Foreign players to play for Canada

[Albatros]

Sprong moved to Canada when he was 8 years old, and almost certainly met the residency requirements to apply for citizenship in the 10 years after that. I've also read reports that he did apply for citizenship, but nothing confirmed.

Unfortunately for him it doesn't really matter whether he did in the past, he'll have to live in the country for the majority of the last 5 years and also pay his income tax in Canada accordingly.

 

[kaiser matias]

Unfortunately for him it doesn't really matter whether he did in the past, he'll have to live in the country for the majority of the last 5 years and also pay his income tax in Canada accordingly.

I'm well aware, I work in immigration and understand the laws and regulations. The question is did he apply for it before he left Charlottetown? That is not clear.

 

[lawrence]

Texan boy Tyler myers played for team Canada in the past.

 

[JackSlater]

I'm well aware, I work in immigration and understand the laws and regulations. The question is did he apply for it before he left Charlottetown? That is not clear.

He applied while he was still in junior.

Texan boy Tyler myers played for team Canada in the past.

Myers is a weird case. He is a dual citizen, but I don't know why he has citizenship. If I recall his family has no ties to Canada outside of his father moving there for a while, though Myers did play most of his hockey growing up in Canada.

 

[Uncle Rotter]

He applied while he was still in junior.



Myers is a weird case. He is a dual citizen, but I don't know why he has citizenship. If I recall his family has no ties to Canada outside of his father moving there for a while, though Myers did play most of his hockey growing up in Canada.

He and his dad moved to Canada when he was 10 and he became a naturalized citizen.

 

[ForsbergForever]

Adam Deadmarsh was born in BC, Canada and played internationally for the United States. Not really sure what the background on that is.

 

[JackSlater]

Adam Deadmarsh was born in BC, Canada and played internationally for the United States. Not really sure what the background on that is.

He randomly had American citizenship through his mother, same as Pominville, and was offered a WJC spot. I don't think that either had anything other than that to connect them to USA. Deadmarsh actually played for Portland in junior I believe though.

 

[crobro]

Mark Howe played for Canada in the Soviet summit series and team USA in Canada cups

 

[JackSlater]

Mark Howe played for Canada in the Soviet summit series and team USA in Canada cups

Not only that, he'd already played for USA at the Olympic before the 1974 Summit Series.