A group of American applicants are reporting significant delays and a lack of transparency regarding their Canadian citizenship-by-descent applications. Despite applying as soon as interim measures were introduced in March 2025, many early applicants have found their files stalled in the Immigration Department’s program support unit – a division typically reserved for complex cases. Meanwhile, newer applicants who submitted their files after the formalization of the "lost Can

Legal experts are calling on the Senate to amend Bill C-3 to grant children adopted from overseas the same citizenship protections as those adopted domestically. A briefing paper submitted to the Senate committee argues that subjecting foreign-adopted children to substantial-connection tests creates an unfair distinction and potentially violates Canada's Charter and international treaty obligations. Immigration, Refugees and Citizenship Canada has faced years of advocacy fro