Canada Immigration News

24 Jun

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Parent born in Canada? You’re Canadian!

In Canada Immigration News

Was your mother or father born or naturalized in Canada? Under recent amendments to Canada's Citizenship Act, nearly all persons whose parent was born or naturalized in Canada are now Canadian citizens. This is true even if your parent left Canada as a child; married an American citizen (or other non-Canadian); or became a U.S. citizen (or citizen of another country). There is no age limit on claiming your Canadian citizenship. If your parent was naturalized in Canada, the naturalization must have occurred before you were born. At the moment these laws apply only to the first generation born abroad. So...

23 May

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Canada to expand second generation citizen rights

In Canada Immigration News

On May 23, 2024, the Canadian government introduced legislation in Parliament to allow more persons to become Canadian citizens by descent. In 2009 and 2015, Parliament passed legislation that extended Canadian citizenship to anyone who had a parent that was born in Canada, or naturalized in Canada before the person's birth. This was done to fix the status of thousands of "lost Canadians" who lost their Canadian citizenship, or never acquired Canadian citizenship in the first place, because of the many technicalities of previous Canadian law. However, the 2009 and 2015 amendments cut off the right to citizenship after the...

27 Oct

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Canada announces reforms to prevent fraud in Letters of Acceptance for foreign students

In Canada Immigration News

On October 27, 2023, new Canadian immigration minister Marc Miller announced plans to prevent the issuance of fraudulent "Letters of Acceptance" for foreign students. In recent years, numerous prospective students were issued fraudulent acceptance letters through unscrupulous immigration "consultants." In the majority of cases the students were not aware the letters were fraudulent, but then faced deportation after arrival in Canada. Beginning December 1, 2023, all post-secondary educational institutions will be required to confirm every applicant's letter of acceptance directly with IRCC (Immigration, Refugees, and Citizenship Canada). This means all genuine letters of acceptance will be verified by IRCC. Minister...

30 Jun

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Canada announces new program for “Digital Nomads”

In Canada Immigration News

On June 27, 2023 Canadian Immigration Minister Sean Fraser announced a new initiative to attract so-called "digital nomads." This program allows persons who work remotely for U.S. or other foreign employers to live in Canada for up to six months while continuing to work remotely. These workers would have visitor status in Canada. Canadian immigration authorities have not previously stated that full time remote work for a foreign employer is consistent with visitor status.While the announcement mentioned a six month time period, visitors in Canada can apply for extensions. So it is possible that nomads will not be limited to...