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From: Immigration, Refugees and Citizenship Canada Statement Ottawa, January 22, 2024—The Honourable Marc Miller, Minister of Immigration, Refugees and Citizenship, issued the following statement: “The Citizenship Act currently includes a ‘first generation limit’ to citizenship by descent, which means that children born abroad to Canadian citizens beyond the first generation generally do not acquire Canadian citizenship…
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From: Immigration, Refugees and Citizenship Canada News release January 22, 2024—Ottawa—International students enrich our communities and are a critical part of Canada’s social, cultural and economic fabric. In recent years, the integrity of the international student system has been threatened. Some institutions have significantly increased their intakes to drive revenues, and more students have been arriving…
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Background Individuals who apply for permanent residence in Canada are generally unable to obtain permanent resident status if they are inadmissible to Canada. This creates a challenge for those who came to Canada as a minor but did not obtain permanent residence or citizenship and are now ineligible, including those who later committed crimes in…
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Ottawa, January 23, 2024—A small number of individuals who came to Canada as minors never obtained permanent residence or citizenship while they were in the custody of child protection services. As a result, some of these vulnerable people who never had status—or lost it—are now at risk of being deported to their country of birth. After living…
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