1,118 thoughts on “Relinquishment and Renunciation Data (as reported on Isaac Brock), Part 1”

1. @hijacked,

   Wonderful, wonderful — I had my fingers crossed that your CLN would be close behind mine — yours and mine (and my husband’s) probably arrived in the same Calgary US Consulate “mailbag” from Washington, DC.

   Thanks for letting us know and being able to add your experience here! I will honour the receipt of your CLN with a special toast, as you did mine.

2. *@Sorry for the double post.  My brain has been addled by the US government.  Or maybe it was too many toasts to my shiny new CLN.

   Swisspinoy,.Calgary, Em and Tiger

   Thanks for the congratulations – I really appreciate it.

   Tiger – I truly wish we had been celebrating around the same time – as we should have been.  

3. @swisspinoy

   I recall once having a conversation here about out favourite American dishes. It was pleasant and a nice break from the intensity often found here. Going wildly off track for brief periods should be acceptable.

   My take is that the moderation at Isaac Brock is not about “Right or Wrong” but “Related or Unrelated”, 

   “Offensive or Not Offensive”- the determination of which is entirely subjective. 

   I guess when contributors make it their MO to attack those of us who are already suffering, it’s difficult for those with compassion not to filter them out.

   I have myself been censored by some gate-keepers at an Americans in Canada social media site who pretty much only wanted to talk about the weather, the difference in mayonnaise between the two countries, and how silly Canadians are. They had no tolerance in hearing anything about US taxes or any other US government-related unpleasantries, and even celebrated a “block (me) day”! It came about when I pointed out the hypocrisy of one of the gate-keepers feeling upset about not receiving the child tax credit in Canada. Censor is a double edged sword that not only doesn’t allow other to speak, but also keeps us from hearing.

4. *@hijacked2012 et al.

   Further congrats to HJ!  And, I gotta nother question:  Where is the best place to park a vehicle around the Calgary consulate, and how far away is it?
   

5. *@Woofy

   There is a parkade within steps of the consulate. We paid $23 which was for more time than we needed but we were early and had no idea how long the appointment would take.  Calgary411 might have a better idea about parking at a more reasonable rate.

6. *@hijacked2012

   Thanks!  Sounds like the right place – 20 bux or so don’t matter much at this point.  Need to leave a dog in the car too so a parkade is better if happens to be sunny.  If I may ask, how long did the interview  take for you?
   

7. *@Woofy

   My appointment was at 2:00 and I was out by  2:45.  Most of that was waiting time.  The interview itself wasn’t more than 10 minutes if that, although it seemed longer.

8. @Woofy (a little late for to answer, so more info that might be useful to others sometime)

   Consulate General Calgary
   Address:
   615 Macleod Trail S.E.,
   10th Floor
   Calgary, Alberta, T2G 4T8 Canada
   (http://mapq.st/VEzwS7)

   Rocky Mountain Plaza (where the consulate is located, 10th floor) is across the street from the Central (Main) Library. I see you are giong to use a parkade. An alternative and the cheapest would be on-street parking a couple blocks north of 7th Avenue and Macleod Trail SE, closer to the Federal (Harry Hays) Building (payment by credit card).

   https://www.calgaryparking.com/c/document_library/get_file?p_l_id=85944&folderId=139074&name=DLFE-6701.pdf

   The consulate is also on the LRT line: http://www.calgarytransit.com/html/park_n_ride_locations.html

9. @a

   If any help, I have a friend who put in his application for CDN citizenship in June 2011. He is taking the citizenship test on Feb 11. He went through a long period of hearing his “test would be soon” (which assumed he was past the “application received” phase). The time period between my test and ceremony was roughly 2 months. If the same for him, his process would be ~23months. I am wondering if the investigation period takes longer for people from certain countries; not necessarily from a bias point of view but rather, the time period involved in getting records from countries outside the Western “info grid,” for lack of a better word/phrase.

