Ottawa : Canada is preparing to introduce a major change to its citizenship laws that could benefit thousands of people of Indian origin whose children were previously not eligible for Canadian citizenship because they were born outside the country. The new legislation, known as Bill C3, has now received royal assent and marks a key step toward removing long standing limits on citizenship by descent.

For many years, Canada followed the first generation limit rule. Under this rule, only the first generation of children born abroad to a Canadian parent could automatically receive citizenship. If a Canadian citizen was born outside Canada, that person could not pass citizenship to their own children born abroad. This restriction created a large group often called lost Canadians, includin

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