A former Bermuda resident who was confined to the Island for six years because he was “stateless”, has finally received a passport.Jens Hansen lost his Danish citizenship in 1995 while working on the Island at Bermuda Press.It meant he was unable to leave the Island until 2001, when he emigrated to his wife's native Canada.He was granted Canadian citizenship this month.Speaking to The Royal Gazette from his home in Beamsville, Ontario, Mr Hansen said: “Having citizenship feels fantastic. We have a lot of friends on the Island who have been getting in touch with me. I've lived in Nigeria, Iran, Holland and the UK as well as Canada, but Bermuda has a place in our hearts.”Mr Hansen arrived on the Island in 1991.He and his wife, Carolyn, and their two sons Christian, 15, and Liam, 11, left Bermuda a decade later.“It was a tearful farewell looking out the airplane window and watching Bermuda disappear. It was my eldest son's seventh birthday and he still says it was the worst birthday he's ever had,” he said yesterday.Mr Hansen discovered he had lost his claim to Danish citizenship during a trip to London in 1995. It was then he found that his certificate of identification was about to expire and couldn't be renewed.He volunteered as a diver for the Bermuda Aquarium to alleviate ‘rock fever' in the six years that followed. He said he spent so much time in the North Rock tank that he earned his own Bermudian postage stamp.“The Aquarium came out with five commemorative stamps for its 75th anniversary, and I'm on one. That was 2001, the year I left. It was a great way to leave the Island.”Aside from getting his own stamp, Mr Hansen featured in the 2001 production by Arthur Rankin of Phil Young's ‘Crystal Clear'.“That was my swan song,” he said.