When the amendment to the Canadian Citizenship Act went into effect in December 2025, the expected wait time for processing citizenship applications was about 9 months. Now it’s 33 months.

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. The Canadian government removed the "first-generation" limit on citizenship by descent, meaning those with Canadian parents, ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Ellen Robillard, who lives outside Rochester, New York, visited Nova Scotia in 2025 with her partner, Arthur Wilcox. She's seeking ...

Canada released citizenship waiver guidelines, outlining compassionate grounds for exemptions from test, language, and oath ...

Before submitting your Canadian citizenship application, double-check your documents. Ensure you're using the latest checklist, arrange your forms correctly, and include necessary passport copies.

Countries who are motivated to increase their populations are adopting more permissive paths to granting full citizenship, ...

Indian nationals applying for Canadian citizenship must follow the IRCC's CIT 0007 document checklist.

(CNN) — When Donald Trump was first elected in 2016, New York State resident Ellen Robillard briefly looked into getting Canadian citizenship. Her mother, after all, was born in Nova Scotia. As a ...

When President Donald Trump was first elected in 2016, New York State resident Ellen Robillard briefly looked into getting Canadian citizenship. Her mother, after all, was born in Nova Scotia.As a ...