Millions of Americans may now also be considered Canadian under a new law
apnews.com
Millions more Americans might qualify for dual Canadian citizenship under a recent change to Canada’s requirements that has led to a surge in applications from its southern neighbor.
  • Mongostein@lemmy.ca
    11·
    4 days ago

    So what’s the law? Is it only grandmothers? Come on, AP! Include the wording of the law!

    • arcterus@piefed.blahaj.zoneEnglish
      8·
      3 days ago

      It’s literally as far back as possible, as long as you can prove the chain of descent through birth certificates and marriage records and so on.

      The bill is C-3, since apparently the article didn’t mention it.

        • arcterus@piefed.blahaj.zoneEnglish
          2·
          3 days ago

          There’s a caveat that will apply in the future, but is completely meaningless right now, in that people born after some day in December 2025 need to have a “meaningful connection” to Canada or something, so like living in Canada for a certain amount of time. But for nearly everyone currently alive there’s no restrictions other than having a Canadian ancestor at some point in your direct line.