processing until I have a dual citizenship and a Canadian passport. As this country falls I suspect Canada will be rising over the next century. They, like Greenland, have a lot of rare earth minerals underneath the melting ice. There's a reason he wants to own them both. I dont have to pay taxes there unless I move, but to be honest, I'd rather pay money into a public healthcare system instead of slush funds, wars and ballroom and corruption and money laundering and theft and his pocket and Jan 6's fund. Keeping options open. I am so tired of this though, that having a plan b is only thing that helps given the lack of the democrats doing ANYTHING. The corruption makes me literally ill. So grateful for my great grandfather. 1900s were a massive immigration into USA. 2000s are now seeing a mass emigration. (Especially of scientists and doctors and engineers etc.) Canada isn't stupid. They are welcoming people back and making it very easy on us. (Sorry for any typos. Using phone.) Canada may be the new rising Superpower. Greenland and Scandinavia too. Perhaps.
@higgimic1020gmail-com I, too have a great grandfather born in Canada and have been looking into the dual citizenship thing. I was concerned about the tax situation and couldn't find much info on it. So, you say unless I move to Canada I don't have to pay Canadian taxes? (And like you if I move there I would just pay them anyway. Either that or renounce my US citizenship)
@ana yes exactly. I have an immigration lawyer and that is what he said. The US is one of only countries that makes you file anywhere in world. So if you go Canada to live, you file both places BUT there are tax credits you can take if you are residing out of country and paying in another country which will basically zero it out and avoid double taxation.
So you you live in Canada (or anywhere) you file both countries but for US, with tax credits, won't pay both countries. US just has to make things difficult by making you file . Canada wont make you do anything if you dont actually live there. But if you dont pay Canadian taxes you also don't get public Healthcare. Which makes sense. (If you want the name of immigration lawyer I have let me know. He charges 2k and then 1k for each additional family member.)
@ana they also make you pay to renounce US citizens LOL..it used to be like 2000$ but this past year was reduced to like $500 I think. They really seem to want people to leave the US. Makes no economic sense.
@ana This is why it is different now. This is from my case manager from my law firm helping me upload my documents for this process. There are so many Americans that are trully Canadians too now. Especially in New England. I love Canada lol. : "Hi Michelle, Thank you for your question — it's an important one for your case. Regarding your great-grandfather's citizenship: He was born in Canada, and that is his citizenship of origin. You are correct that under older Canadian law, someone who naturalized in a foreign country could lose their Canadian status — and that loss could break the chain of transmission to their descendants. However, that is no longer an issue. As of December 15, 2025, Bill C-3 came into force and retroactively restored Canadian citizenship to all "Lost Canadians" and their descendants, regardless of how many generations were born outside Canada. This law was specifically designed to correct those outdated rules. This means your grandfather, your mother, and you are all recognized as Canadian citizens by descent through your great-grandfather's birth in Canada — even if none of them ever held a Canadian citizenship certificate. I've updated the form so it now generates all the necessary sections up to your great-grandparent. Please complete the following and replace the placeholder documents with the correct ones."
If anyone else has a direct relative I can point you in the right direction. Canada wants it's citizens back! :) Because it HELPS the economy. They are smart. We have pretty much no immigration going on with mass emigration.
Ok sorry to take up forum space on this. Maybe I need a new thread for this topic haha. Carry on!
@higgimic1020gmail-com Yes, please point me in the right direction to get started to apply for Canadian citizenship. Both my paternal line great grandfather and great-great grandfather were born there.
I've done a lot of genealogy research on that line but I have not found actual birth certificates or baptismal records for either man. However there are plenty of census records, etc., that list them as being born in Canada. My great-grandfather obtained US citizenship around 1880 and I do have that record saying he was Canadian.
@ana Yes I had same issue as mind was born in 1879 in Nova Scotia and they just decided to stop recording births in Nova Scotia from 1877-1908 for some ridiculous reason. I did find his naturalizatin document and his marriage license and a ton of other things all stating his country of origin and that may be enough. Especially the naturalization document. I still have to contact the archdiocese of Nova Scotia to see if I can find his baptismal record but I may not need it. I am working with this law firm as they gave free consultation and the others did not. It costs 2k per person and 1k for each other family member. You can shop around if you want but this was ok for me. They do free consultations while others wanted to charge 300-500 for a consult. ****This webpage was very helpful for me for findng documents. https://www.familysearch.org/en/search/tree/name
The immigratin lawyer:
Daniel Brian Levy
Senior Attorney
514-937-9445Since 1976
420 Notre-Dame Ouest, Suite 310, Montreal, QC, H2Y 1V3
https://www.canadavisa.com/cohen-immigration-law.html&source=gmail&ust=1779471221628000&usg=AOvVaw3D6tThO8Nk4Hb1yt02lSq s">canadavisa.com/cohen-immigration-law
My Grandfather was born in England in 1906 and snuck into New England via Canada with my Great-Grandmother in 1912. I would like to make my case to Canadian immigration officials that I qualify as a Commonwealth descendant, though I know it’s a long shot. Besides, getting to be called a “Lost Canadian” sounds like you’re a member of a heavy metal goth band, so it makes it even more alluring.
I got Spanish citizenship (and EU citizenship by extension) through my late grandfather last year, as did members of the rest of my family. While I don't think I would ever leave the US, it does make me feel more secure. I also feel immense gratitude to Spain for welcoming the children of its diaspora. When I went to the consulate in NY to pick up my passport, one of the officials said, "welcome, sister." It was really beautiful and reminded me that we're all from somewhere else, or from people who came from other places, but that ultimately we're from everywhere, right? We're all citizens of the world, really. The process didn't make me love the US less (because I do love this country so much, and maybe even more now that it's being literally abused by an immoral person and movement) but it did make me love the world more and see myself as inhabiting it in a different way, with a different perspective.
I'd encourage anyone who can get a second citizenship to do it. I love Canada too and would jump at the chance if it were ever a possibility. In the meantime, we travel there and spend our vacation dollars there, in support of them and as unofficial ambassadors of the real, non-crazy US, lol.