Grant Smith and Canadian Citizenship

passport: That when he was told that his passport was invalid because of the damage, according to CTV. Smith was told to apply for a new passport, and he needed to show proof of his Canadian citizenship. Grant Smith, of Kelowna, B.C., said he taped the slightly torn passport page and was using the document without any problems until he had to renew it last fall. But Smith, who was born in England and became a Canadian citizen 50 years ago, had misplaced his citizenship certificate over the years. Smith said a government representative told him that the process could take as long as two years in some cases. When he went online to request a copy, a notice on the Customs and Immigration Canada website warned him that could take five months. (www.immigrantscanada.com). As reported in the news.