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Canada Reverses Citizenship Certificate Surrender Requests Days After Ordering Returns in 2026

IRCC Begins Revalidating Citizenship Certificates for Some ‘Lost Canadians’ Canada Reverses Citizenship Certificate Surrender: Canada’s immigration department has begun reversing some of its recent requests for citizenship certificate holders to surrender their documents, less than a week after launching reviews of certain citizenship-by-descent approvals. The move comes after Immigration, Refugees and Citizenship Canada (IRCC) sent…

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Canada New Citizenship Rule Backup Passport Triggers Surge in Ancestry Applications (Bill C-3), Critics Raise Concern

Bill C-3 Restored Citizenship Rights for Lost Canadians, But Critics Question Whether the Rules Have Become Too Broad Canada’s decision to remove long-standing restrictions on citizenship by descent was intended to correct a historical injustice affecting thousands of people known as “Lost Canadians.” However, six months after the implementation of Bill C-3, a growing debate…

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