How about all our friends in Canada?

"Up to 20,000 Canadians may have unknowingly lost their citizenship by failing to celebrate their 24th birthdays in Canada, the Canadian Broadcasting Corp. reported Wednesday.

An obscure provision in that nation's Citizenship Act - on the books from 1947 to 1977 - automatically stripped citizenship from Canadians who celebrated their 24th birthday outside the country within those dates without signing the proper form, CBC News said".

Absolutely fascinating. The article does mention they plan to do something about it.


Been there, done that, the washing machine ate the T-shirt