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Originally Posted by curves2000
I am not opposed to the move but this also has the chance to be abused. I have relatives overseas who are going to be ecstatic when I mention this is a possibility if they qualify, which I think they would? My uncle came to Canada with my father in the 70's, both got citizenship. My father stayed, my uncle left 10 years later and had children overseas. I would assume that this would make my cousins potentially Canadian now?
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As children of a naturalized Canadian citizen, your cousins would have always been eligible for Canadian citizenship if they wanted it, so this changes nothing for them.
The only difference now is, if they want to pass on their Canadian citizenship to their kids, they need to live in Canada for 3+ years before their kids are born. Whereas under the old rule, it would have been impossible to pass on their Canadian citizenship.