Hackers' Pub

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mcc @mcc@mastodon.social

12/17/2025, 8:49:56 PM

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Seems Bill C-3 is a pretty bad disappointment compared to the temporary court-order rule from this summer it replaced. (IN FUTURE,) rather than offering Canadian citizenship to anyone with a citizen grandparent, it restricts and requires the noncitizen parent to have spent like 3 years in Canada(?) before the kid's birth.

Wording on the news articles seems(?) to imply it might also open cases where the Canadian citizen is a great grandparent, but otherwise frustrating.

https://www.cicnews.com/2025/12/breaking-bill-c-3-takes-effect-giving-many-a-clear-pathway-to-canadian-citizenship-1263495.html

Bill C-3 takes effect, giving many a clear pathway to Canadian citizenship

Thousands of lost Canadians previously affected by the first-generation limit (FGL) to citizenship by descent are now eligible to gain Canadian citizenship. On December 15, 2025, Bill C-3, “An Act to Amend the Citizenship Act", became law. “This new legislation strengthens the bond between Canadians at home and around the world, and reaffirms the values

www.cicnews.com · CIC News

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