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CIC News Two documents do most of the work in a Canadian citizenship by descent claim Though they should all ideally be included in a citizenship by descent application, not all the documents requested by Canada’s immigration department are created equally in terms of their ability to support a citizenship claim. Two records carry far…
CIC News Your Polish ancestors may have left your family a Canadian citizenship claim If your family tree runs back to Poland, part of it may run through Canada. And if it does, you might be a Canadian citizen without knowing it. The Polish migration to North America split at the Atlantic; most went south…
CIC News The Supreme Court just narrowed the field for trans athletes in America. Some of those families are already Canadian citizens On June 30, the US Supreme Court upheld state bans on transgender student athletes playing girls’ and women’s sports. The 6-3 decision in West Virginia v. B.P.J. and Little v. Hecox kept laws…
CIC News This Fourth of July, Americans are discovering that they are Canadian too This Fourth of July, millions of Americans will light the grill, pour a drink, and watch the fireworks without knowing they’ve quietly gained far more options for themselves. A door to Canadian citizenship, with all the travel, healthcare, retirement, and social…
CIC News Long-form birth certificates for Canadian citizenship by descent: what you need to know 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 submit an application to Immigration, Refugees and Citizenship Canada (IRCC), Canada’s…
CIC News Canada is already returning citizenship certificates it demanded days ago from lost Canadians Some of the new Canadians asked to surrender their citizenship certificates last week have already been told they can keep them, in a quick reversal by Canada’s citizenship department. Less than a week after the federal government asked flagged applicants…
CIC News Little Canada in America: How Bill C-3 is restoring Canadian citizenship to descendants of Quebec’s great migration Between 1840 and 1930, nearly one million French Canadians left the province of Quebec for a new life in the U.S. Today, thanks to a sweeping change in Canadian law in December 2025, their descendants in…
CIC News Six online tools Americans are using to find the ancestry for Canadian citizenship by descent Since Canada eliminated its generational limit to inheriting citizenship by descent last December, millions of Americans with Canadian ancestry can apply for proof of Canadian citizenship, with which they can obtain a Canadian passport. And this spring, thousands…
CIC News Proof of Canadian citizenship applicants from abroad face easier completeness check under new rules Canadian citizens by descent applying for proof of Canadian citizenship certificates from abroad now have their applications subject only to a minimal completeness check prior to processing. Under new instructions to officers, proof of citizenship applications from outside Canada…
CIC News Mark Wahlberg, Ellen DeGeneres, and Chloë Sevigny can now get Canadian passports, along with millions of everyday Americans The U.S. is home to many famous Americans who, in late December 2025, became U.S.-Canadian dual citizens when Canada updated its citizenship law. The new law, which removed the first-generation limit to inheriting Canadian citizenship…