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PoliticsImmigration, Refugees and Citizenship Canada is struggling to handle a flood of citizenship applications — many of them from a change to federal law late last year that allows anyone who can prove they have a Canadian ancestor to apply. That backlog is preventing some Canadians born abroad from coming home. IRCC taking 33 months to process applications in wake of 'lost Canadians' lawElizabeth Thompson · CBC News · Posted: Oct 05, 2026 4:00 AM EDT | Last Updated: October 5Listen to this articleEstimated 7 minutesThe audio version of this article is generated by AI-based technology. Mispronunciations can occur. We are working with our partners to continually review and improve the results. Pascal Sud and Meisha Smith are seen in Jamaica with their newborn daughter. They have been apart for months while they wait for their daughter's Canadian citizenship certificate. (Submitted by Pascal Sud)When Pascal Sud and Meisha Smith prepared in January for the arrival of their first child, the choice seemed simple. Smith would give birth in her home country of Jamaica where she had family support, and then they would together return to Montreal three months later.

PoliticsLess than nine months after Parliament allowed those with Canadian ancestors to be recognized as Canadian citizens, the backlog of applications has soared to a new high. Soaring applications in part due to 'lost Canadians' changes to immigration lawElizabeth Thompson · CBC News · Posted: Sep 10, 2026 4:00 AM EDT | Last Updated: September 10Listen to this articleEstimated 6 minutesThe audio version of this article is generated by AI-based technology. Mispronunciations can occur. We are working with our partners to continually review and improve the results. Immigration Minister Lena Metlege Diab initially told MPs that Bill C-3 would not result in a surge of applications. (Adrian Wyld/The Canadian Press)Less than nine months after Parliament allowed those with Canadian ancestors to be recognized as Canadian citizens, the backlog of applications has soared to a new high. More than 136,000 applications for citizenship certificates are now waiting for a decision — many of them from Americans. Those who apply today face an estimated wait of 33 months, according to figures posted on Immigration, Refugees and Citizenship Canada (IRCC)'s website.