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Canada 22 Jun 2026

Ottawa reverses order to surrender some 'lost Canadian' citizenship certificates

Just one week after some "lost Canadians" were told to surrender their new citizenship certificates, a few received letters over the weekend confirming their citizenship claims are valid once again.

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Just one week after some "lost Canadians" were told to surrender their new citizenship certificates, a few received letters over the weekend confirming their citizenship claims are valid once again. Just one week after some "lost Canadians" were told to surrender their new citizenship certificates, a few received letters over the weekend confirming their citizenship claims are valid once again. The Immigration Department has said it sent letters earlier this month to "a few dozen" people who received citizenship under Canada's citizenship-by-descent law demanding they surrender their proof of citizenship pending further review. She said all three received emails from Immigration, Refugees and Citizenship Canada on Saturday saying their citizenship is valid again. She was just so overcome with relief and joy again, the same as when she received her certificate initially," Burnett said from her current home in Colorado. Government abruptly suspends citizenship certificates issued under 'lost Canadians' law NDP wants minister to explain why citizenship certificates were abruptly suspended Thousands are now Canadians under new citizenship law. Half of them are Americans Canada's citizenship by descent law changed on Dec.

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