Canada Immigration News

05 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 the 2009 and 2015 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...

05 Jun

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Canada introduces new law to expand second generation citizen rights

In Canada Immigration News

On June 5, 2025, the Canadian government introduced legislation in Parliament to allow more persons to become Canadian citizens by descent. The law is called Bill C-3. 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...

01 Apr

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Canada announces New Interim Measure to expand citizenship beyond first generation born abroad

In Canada Immigration News

On March 13, 2025, the Canadian government announced that citizenship applications will now be accepted and processed for persons born outside Canada with grandparents or earlier generations who were born in Canada.This is in response to a court decision in the case of Bjorkquist v. Canada. In December 2023, the judge in this case ruled that the first generation limit on acquisition of citizenship is a violation of the Canadian Charter of Rights. However, the judge suspended the ruling until the Canadian Parliament could pass legislation protecting the rights of second generation persons. Such legislation was introduced in the previous...

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...