Citizenship Question

[LolaLi]

Murad312,
This is my assessment/opinion to your multiple threads.

From CIC's point of view, you are a Canadian citizen. It does not matter (at the moment) that they were not able to catch the fact that you had been living outside Canada for the last 20 months when you took your oath. You made your bed, now lie in it.

Hey Triple Citizen,

Doesn't CIC have the right to revoke citizenship directly if it was found that the individual was not entitled to it at the time of grant? Unlike USCIS and US Immigration laws, there is no need to involve the federal government when rescinding citizenship - I believe the Minister has that authority. Correct?

In lieu of this, he will run the risk of being found out in the future - no matter how long it takes. Its just a matter of when his file gets reviewed. For example, should they have a child in the USA and wish to obtain Canadian Certificate for that child, his file will be reviewed.

This is a very sticky situation to say the least.

 

[Triple Citizen]

Taking into account the information that was provided by the OP later in the thread, it seems he indeed did fulfill the 3/4 years requirement. Now it is not clearly stated by CIC if residence needs to be maintained until oath is taken. So perhaps the OP has nothing to worry about.

 

[boatbod]

So does obtaining Canadian citizenship 13 months into the OP's time as a US LPR demonstrate intent to reside outside the US? If so, USCIS might not be so forthcoming with that N-400.

In all probability he'll get away with pushing the boundaries, especially if the subject of Canadian citizenship never come up at interview.

 

[Triple Citizen]

The OP acquired another citizenship while being an LPR. I seriously doubt this will concern USCIS since obtaining citizenship cannot be used as proof of intent to abandon residence in the US. People could obtain Irish citizenship (until Nov 2005) by never ever stepping on Irish soil. All they had to do was complete three years of marriage to an Irish citizen. Italian citizenship can still be obtained today by three years of marriage to an Italian citizen.

So does obtaining Canadian citizenship 13 months into the OP's time as a US LPR demonstrate intent to reside outside the US?

 

[lextran]

I am still confused what you are saying
Anyway, I never broke any law and was always truthful to authorities and I will always follow the law. I will call USCIS on Monday to see if that is Ok with them if I stop using my Pakistani Passport for future travel
Thank you for your opinions and thoughts. Much appreciated

"The deeper you dive, the more you put yourself at risk of drowning" "Itni Gahrayi main na ja Ghalib..............Doob jaye ga" At the time you were a Canadian PR and acquired GC technically you abandoned the Canadian PR status as you can not be PR of two countries.

Now since in your case the main applicant was your wife you could have taken up GC just to accompny her, you could have acquired Canadian citizenship at that time because you loved Canada while not sure that you would really like to continue to live in the US, and now after living here a while you would rather live here than any where else in the world. So the point is there is no penalty for planning and dreaming, and not leaving all your your eggs in the same basket. Your current status is Citizen of Canada and LPR of the US, enjoy your Canadian passport as much as you can travel freely, USCIS should not have any problem with that.