Akshay Kumar

Actor — Sooryavanshi, Padman, over 150 Hindi films

Born

1967

Birthplace

DELHI, INDIA

Citizenships

INDIA

Canadianness Score

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—/ 5

Not scored — citizenship renounced in 2023 · source

Designation

Renounced 🚫

Had it. Gave it back. On purpose.

Scorecard

Path B — citizenship renounced

I. Origin

Born on Canadian soil

DELHI, INDIA

Canadian parentage

No Canadian parents on record

Citizenship on record

Renounced in 2023

II. Residency

Formative years spent in Canada

Raised elsewhere

Lived in Canada by choice

No adult residency on record

Worked or filmed in Canada

No Canadian credits on file

III. Cultural evidence — not scored

Section III is recorded for the file only. It carries no weight under either path.

Publicly claims to be Canadian

Says so, out loud

Canada claims them back

No claim lodged

Fun fact

The Canadian citizenship he held for over a decade was granted by invoking an obscure law that let him skip the residency requirement entirely — he reportedly never lived in the country for any meaningful stretch.

The verdict

Delhi-born and India-based his entire life and career; held Canadian citizenship from 2011 to 2023 under a special federal exemption that skipped the usual residency requirement, then renounced it the moment Indian law required a choice. No residency, no Canadian work, no lineage — the citizenship existed only on paper, and even that's gone now. Zero. Hasn't even been, bud.

Adjudicated by

The Standings Committee

Status

Final — appealable