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Citizenship Requirements

Restore citizenship lost under former retention rule; simplified renunciation for those affected

Grant citizenship by descent to pre-enactment foreign-born children; relax post-first-generation rules and 1,095-day residency

C-3 citizenship-by-descent email recall

Canadian citizenship revoked over ancestry proof

End to one-click virtual citizenship ceremonies

IRCC suspension of C-3 citizenship certificates