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One section of Canadian law decides whether you can claim citizenship by descent, and this is how to read it

Every Canadian citizenship by descent claim comes down to the same test, applied over and over. Every person […] The post One section of Canadian law decides whether you can claim citizenship by descent, and this is how to read it first appeared on CIC News.

One section of Canadian law decides whether you can claim citizenship by descent, and this is how to read it

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