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I don't know if this would be considered the same situation but my grandmother came to Canada in 1919 as a war bride. Her status upon arriving was a Landed Immigrant.

In 1925 she applied for a passport and travelled to England to visit her parents. While she was in England she had my father (in February 1926). He arrived in Canada 19 June 1926, age 4 months, as a Landed Immigrant.

He lived and worked his whole life in Canada. He even joined the army for 2 1/2 years between 1944 and 1946. But when it came time for him to receive a pension, he had to apply for his Citizenship first. Because he wasn't sure when he arrived in Canada (this was before the Immigration Records 1925-1935 database was available). He had to find people who knew all his life to attest that he had been in Canada a long time. He even sent them the cover of his Soldier Service Book. He did eventually get his citizenship card but not without the hassle. I found his arrival in the database mentioned above, one month after he passed away in 2000.

Annette Fulford, April 22, 2005

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