Welcome to the Guberman // Appleby Immigration Update. We hope you find the information provided relevant to your immigration needs. Our objective is to highlight recent updates in immigration that are of interest to our readers. If you have questions about how these changes impact you, we invite you to contact our Canadian immigration lawyers for tailored guidance.
Today’s topic:
- Parliament Passes Bill C-3 also known as An Act to amend the Citizenship Act
In this immigration update, Lainie M. Appleby and our articling student, Noah Pinhas, discuss the recently passed Bill C-3 also known as An Act to amend the Citizenship Act (“Act’). Lainie and Noah discuss the legislative history of the bill, how it recognizes previously lost Canadians as citizens, and provides new rules for citizenship by descent for those born after the Bill comes into effect.
Previously, Canada’s citizenship policy included a second-generation limit. This meant that only citizens born in Canada could pass their citizenship on to their children born abroad, Canadians who were not born in Canada could not pass their citizenship on if they had children outside of Canada. The new Act removes this restriction and creates two groups of potential citizens based on their birth dates. For people who were born before the new Act comes into effect, they will be granted citizenship so long as they are directly descended from a Canadian citizen (IE parent, grandparent, great grandparent, etc). For children born abroad to Canadian parents after this Act comes into effect, their parents will be able to pass on their citizenship so long as they have spent three years (1095 days) in Canada cumulatively at any point before their child’s birth. Please see our video for our full discussion.
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