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Canada Changes Citizenship by Descent Rules

Canada’s citizenship-by-descent rules changed in late 2025, and that may matter to people whose family line passed through Canada generations ago. For some with Irish roots, ...

IRCC Revalidates Some Canadian Citizenship Certificates

Canada’s citizenship department has moved quickly to reverse some recent requests that asked new citizens to give back their citizenship certificates for review. Revalidation letters are ...

Canadian Citizenship Certificate Rule Faces Charter Scrutiny

Canada’s recent demand that some people born outside the country surrender their Canadian citizenship certificates has raised serious legal questions. Immigration lawyers say the rule may ...

IRCC Allows Alternate Proof for Citizenship by Descent

Many people who may now qualify for Canadian citizenship by descent worry that missing birth records, old certificates, or unclear family details will stop them from ...

IRCC Reviews Some Citizenship by Descent Files

Some new recipients of Canadian citizenship certificates are being told by the federal government to return those certificates while their files are reviewed again. The issue ...

Lewiston Families May Have Canadian Citizenship by Descent

Lewiston, Maine has deep French-Canadian roots, and that history may now matter in a very practical way. After changes to Canada’s citizenship-by-descent rules, many people in ...

Canadian Citizenship by Descent Law May Affect Woonsocket

A new Canadian citizenship-by-descent law may affect thousands of people in Woonsocket, Rhode Island, a city with deep French-Canadian roots. Many residents could already be Canadian ...

Proof of Canadian Citizenship Wait Reaches 15 Months

Canada’s proof of citizenship process has become much slower, with IRCC now estimating about 15 months for routine applications and a queue of roughly 82,000 files. ...

Bill C-3 Changes Canadian Citizenship by Descent Rules

Canada’s citizenship-by-descent rules changed in an important way under Bill C-3. Many people born abroad before December 15, 2025 may now be recognized as Canadian citizens, ...

Bill C-3 Expands Canadian Citizenship by Descent

Canada’s 2025 citizenship law change is reshaping the lives of many Americans with French-Canadian roots. Descendants of Quebec families who moved to New England during the ...

Canada Ends First Generation Citizenship by Descent Limit

Canada’s citizenship rules changed in late 2025, and the impact reaches far beyond celebrities. A new law removed the old first-generation limit for citizenship by descent, ...

Canada Expands Citizenship by Descent Rules

Canada’s citizenship-by-descent rules changed in late 2025, and that shift may give many people with Canadian family roots a direct claim to citizenship. For eligible applicants, ...

Genealogy Tools Aid Canadian Citizenship by Descent

Interest in Canadian citizenship by descent has grown quickly after Canada removed the old first-generation limit in late 2025. Many Americans are now researching family history ...

IRCC Proof of Citizenship Mistakes Can Delay Files

Many people who recently became eligible for Canadian citizenship by descent are now preparing proof of citizenship applications. A Canadian immigration lawyer says small mistakes can ...

Canada Expands Citizenship by Descent Eligibility

Canada’s citizenship-by-descent rules changed in late 2025, opening the door for many people born outside Canada to claim citizenship through earlier generations. One widely discussed example ...

IRCC eases proof of Canadian citizenship intake overseas

Canadians born abroad and people claiming citizenship by descent may now benefit from a simpler intake process when applying for proof of Canadian citizenship from outside ...

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I am Ecaterina Andoni, a Regulated Canadian Immigration Consultant (R1041367) and founder of EverNorth Canada Immigration Solutions Inc. 

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