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2 days ago · Legislative changes in 2009 amended the Citizenship Act to add a first-generation limit to citizenship by descent, which means that a Canadian citizen parent can pass on citizenship to a child born outside Canada if they were either born in Canada or naturalized before the birth of the child. As a result of the first-generation limit, Canadian ...
Apr 9, 2022 · This service allows individuals to make online requests for information to participating government institutions instead of having to print, scan, mail or email a paper form.
4 days ago · Starting today, May 21st, Immigration Refugees and Citizenship Canada (IRCC) will begin issuing invitations to apply (ITAs) to sponsors who submitted “Interest to Sponsor” forms through the Parents and Grandparents Program (PGP). IRCC has started sending out 35,700 invitations over a two-week period starting May 21, with the hopes of ...
2 days ago · 1:41 Minister Miller introduces bill to restore citizenship to ‘Lost Canadians’ The federal government plans to restore the rights of “lost Canadians” by allowing Canadians born abroad to ...
3 days ago · Parents and Grandparents Program (PGP) 2024 Process. Invitations for the 2024 PGP will be sent out for a two week period, starting on May 21st, 2024. Applicants will be chosen from the 2020 pool of interested eligible sponsors. Sponsors who submitted an application in 2020 are encouraged to check their emails throughout the two-week period ...
2 days ago · The impact of this ruling is detailed by Green and Spiegel here. On May 23, 2024, the Honourable Marc Miller, Minister of Immigration, Refugees and Citizenship, tabled Bill C-71, an Act to amend the Citizenship Act (2024), in order to address the Bjorkquist decision and restore citizenship rights to lost Canadians.
