Citizenship Regulations

5.5 (1) An application made under subsection 5.1(3) of the Act in respect of a person who is 18 years of age or more on the date of the application shall be

• (a) made to the Minister in the prescribed form and signed by the person; and

• (b) filed, together with the materials described in subsection (2), with the Registrar.

(2) For the purposes of paragraph (1)(b), the materials required by this section are

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

• (b) evidence that establishes that

  • (i) the decision that was made abroad in respect of the adoption took place on or after January 1, 1947, and

  • (ii) a parent of the person was a citizen at the time of the decision that was made abroad in respect of the adoption; and

• (c) two photographs of the person of the size and type shown on a form prescribed under section 28 of the Act.