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Children born outside of Canada to Canadian parents are eligible Canadian citizens

Are you a Canadian Citizen, but your child was born outside of Canada? Here’s good news for you. As per IRCC (Immigration, Refugees and Citizenship Canada), Canadian citizens can pass on citizenship to their first-generation children born outside of Canada. Thus, the children born overseas, but have one of the parents as a Canadian citizen, are eligible to claim their citizenship in Canada.

IRCC’s issues fresh guidelines for applications assessment under the essential workforce and international students’ stream

On May 6, 2021, IRCC (Immigration, Refugees and Citizenship Canada) launched six new permanent residence (PR) streams for essential workers and international graduates. 

Status of the applications after a month

  • After one month, while the English-speaking International Graduate stream has touched its share of 40,000 applications, IRCC plans to adjust the shares for other categories within a day.
  • Over 11,000 applications have been received for the two English-speaking essential worker streams, and the available share for both streams together is 50,000 applications.
  • The response so far is the lowest for the three French-speaking streams, and the applications will be accepted till November 6, 2021.