{"id":10301,"date":"2026-05-07T12:36:31","date_gmt":"2026-05-07T19:36:31","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/shaya.sabtrax.dev\/2026\/05\/07\/change-in-citizenship-law-opens-route-to-canadian-passports-for-300000-connecticut-residents\/"},"modified":"2026-05-07T12:36:31","modified_gmt":"2026-05-07T19:36:31","slug":"change-in-citizenship-law-opens-route-to-canadian-passports-for-300000-connecticut-residents","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/shaya.sabtrax.dev\/en\/2026\/05\/07\/change-in-citizenship-law-opens-route-to-canadian-passports-for-300000-connecticut-residents\/","title":{"rendered":"Change in citizenship law opens route to Canadian passports for 300,000 Connecticut residents"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>\u200bClose to 300,000 Connecticut residents became U.S.-Canadian dual citizens overnight when Canada updated its citizenship by descent law.\u00a0 The changes to Canada\u2019s Citizenship Act, which came into force on December 15, 2025, abolished the generational limit to inheriting Canadian citizenship for anyone born before that date. Get a Free Consultation on Applying for Proof of<br \/>\nThe post Change in citizenship law opens route to Canadian passports for 300,000 Connecticut residents first appeared on CIC News.<\/p>\n<p>Close to 300,000 Connecticut residents became U.S.-Canadian dual citizens overnight when Canada updated its citizenship by descent law.\u00a0 The changes to Canada\u2019s Citizenship Act, which came into force on December 15, 2025, abolished the generational limit to inheriting Canadian citizenship for anyone born before that date. Get a Free Consultation on Applying for Proof of [\u2026]<\/p>\n<p>The post <a href=\"https:\/\/www.cicnews.com\/2026\/05\/change-in-citizenship-law-opens-route-to-canadian-passports-for-300000-connecticut-residents-0575070.html\">Change in citizenship law opens route to Canadian passports for 300,000 Connecticut residents<\/a> first appeared on <a href=\"https:\/\/www.cicnews.com\/\">CIC News<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.cicnews.com\/2026\/05\/change-in-citizenship-law-opens-route-to-canadian-passports-for-300000-connecticut-residents-0575070.html\" target=\"_blank\" class=\"feedzy-rss-link-icon\">Read More<\/a><\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>\u200bClose to 300,000 Connecticut residents became U.S.-Canadian dual citizens overnight when Canada updated its citizenship by descent law.\u00a0 The changes to Canada\u2019s Citizenship Act, which came into force on December 15, 2025, abolished the generational limit to inheriting Canadian citizenship for anyone born before that date. Get a Free Consultation on Applying for Proof of [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[82],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-10301","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-cic-news-en"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/shaya.sabtrax.dev\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/10301","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/shaya.sabtrax.dev\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/shaya.sabtrax.dev\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/shaya.sabtrax.dev\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/shaya.sabtrax.dev\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=10301"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/shaya.sabtrax.dev\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/10301\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/shaya.sabtrax.dev\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=10301"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/shaya.sabtrax.dev\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=10301"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/shaya.sabtrax.dev\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=10301"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}