[cizinec]

He does NOT have Canadian citizenship and he never did.

He was probably ELIGIBLE for Canadian citizenship as an infant (although there is an exlcusion that might apply). As soon as Mrs. Cruz wrote down that he was an American and go the passport, he was no longer eligible for Canadian citizenship. He also spent more than 10 years outside Canada without claiming citizenship. (See Canadian Citizenship Act of 1946)

In addition, neither he nor his father had ANY right to a Cuban claim. Legally, his mother was an American Citizen. His father was not a citizen of anywhere and owed allegiance to no one.

[Marcella]

Exactly. Thanks for your post.

[little jeremiah]

His father was not a citizen of any country? Come on, show some proof of that. Nowhere man? He was born in Cuba, and only became a US citizen a few years ago. He spent decades not being a citizen of any country?

[masadaman]

FWIW. My niece was born in Toronto in 1973 to American parents. Her father worked there for an American company. They lived there until they returned to the States in 1985 when she was 12 having lived all of her life in Canada.

When she applied for a US passport at age 18, she was asked (presumably by the Dept. of State) to declare if she intended to be an American or a Canadian. It was her choice and she chose American. Yet her BC is from a Toronto hospital.

[Larry - Moe and Curly]

“As soon as Mrs. Cruz wrote down that he was an American and go the passport, he was no longer eligible for Canadian citizenship. “

Your source??

Under the Canadian citizenship law revised in 1977, maybe. Under the law of 1946 which was in effect when Cruz was born in 1970, it appears he was born a Canadian citizen. I could be wrong, but want to know the truth. Looking for confirmation, not just opinion.

How did his Cuban father not have any right to Cuban citizenship? That one mystifies me.