Webinar for Queer Americans seeking Asylum in Canada

[cwebber@social.coop]

Webinar for Queer Americans seeking Asylum in Canada

Sunday, April 19th @ 1:00PM MST

Invitation link: https://teams.microsoft.com/meet/27262609476693?p=ie804F66heayeMZkKJ

I am not affiliated with this, but the people running it asked for it to be shared widely, so I am.

Note, asylum is for good reason considered a last resort option. If you've got any blood relatives who were born in Canada btw, *especially* if one of your parents were, you're already a Canadian citizen under current law, you just need to get it recognized. Other info on paths to relocating in Canada here, if relevant to you:

https://transworldexpress.org/wiki/Canada

[disorderlyf@todon.eu]

@cwebber I wanna stress on that last point she really means ANY relative. I've seen people get citizenship from relatives born in the 1700s. There's a good chance I qualify with ancestors who were fur trappers in the 1600s

[cxiao@infosec.exchange]

@cwebber Would you be able to share who is running the webinar? I ask because the likelihood of LGBTQ Americans being able to successfully use the asylum pathway to come to Canada is extremely low, and for a lot of people, there may be another temporary visa pathway or permanent residency pathway that's more suitable. I think it is important to not give people a false sense of hope, and to offer realistic pathways.

[cwebber@social.coop]

@cxiao I gave caveats about that in my post! But I forgot to include the other info about who's running it, hold on

[cwebber@social.coop]

@cxiao Updated!

[cxiao@infosec.exchange]

@cwebber Thanks! It's very good that it's hosted by an actual immigration lawyer practicing in Canada. There is a ton of misinformation and generally very poor understanding by most Americans (and honestly Canadians too) of our immigration system, and I think a lot of people are not really aware of paths that are open to them that may be easier (or even in general how the various visa, permanent residency, and citizenship paths work)

[maya_b@hachyderm.io]

@cxiao

asylum is very tricky - basically the if there's a sanctuary option still available in the US, asylum claims will be denied.

def worth checking out other options

@cwebber

[cleoqc@cosocial.ca]

@disorderlyf
I thought you couldn't go that far back as the Canadian citizenship didn't exist in the 1700s. In fact it only exists since 1949 or something like that.
@cwebber

[disorderlyf@todon.eu]

@CleoQc @cwebber It used to be the case that there was a date range where that person would have to have already claimed citizenship. There were also instances where otherwise citizen relatives could be stripped of their citizenship. A law passed last year clearing up a lot of that and there's no restriction on anyone born before the day the law went into effect. (some time in October-November 2025, but I forget the exact day)