Citizenship Act

Marginal note:Resumption by application

• 11 (1) The Minister shall grant citizenship to any person who, having ceased to be a citizen,

  • (a) makes an application for resumption of citizenship;

  • (b) is not the subject of an order of or a declaration by the Governor in Council made pursuant to section 10 or 20 of this Act or section 18 of the former Act;

  • (c) is not under a removal order; and

  • (d) has become a permanent resident within the meaning of subsection 2(1) of the Immigration and Refugee Protection Act and has, since having ceased to be a citizen and become a permanent resident, resided in Canada for at least one year immediately preceding the date of the application.

• Marginal note:Exception

  (1.1) The requirement set out in paragraph (1)(d) does not apply to a person who ceased to be a citizen, before February 15, 1977, because a parent of that person ceased to be a citizen as a result of

  • (a) acquiring the nationality or citizenship of a country other than Canada; or

  • (b) renouncing his or her Canadian citizenship.

• Marginal note:Automatic acquisition of citizenship

  (2) Notwithstanding any other provision of this Act, a woman, who

  • (a) by virtue of any law of Canada in force at any time before January 1, 1947 had, by reason only of her marriage or the acquisition by her husband of a foreign nationality, ceased to be a British subject, and

  • (b) would have been a citizen had the former Act come into force immediately before her marriage or the acquisition by her husband of a foreign nationality,

  acquires citizenship immediately on the receipt by the Minister of a notice in writing by her that she elects to be a citizen.