Greetings! Follow up from my last query. Anthony Dowling born Calcutta 1893, leaves India in 1901 to attend boarding school in Jersey. Leaves England in 1909 to go to Australia. Leaves Australia in 1918 to go to England. Leaves England in 1920 to come to Canada. 2 week vacation in 1955 back to England. Would he need a passport? He stayed in Canada. Would he automatically become a citizen? Regards E.P.Dowling

Hi Eardley, this would depend on Canada's citizenship Act at the time (1955) and his eligibility for that citizenship (i.e. years of permanent residence etc). You would need to look at their historical Citizenship acts or query it at http://www.cic.gc.ca/english/citizenship/proof-eligibility.asp or ring the Canadian Immigration office they can help. Had he remained in Australia (he was here for 5 years since his arrival), he would as a British subject (born in a C'wealth country) have acquired Australian citizenship on 26.1.1949 under transitional provisions (s25 of the then Citizenship and Nationality Act 1949 which is still in force today). Until 26.1.1949 all naturalised 'aliens' and British subjects were just that....British subjects...but then you want to know about Canadian citizenship.....! Kind Regards Kerry On 19 August 2015 at 00:00, Eardley Downling via <india@rootsweb.com> wrote: > Greetings! Follow up from my last query. Anthony Dowling born Calcutta > 1893, leaves India in 1901 to attend boarding school in Jersey. Leaves > England in 1909 to go to Australia. Leaves Australia in 1918 to go to > England. Leaves England in 1920 to come to Canada. 2 week vacation in > 1955 > back to England. Would he need a passport? He stayed in Canada. Would he > automatically become a citizen? > > > > Regards > > > > E.P.Dowling > > > ------------------------------- > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to > INDIA-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes > in the subject and the body of the message >