Dear Mervyn, Read and Think about this statement of yours again ( I will respond later ....after I return from work): "The problem here is that no one before 1961 could apply for Portuguese citizenship. Portuguese citizenship was forced down our throats"
ANSWER: 1: What are you saying Mervyn? 2: Could they apply for Goan, Indian, Pakistani, Ceylonese, British Indian citizenship? 3: So, what citizenship does Mervyn believe they should have been allowed to apply for? 4: Before you jump up and say "Indian", please look up the provision in the Indian Nationality Act of the time, which allowed Goans to apply for Indian citizenship. BTW: do you know about Citizenship by birth ..... You could use Canada as a starting point jc Much later .... Have said more than enough for the day. Have to earn a living sometimes On Sep 2, 2013, at 11:13 PM, Mervyn Lobo <mervynal...@yahoo.ca> wrote: > "J. Colaco < jc>" wrote: >> What surprised me was that Mervyn made that particular comment.I thought > >> Mervyn (as a Canadian citizen) would have known that in many countries, a >> person remains a citizen until he renounces it. > > > Doc, > I agree with the contention that if you apply for the citizenship of a > country, you should also have to apply to renounce it, when you move on. > > The problem here is that no one before 1961 could apply for Portuguese > citizenship. Portuguese citizenship was forced down our throats. Whether you > liked it or not, thanks to Salazar, a person born in Goa was classified as a > Portuguese citizen. > > This is rather strange (to me.) > > I would have a tough time renouncing a citizenship that I did not apply for. > > Mervyn
