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1. Dr Bob Hulbert
   January 19th, 2016 @ 3:19 pm

   Orly

   Was Trump’s Mother a citizen of the USA prior to DJ Trumps birth?

2. dr_taitz@yahoo.com
   January 19th, 2016 @ 4:12 pm

   yes

3. Dr Bob Hulbert
   January 19th, 2016 @ 6:14 pm

   So cool,

   Thank you.

4. Truth Seeker
   January 19th, 2016 @ 11:37 pm

   Canada didn’t allow dual citizenship until 1976. How could Cruz be a natural born American citizen?

   Canadian Citizenship Act, 1976

   Citizenship law was reformed by the Canadian Citizenship Act, 1976,[13] which came into force on 15 February 1977. Canada removed restrictions on dual citizenship, and many of the provisions to acquire or lose Canadian citizenship that existed under the 1947 Act were repealed.

   Under the new Act (popularly known as the “1977 Act” due to the year it came into force), Canadian citizenship is acquired by:

   birth in Canada (except where neither parent is a citizen or permanent resident and either parent is a representative of a foreign government, their employee, or anyone granted diplomatic privileges or immunities)
   birth outside Canada to a Canadian parent
   grant after three years’ residence in Canada
   notification in the case of a woman who lost British subject status by marriage before 1947
   delayed registration of a foreign birth under the 1947 Act before 15 February 1977 (but this provision was repealed on 14 August 2004).
   Canadian citizens are in general no longer subject to involuntary loss of citizenship, barring revocation on the grounds of:

   false representation,
   fraud, or
   knowingly concealing material circumstances.
   Section 8 of the Act provides that Canadians born outside Canada, to a Canadian parent who also acquired Canadian citizenship by birth outside Canada to a Canadian parent, will lose Canadian citizenship at age 28 unless they have established specific ties to Canada and applied to retain Canadian citizenship. Children born outside Canada to naturalizedCanadian citizens are not subject to the section 8 provisions, nor is anyone born before 15 February 1977.[15]

   2009 amendments Edit
   Effective 17 April 2009, the Act was significantly amended.

   There is no longer a requirement nor any allowance to apply to maintain citizenship.
   Individuals can now only become Canadian citizens by descent if one of their parents was either a native-born citizen of Canada or a foreign-born but naturalized citizen of Canada. This effectively limits citizenship by descent to one generation born outside Canada. Such an individual might even be stateless if he or she has no claim to any other citizenship.
   This situation has already occurred at least twice. In one situation, Rachel Chandler was born in China to a father who is a Canadian citizen born in Libya and a mother who is a Chinese citizen. Due to the nationality laws of Canada and China, she was not eligible for citizenship of either country,[16] but, as her paternal grandfather was Irish-born,[17] she acquired Irish citizenship. Another situation occurred to Chloé Goldring who was born in Belgium to a Canadian father born in Bermuda and an Algerian mother. Due to the nationality laws of Belgium, Canada and Algeria, she was not eligible for citizenship of any of those countries and was born stateless.[18] Chloé Goldring was subsequently granted Canadian citizenship.[19]
   The second generation born abroad can only gain Canadian citizenship by immigrating to Canada – this can be done by their Canadian citizen parents sponsoring them as dependent children, which is a category with fewer requirements and would take less time than most other immigration application categories.
   Foreign-born citizens being adopted in a foreign country by Canadian citizens can now acquire Canadian citizenship immediately upon completion of the adoption, without first entering Canada as a permanent resident, as was the case under the previous rules.
   Provision was also made for the reinstatement of Canadian citizenship to those:
   who became citizens when the first citizenship act took effect on January 1, 1947 (including people born in Canada prior to 1947 and war brides) and who then lost their citizenship;
   who were born in Canada or had become a Canadian citizen on or after January 1, 1947, and had then lost citizenship; or
   who were born abroad to a Canadian citizen mother on or after January 1, 1947, if not already a citizen, but only if they were the first generation born abroad.
   2014 amendments Edit
   On February 6, 2014, a bill was presented in the House of Commons to introduce several changes to the Act, which subsequently received royal assent on June 19, 2014.[20] Several provisions had retroactive effect to 17 April 2009, in order to correct certain situations that arose from the 2009 amendments, with others coming into effect on August 1, 2014[21] and June 11, 2015.[22] Among the Act’s significant changes:

   Citizenship is granted retroactively to those individuals who were born or naturalized in Canada as well as to those who were British subjects residing in Canada prior to 1947 (or prior to April 1949, in the case of Newfoundland) who were not eligible for Canadian citizenship when the first Canadian Citizenship Act took effect.
   The required residence prior to application for citizenship is lengthened to four years (1,460 days) out of the previous six years, with 183 days minimum of physical presence in four out of six years. Residency is defined as physical presence.
   Adult applicants must file Canadian income tax returns, as required under the Income Tax Act, to be eligible for citizenship.
   Time spent in Canada before being granted Permanent Resident status does not apply towards the residency period
   A fast-track mechanism for citizenship is established for permanent residents serving with—and individuals on exchange with—the Canadian Armed Forces to honour their service to Canada.
   Knowledge and language requirements are unchanged except that the knowledge test must be taken in English or French.
   Authority is provided for revoking or denying citizenship in specified circumstances.
   Provision is to be made for the regulation of consultants, as well as for certain anti-fraud measures.

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