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From: "joan king" <>
Subject: Re: [WarBrides] From Landed Immigrant to Naturalized Canadian
Date: Sun, 24 Apr 2005 14:14:18 -0700
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I am a warbride- who went to Britian--in the middle 1960s on a canadian
passport @ have children born there-- I think in the 1970s I went to apply
for a passport & was informed by the powers that be I had to be a citizen I
know I was very angry on was
not going to but my family thought to comply and do it. @did it but i am
alarmed for people that have never known about this I still thought that
we were canadian citizens thank you for getting the news out I came over on
the letitia in 1946 so I guess I better look into getting the passenger
list Original Message -----
From: "Melynda Jarratt" <>
To: <>
Sent: Sunday, April 24, 2005 6:52 AM
Subject: Re: [WarBrides] From Landed Immigrant to Naturalized Canadian


> Hi Mel, thanks so much for sharing your story. Sounds like you had a good
> experience obtaining your citizenship. I would be interested to know how
you
> went from Landed Immigrant in December 1946 to Naturalized Canadian in
1969
> - there would have had to be some forms filled out somewhere along the
line.
> Perhaps your parents dealt with that earlier on. The problems are arising
> where people have not "dealt with it" yet and are only now applying for a
> passport, for example. In light of 9/11, the government is being far more
> stringent and demanding every guarantee that they can possibly think of,
> which is understandable in a way, but for those who never even knew that
> they weren't citizens, who have voted in elections all their lives, it's a
> real shocker.
>
> Melynda
>
>
>
> Melynda Jarratt, BA, MA (History)
> Diploma in Digital Media and Design
> Webmaster: http://www.canadianwarbrides.com and
http://www.project-roots.com
> Voices of the Left Behind: Project Roots and the Canadian War Children of
> World War Two is available in English at
> http://www.project-roots.com/books.html and in Dutch at
> http://www.uitgeverijpica.nl/index.html?page=achterbleven
>
>
> ----Original Message Follows----
> From: "Nancy Cleary & Mel Crich" <>
> Reply-To:
> To:
> Subject: Re: [WarBrides] Appearance before Citizenship Hearings in Canada
> Date: Sat, 23 Apr 2005 16:25:45 -0400
>
>
> Dear WarBrides:
>
> My Mother and I arrived in Canada on the Empire Brent Dec. 13/1946, from
> Edinburgh Scotland.
>
> I applied for an educational loan in 1969 to attend community college in
> Lindsay Ontario. The application was successful and my status on the
> application form was referred to as NATURALIZED CANADIAN. Some time later
> in 1976, I worked for the Ontario Gov't. as peace officer and brought it
to
> my supervisor's attention I may not be considered a Canadian citizen. It
> was suggested that I should apply for my Canadian Citizenship immediately.
I
> complied and received my Certificate of Citizenship package and it's note
> "welcome to Canada etc." aprox. 2-3 weeks later. In aprox. 2 weeks
> following the first certificate, I received the whole package again?
Tells
> you something about the efficiency of our Gov't.!
>
> I recently applied for a Canadian Passport to return to Scotland and
> received it without any hitches. My Certificate of Citizenship was
required
> for that application. Hope this helps to shed some light on some of the
> Citizenship concerns many of you have.
>
> Thanks,
> Mel Crich
>
>
>
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