10. It’s too bad that blogs like this don’t have a “block” button like Facebook has. That way individuals can block others they don’t want to hear from. But then, you can choose to ignore them too…

11. *@calgary411

    Thanks for the map!  It will be very useful.
    

12. @hijacked,

    Something I just noticed from yesterday’s post. Your appt at Calgary was Oct. 17th/2012 – Vancouver consulate has booked my 2nd appt. for October 17/2013. Now how ridiculous is that – oh, how I wish I had jumped on a plane and gone to Calgary for my appt. Mind you, if Calgary had not accepted my birth certificate(s) nor my marriage certificate, I would have had to make a 2nd trip to Calgary. Having said that – I would still probably be finished.

    I am certainly thinking of contacting Calgary to proceed with my application for the CLN. Dealing with some other personal stuff right now, but will consider it in the near future, I hope.

    Again, I hope you celebrate this weekend. When I have a glass of red wine this weekend, I will toast your successful CLN.

13. *Congratulations everyone!  CLN’s are raining down on Canadian heads from the sounds of it. 

14. Congratulations on your CLN, Hijacked!  Really glad your waiting has come to its end, that conjecture, worry and uncertainty are over with a correctly dated CLN attesting to reality.  They tried to hijack your life, but now you’re firmly in control! 

    Thanks for sharing the timeline info and your detailed account of your consulate meeting, which is a real help to others!

15. ****update

    I received my CLN yesterday.  It would have come last week but it didn’t have my apartment number on the label so it got returned and resent.

    I renounced November 7 in Calgary.

16. Congrats Shaggy and hijacked!

    May the numbers successfully getting CLNs and relinquishing/renouncing continue to rise.

    Hope you’ll continue to help to improve things and to free those still in shackles. Please continue to badger Canadian and other politicians to help the millions left behind.

17. *Congratulations ShaggyZ!! Free at Last!!

18. *Congratulations Hijacked!! Free at Last!!

19. Thanks, Shaggy Z, for letting us know of another successful receipt of Certificate of Loss of Nationality from your process in Calgary. Yours was likely in the same batch as mine, my husband’s and hijacked’s CLNs. Sincere congratulations — will go update the database with your info.

20. *Yay Shaggy!

21. @Shaggy – Now that you’re an unhyphenated Canadian, are you Shaggy Zee or Shaggy Zed?

22. *Congratulations Shaggy! You got out while the going was still good. The latest news suggests that a growing number of Americans wish they could be in your shoes right now:

    America’s Wealthy Consider Abandoning U.S… In January, the firm saw a 48% month-on-month increase in the number of high-net-worth individuals – those with $1 million or more in assets – enquiring about permanently relocating outside the U.S., according to Green.

    http://www.bankinvestmentconsultant.com/news/americas-wealthy-consider-abandoning-us-2683181-1.html

23. *Won’t do them much good unless they can shed the citizenship as we well know and it can’t be bought in the sort of countries they’d want to live in.  Money doesn’t buy everything.

24. Appointment at Montreal Consulate for relinquishment.

    I have a February 28 appointment with notarial services at the Montreal Consulate, which I obtained through the automated online appointment service a few days ago. There are two renunciations mentioned in the Consulate Directory for Montreal! but I may be the first person reporting on a relinquishment, so I’ll keep this thread informed.

    I also used their email form with a pulldown menu of subjects to see if I could get them to tell me what they expected as a procedure…I chose Dual Citozenship rather than Renunciation in the pulldown subject menu, inasmuch as relinquishment is more about proving I am not a dual citizen and is not a renunciation.  They sent me an email asking where I reside, which I answered by email.  That produced a long irrelevant automatic answer so I went back to the form and repeated my answer there.

    That’s where I am now.

25. Congratulations on making your decision regarding claiming your relinquishment, Old&Simple. I’ve added your appointment for relinquishment to the Montréal Consulate portion of the Renunciation & Relinquishment database. We’ll be anxious to hear the result of the first Montréal relinquishment claim reported to Isaac Brock. Thanks for reporting.

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