I have loaded up the video clip of the interview with Minister Volpe on citizenship for adopted children. In this interview, the Minister promised to table a...
Okay well I'm sending the petition letter out to family and friends again...even some coworkers who signed and helped when we were trying to pass the tax...
After reading the bellow information I have a question. We will name our daughter PeiLien (original chinese name) Father's Last name Mother's Last Name PeiLien...
Hi! Our experience is to make sure that her "Canadian" name is on her adoption papers in China and the immigration paperwork you do before you leave for China....
Hi Aggie, Actually there is a limit in the number of characters. We we got our daughter we were going to name her Lillianne Elizabeth Kho and we ran out of...
Thanks for the info Mimi. I guess the rules or limit must have changed because Katie's full name is Katelyn James Yun-Yi Marsh, 25 letters not counting...
Thank you both for the information. My name itself is 29 letters not including spaces so I hope there is enough room for mommy's name..but who knows how...
Yeah! The news is out!!!! The government is planning to table a stand-alone bill to provide automatic citizenship to internationally adopteed children. See...
Hello, This email message is a notification to let you know that a file has been uploaded to the Files area of the cdncitizenship group. File : /House...
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Oct 4, 2005 2:52 pm
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I have added the link to Bill C-76 that Volpe tabled on Nov 17 to amendment the citizenship in regards to adopted children and citizenship. It does not go as...
Well, Minister Volpe did table the bill as promised but did not do anything to get it passed before the government fell on November 28. It was very annoying to...
Hi folks. Yes, me again on my soap box of getting automatic citizenship for our children. I know there has been no activity here for a while. Nothing was...
Hi everyone. I've been in contact with Jay Hill's office and Minister Monte Solberg (of Citizenship and Immigration) is starting the paperwork for the...
Hi Everyone. I just returned from my meeting with a senior advisor to the Minister of Citizenship and Immigration regarding the issue of automatic citizenship...
Hi Aggie, I have a little trouble believing that the government honestly believes that there will be any criticism leveled at this bill. Who do they think will...
Margaret Levey
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Apr 23, 2006 8:12 pm
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Although I have not adopted yet, is there ANYTHING that I can do. I do have some "issues" that I don't agree with and they are mainly to do with "name issues"...
Hi Margaret. These are great points and I agree with you totally. Let me address each of your points below. Thank you! Aggie ... From: Margaret Levey...
Hi. If you can list your issues and send them to me, that would be great. Be as frank and as annoyed as you want. We want the letters to SPEAK loudly on how...
Hello Aggie: I am writing this in response to your request for citizenship stories and how it affected us. I am fine with you including our information. We are...
Stephanie St-Pierre C...
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Apr 23, 2006 10:45 pm
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Thank you! Yes, traveling is certainly one of the inconveniences of not having auto citizenship for our kids. My biggest problem with travelling outside...
Hi, My first daughter's paperwork was easy, although the wait for her adoption was long ... once she came home, her citizenship was issued within 2 weeks. My...
techiemeka
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Apr 24, 2006 2:44 am
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I am attaching a copy of a letter (minus personal information) I sent to our local MP Bev Oda detailing the ordeal my family was put through in order to have...
A R
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Apr 25, 2006 10:12 pm
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THANK YOU!!!!!!! Aggie ... From: A R <akaladybug@...> To: cdncitizenship@... Sent: Tuesday, April 25, 2006 6:11:44 PM Subject:...
I applied for my daughter's citizenship on May 15, 2005 and finally received it on February 9, 2006. In order to travel to the USA, we had to get visas and...
gigisteve1
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Apr 29, 2006 12:36 am
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Hi Aggie, The problem for us is not so much getting the citizenship but getting the SIN card in our daughter's Canadian name to use as identification towards...
Ian & Kathryn Gillis
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May 1, 2006 12:02 am
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We arrived home April 6, 2006 with our newly adopted son. I have been working on getting the appropriate ID to apply for citizenship in my son's Canadian name....
Doreen
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May 1, 2006 4:32 am
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Can you advise what your email address is? Someone from another group I am on tried to email you and it bounced back. I can give you info on the process but I...
Dan and Doris Clark
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May 1, 2006 3:48 pm
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Hello All, We came home in October 2005 and I guess we were lucky to get a SIN card in our daughters Canadian name. From all the other postings it seems that...
