Canada Lists 3 Exceptional Grounds for Granting Foreigners Citizenship Outside Normal Rules

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Canada's Immigration, Refugees and Citizenship Canada (IRCC) has revealed that foreigners can receive Canadian citizenship through a special discretionary process, entirely separate from the country's standard naturalisation pathway.

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The details emerged from IRCC's written response to a question posed by MP Larry Maguire at the Standing Committee on Citizenship and Immigration on 20 March 2023.

The response was formally published on 5 December 2024 and applies to cases handled under the current legal framework.

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Under subsection 5(4) of the Citizenship Act, the federal government can grant citizenship outside normal requirements in only three defined situations: