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Getting citizenship by descent documents from Quebec? Here is what most applicants only learn the hard way

CIC News Getting citizenship by descent documents from Quebec? Here is what most applicants only learn the hard way You find your great-grandmother twice. Once in a parish baptism register from 1903, where the priest wrote Marie Thibodeau. Once on a Quebec marriage license from 1924, where the clerk wrote Mary Thibodeaux. A citizenship by…

Two documents do most of the work in a Canadian citizenship by descent claim

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…

The Supreme Court just narrowed the field for trans athletes in America. Some of those families are already Canadian citizens

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…