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What is Bill C3? Canada amends the Citizenship Act to ease the process of granting citizenship with a fair and clear law; all you need to know

Canada's Bill C-3, effective December 15, 2025, amends citizenship law to grant citizenship to those born before the date who were previously excluded by first-generation limits. The new legislation also allows Canadian parents born abroad to pass citizenship to their children, provided they demonstrate three years of prior physical presence in Canada.