Change of Citizenship after Green Card

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Murad312

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I have a Green card and now I received my Canadian citizenship and passport. My question is
Can I travel on my Canadian passport now instead on Pakistani? During my whole Green card process my citizenship was Pakistani .I got my Canadian passport because of travel hassle, I had to apply visa for all the countries and I travel a lot for my business and cant wait to get visa for weeks.
Would travelling on Canadian passport now would jeopardize my American Citizenship next year, when I apply? Would I have problem at the immigration when I am returning to the USA with Canadian passport?
Please reply, thanks
 
Murad312 said:
Can I travel on my Canadian passport now instead on Pakistani? During my whole Green card process my citizenship was Pakistani .I got my Canadian passport because of travel hassle, I had to apply visa for all the countries and I travel a lot for my business and cant wait to get visa for weeks.
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Your GC is awarded to you, not your citizenship. So long as you remain you, you can still use your GC to travel. If you become someone else as opposed to merely changing citizenship, then your GC will no longer be valid. :)

There are no naturalization implications, either.
 
Canadian Citizenship was applied before getting the Green Card; and never lived in Canada or anywhere else other than USA after receiving the Green card
 
If they didn't require you to be a permanent resident of Canada during the time leading up to granting you citizenship, it shouldn't be a problem for your US citizenship.
 
Canadian immigration required you to live in Canada for three years before you apply for citizenship. I fulfilled that requirement before I got the Green Card and then received my citizenship while I was living in the USA.
 
True, but only on the day of our oath does a PR surrender his IMM1000 and obtains his/her citizenship. So ideally one should be living permanently in Canada until the oath is taken. Regardless, you should not be in any trouble with US authorities. You skirted a Canadian requirement, the US really does not care.

Murad312 said:
I fulfilled that requirement before I got the Green Card and then received my citizenship while I was living in the USA.
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