Adopting Child From Sri Lanka Sponsorship Undertaking Steps

[Rajpal (Admin)]

For an adopted person to be eligible for a direct grant of citizenship for adopted persons at least one of the adoptive parents must be a Canadian citizen at the time of the adoption, or, for adoptions that took place prior to January 1, 1947, at least one adoptive parent must have become a Canadian citizen on January 1, 1947 (or April 1, 1949, in the case of Newfoundland and Labrador for adoptions that took place prior to April 1, 1949) and be able to pass on Canadian citizenship to the adopted person.

In your case, since your friend is already a Canadian citizen, the child will be eligible for a direct grant of citizenship.