Canadian Parents: Committee Office and Year Rule

canadian parents: The provision was part of a 1977 law that automatically removed citizenship from people born abroad to Canadian parents who were also born outside the country. "The government holds a big responsibility for this," Janzen said. "They've created a mess." The law applies to people born between Feb. 15, 1977, and April 16, 1981, no matter how quickly after their birth they moved to Canada, according to The Waterloo Record. It was rescinded in 2009, but the change didn't apply retroactively. Bill Janzen, the former head of the Mennonite Central Committee office in Ottawa, said he and his colleagues met with the federal government throughout the 1980s and 1990s to find a fix to the so-called 28-year rule. The only way to prevent the automatic loss of citizenship was to apply to retain it before the age of 28 — a detail legal experts contend the government failed to adequately communicate to those affected. Go home and enjoy Canada. ... Once a Canadian, always a Canadian,' " Janzen said, noting that officials often pointed out the absence of any expiry date on their citizenship cards. "It happened again and again and again." Janzen has helped more than 180 people navigate the expensive and time-intensive process of regaining their citizenship over the years, So far, 160 requests have been approved. Janzen said he has heard numerous stories of people going to citizenship officials and being told they had never heard of the law. "They said, 'Don't worry about it. (www.immigrantscanada.com). As reported in the news.