Canada Immigration News

19 Nov

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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 everyone whose parent was born or naturalized in Canada is now a Canadian citizen. 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. Until recently these laws applied only to the first generation born...

19 Nov

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Parliament of Canada passes historic new law expanding citizenship by descent

In Canada Immigration News

On November 19, 2025, the Senate of Canada voted to approve Bill C-3 titled "An Act to Amend the Citizenship Act." The Bill received Royal Assent on November 20. This completes the approval process of Bill C-3 in Parliament. Until now, children born outside Canada to persons born or naturalized in Canada were Canadian citizens, but their own children were not, with rare exceptions.This is known as the "First Generation Limit."Bill C-3 makes major changes to the First Generation Limit: The First Generation Limit will no longer apply to persons born before the coming into force of Bill C-3. This...

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 to allow the Canadian Parliament to pass legislation protecting the rights of second generation persons. Such legislation was introduced in the...

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...