Canadian Immigration has implemented new regulations regarding the citizenship of children born offshore.
The amendments to the Citizenship Act state that only children born outside of Canada to first generation Canadian citizens will qualify for automatic citizenship.
Prior to the changes, children born offshore to Canadian citizens of the second and third generations could automatically qualify for citizenship.
The new law is set to come into effect on 17 April 2009, at which point the old law will become dormant, meaning that children born to second and third generation Canadian citizens will no longer be automatically qualified to apply for citizenship, even if they were born before 17 April 2009.
Therefore, all children born offshore to Canadian parents who also obtained citizenship via offshore birth will need to lodge their applications before April.
Canadian immigration minister Jason Kenney has announced that the Canadian immigrant investor program is to be expanded in a bit to ease the economic pressure brought on by the credit crunch.
The programme, which allows prospective migrants to invest a redeemable bond of $400,000 (£223,400) for a five year period, thereby guaranteeing permanent residence, is a popular choice among more wealthy migrants, and the government is now looking to maximise capital investment via Canadian immigration.
“The Canadian government will soon announce changes in the immigrant investor program so that we can leverage it better as a source of capital inflows into the country in these recessionary times. The changes will make the program more attractive for the investors, who are looking at immigrating to Canada through this route, as well as for the Canadian government,” Mr. Kenney said.
The Canadian immigration authorities have loosened the laws on open work authorisation visa in a bid to attract a greater number of foreign students and recent graduates to travel and work in Canada.
According to Citizenship and Immigration Canada, a new visa is to be introduced that will allow foreign students to enjoy multiple working holidays during their study period in Canada, and option which will still be available to them 12 moths after their date of graduation.
The new scheme allows students and recent graduates aged between 19 and 30 to take long working summers in Canada, and also offers them the opportunity to take a gap year, even if they have already worked in the county. What is more, work and travel are not restricted to any particular regions of the country under the new initiative.
The new visa can be applied for through the post-graduate work permit program.
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