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Canada orders thousands to return new citizenship certificates over ancestry proof disputes

The Canadian government began notifying thousands of individuals this week that their recently approved citizenship status is being suspended and their certificates must be returned.

The recall focuses on applicants who used the 2025 "Lost Canadians" law, which allowed those born abroad to claim citizenship through long-lost ancestral ties. Immigration Minister Lena Diab stated that officials are reviewing cases where applicants relied on genealogy websites that may not satisfy the legal requirement to prove a direct link in every single generation. Legal experts and opposition MPs are calling the move unconstitutional, arguing that approved citizens are being left in legal limbo without due process.

The immigration department has frozen all new applications under this descent-based rule while it probes the validity of the data used in thousands of cases.

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Thousands sought Canadian citizenship. Some are now under review

https://usatoday.com

Recipients of newly issued Canadian citizenship certificates are facing unexpected reviews of their applications.

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Some 'Lost Canadians' told to surrender new citizenship certificates

https://bbc.com

"It has devastated me," said one man who moved to Canada under the new law that grants citizenship to those who can prove an ancestral tie...

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Canada is asking some who received citizenship to surrender their certificates. Here’s why

https://ctvnews.ca

Some people who received proof of Canadian citizenship under the “Lost Canadians” legislation that passed last year are now being told to...

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Israeli Bombings Kill 2,300 In Lebanon in 3 weeks

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