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    1. [GM] Re: US Naturalization for a woman
    2. Stephen Gallagher
    3. > As you say, might be the year in question, but I've never heard of > losing your U.S. citizenship when marrying a citizen of another > country. But I could be wrong. It was Canadian Law, at least in > the 1930s that stated that when a Canadian married a citizen of > another country, they lost their Canadian citizenship and were > considered a citizen of the spouse's country. Actually, it would have been British law. Canadian citizenship did not exist until 1947. Prior to then, Canadians were simply British Subjects the same as people from Australia, New Zealand, the UK, and other British possessions. It wasn't until the late 1940s and beyond that the countries in the British Empire established their own citizenships. In general, a person would have become a citizen of their respective country if, on the date that citizenship was enacted, they were still a British Subject. Stephen Gallagher sgallagher@rogers.com (Stephen Gallagher)

    04/26/2003 04:27:11