Canada extends the citizenship act amendment deadline to January 2026

The Ontario Superior Court of Justice has granted Canada's Federal Government an additional two months to finalize amendments to the Citizenship Act, pushing the deadline from November 20, 2025, to January 20, 2026. This extension provides Parliament with crucial time to advance Bill C-3, legislation designed to eliminate the First-Generation Limit that currently blocks Canadians born overseas from transmitting citizenship to their foreign-born children. The court ruled this restriction unconstitutional in 2023. While the government has previously missed three deadlines, officials maintain steady legislative momentum, with Bill C-3 now under Senate committee review and interim citizenship applications continuing under temporary provisions established earlier this year.

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