How a Canadian great-grandparent can make you a citizen
If one of your great-grandparents was Canadian, you may now be a Canadian citizen—even if you, your parents, and your grandparents were all born abroad, and no one in the family ha...
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If one of your great-grandparents was Canadian, you may now be a Canadian citizen—even if you, your parents, and your grandparents were all born abroad, and no one in the family ha...
You might actually be a Canadian citizen and not even realize it. On December 15, 2025, Bill C-3 came into effect, removing the first-generation limit that previously cut off citiz...
George1: It looks really archaic to our eyes today, that only a father, not a mother, could pass on UK citizenship (for those born overseas). Similarly archaic in my eyes… my so...
You’ve just realized that you might be eligible for Canadian citizenship based on your ancestry. The next natural step is to start collecting the right documentation so you can sub...
Birthright citizenship has been in the spotlight this past week after the U.S. Supreme Court struck down Donald Trump’s order seeking to end it in the United States. While the pres...
In Ireland there’s no ceremony if you get citizenship by descent. The ceremony is only for people who are naturalized. My husband’s was in Killarney and I had to drag him by the sc...
I don’t think it is correct. If your grandchildren were born abroad to a parent who is British otherwise than by descent, those children are automatically British. Under the new ru...
Bill C-3 restored Canadian citizenship to anyone born before December 15, 2025, who can trace an unbroken line of descent to a Canadian ancestor. But the same law introduced a new...
Since Bill C-3 took effect in December 2025, citizenship by descent has been one of the fastest-moving stories in Canadian immigration. In June 2026, it became turbulent, when Cana...
Canada’s citizenship department has issued new guidance on what it expects as proof of Canadian lineage from people applying for citizenship by descent, after asking multiple new C...
A man born in Germany to a Vietnamese father is seeking clarification on whether people of mixed Vietnamese heritage raised overseas like him are eligible for Vietnamese citizenshi...
England-born football player Alfie Jones became a Canadian citizen last year, and earned a place on Canada’s national soccer team – all because of a grandmother born in Hillcrest,...
Canada’s citizenship department built a section on its citizenship by descent application forms to accommodate applicants who want to apply under the new citizenship rules, but don...
If one of your grandparents was born in Canada, you may already be a Canadian citizen — even if you and your parents were born abroad, and no one in your family has ever held a Can...
Canadian citizenship passes down through bloodlines. But if your ancestor lived in Canada before 1947, the rules of that era may have cut your family out of citizenship entirely—un...
This spring, thousands of Americans are requesting copies of official documents from vital statistics offices and archives to prove their eligibility for Canadian citizenship by de...
Looks like she’s automatically British (born abroad to a parent who is British otherwise than by descent) so no need to apply for citizenship. Just the first passport. Although th...
Millions of Americans now qualify for Canadian citizenship by descent. If you think you’re eligible, there are some things you need to know before you apply. Document collection fo...
On Tuesday, June 23, Immigration Minister Lena Diab confirmed that Canada has halted decisions on citizenship by descent files, and is reviewing the files of people who have alread...
Canada’s immigration department has temporarily stopped finalizing some new citizenship-by-descent applications, according to reporting by Global News and The Canadian Press. The p...
OTTAWA — Immigration Minister Lena Diab says having a Canadian ancestor does not guarantee someone is eligible for Canadian citizenship. Diab was pushed in question period Tuesday...
On June 30, Immigration, Refugees and Citizenship Canada (IRCC) said that it had completed its review of roughly 6,500 applications for citizenship by descent that it had received...
For much of the last 300 years, a French-Canadian family could answer to two surnames at once. A man baptized Roy might be buried as a Desjardins. Their grandchildren might use bot...
vero: France and the UK have allowed people born to mixed couples to have dual nationality It’s a similar situation in Spain, where my nephews have dual nationality, but my brot...
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