Citizenship Regulations, No. 2

Marginal note:Application under subsection 5.1(3) of Act — 18 years of age or more

9 An application made under subsection 5.1(3) of the Act by a person who is 18 years of age or more on the day on which the application is made must be made in the prescribed form and filed in the manner determined by the Minister, together with the following information and materials:

• (a) a birth certificate or, if unobtainable, other evidence that establishes the person’s date and place of birth;

• (b) evidence that establishes that the parent of the person became a citizen on January 1, 1947, if the decision in respect of the adoption was made abroad before that date, or that the parent of the person was a citizen at the time of that decision in the case of an adoption that took place on or after January 1, 1947;

• (b.1) if, at the time of the adoption, only one of the parents of the person was a citizen — and that parent of the person was a citizen under any of paragraphs 3(1)(b), (c.1), (e), (g) to (j) and (o) to (r) of the Act and was born outside Canada — evidence that establishes that that parent of the person was physically present in Canada for at least 1,095 days before the adoption;

• (b.2) if, at the time of the adoption, only one of the parents of the person was a citizen — and that parent of the person was a citizen under paragraph 3(1)(f) of the Act and was born outside Canada to a parent who was a citizen at the time of the birth of that parent of the person — evidence that establishes that that parent of the person was physically present in Canada for at least 1,095 days before the adoption;

• (b.3) if, at the time of the adoption, both of the parents of the person were citizens under any of paragraphs 3(1)(b), (c.1), (e) to (j) and (o) to (r) of the Act and were born outside Canada — and, in the case of a parent of the person who was a citizen under paragraph 3(1)(f) of the Act, that parent of the person was born to a parent who was a citizen at the time of the birth of the parent of the person — evidence that establishes that at least one of those parents of the person who was a citizen under any of those provisions was physically present in Canada for at least 1,095 days before the adoption;

• (b.4) if, at any time, only one of the parents of the person was a citizen and that parent of the person was a citizen under any of the provisions referred to in clauses 3(3)(b)(i)(A) to (H) of the Act or both of the parents of the person were citizens under any of those provisions, evidence that establishes that at least one of those parents of the person who was a citizen under any of those provisions was physically present in Canada for at least 1,095 days before the adoption;

• (c) evidence that establishes that the decision in respect of the adoption was made abroad;

• (d) two photographs of the person in the format specified on the prescribed form; and

• (e) evidence that establishes that the person has paid the fees required under sections 31 and 32 of the Regulations.