Effective April 17, 2009 Canada has amended the Citizenship Act. The new law will give Canadian citizenship to certain people who lost it and to others who will be recognized as citizens for the first time. It will also protect the value of citizenship by limiting citizenship by descent to one generation outside Canada.
The new law changes the rules regarding people born outside of Canada to Canadian parents. It was possible for Canadians to pass on their citizenship to endless generations born outside Canada. This is no longer the case as the new law will grant citizenship to only the first generation born outside Canada. Children born outside of Canada to parents who themselves were born outside of Canada, will no longer have an automatic right of citizenship. People who have renounced their citizenship or had it revoked will also not become citizens under the new law.
You must be logged in to post a comment.