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Millions Of Americans May Now Also Be Considered Canadian Under New Law
Since the new law took effect December 15, immigration lawyers in the United States and Canada say they have been overwhelmed by clients seeking help submitting proof of citizenship applications.
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Indian-American Lawyer Challenges Trump's Birthright Citizenship Order
Before joining Constitutional Accountability Centre (CAC), Smita Ghosh was a Research Fellow at Georgetown University Law Centre, where she taught classes on immigration law and separation of powers.
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"Babies Of Slaves": Trump's Bizarre Birthright Citizenship Rant
The remarks came as the US Supreme Court prepares to hear oral arguments on April 1 in the case of Trump v. Barbara, which challenges the Trump administration's executive order restricting birthright citizenship.
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US To Slash Citizenship Renunciation Fee From $2,350 To $450 From April
President Donald Trump administration is set to significantly lower the cost of giving up US citizenship, reducing the renunciation fee from $2,350 to $450, its first major rollback in over a decade.
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Chinese Billionaires Using US Surrogates To Expand Families: Report
Chinese billionaires are turning to US-based surrogates to father children, leading to questions about citizenship laws and the largely unregulated surrogacy industry in the United States.
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Canada To Tweak Citizenship Rules: How India-Origin Families Will Benefit
The Canadian government is planning to bring in a law to end the restrictive "second-generation cut-off" rule, which prevented many Canadian citizens born abroad from passing on citizenship to their children who were also born overseas.
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Canada To Revise Law For Citizenship By Descent. How It Affects Indians
Canada is set to modernise its citizenship rules, which could benefit thousands of Indian-origin families and other Canadians born abroad.
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UK Plans To Overhaul Immigration Policy. How It Will Affect Indians
In its biggest immigration shake-up in nearly half a century, the United Kingdom is planning to make some legal migrants wait up to 20 years before letting them apply to settle in Britain permanently.
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Possessing Aadhaar, Voter ID Doesn't Make One Indian Citizen: Bombay High Court
A person does not become a citizen of India merely by possessing documents like Aadhaar card, PAN card or a voter ID, the Bombay High Court on Tuesday said while refusing bail to a man, allegedly from Bangladesh, for entering India illegally.
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US Court Rules Trump's Birthright Citizenship Order Unconstitutional
A federal appeals court in San Francisco ruled Wednesday that President Donald Trump's order seeking to end birthright citizenship is unconstitutional, affirming a lower-court decision that blocked its enforcement nationwide.
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What's Next For President Trump's Birthright Citizenship Order In Courts
A New Hampshire federal judge on Thursday issued a ruling prohibiting the president's January executive order ending birthright citizenship for children born to those without legal status from taking effect anywhere in the US.
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Rahul Gandhi Holds 'Dual Citizenship'? Centre Told To Submit Report By May 5
The matter related to Gandhi's nationality has the potential of casting a shadow over the Congress MP's from Rae Bareli constituency, as Indian law does not permit dual citizenship.
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Parvesh Verma Emerges "Giant-Killer" After Defeating Arvind Kejriwal
The BJP's Parvesh Verma had won the national elections twice - in 2014 and 2019 - but his inflammatory remarks during the citizenship law protests in 2020 shot him back into the limelight, giving his political career a turning point.
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Christian From Pak Becomes 1st Goan To Get Indian Citizenship Under New Law
Goa Chief Minister Pramod Sawant on Wednesday handed over the Indian citizenship certificate to a 78-year-old Pakistani Christian under the Citizenship (Amendment) Act, making him the first such person from the coastal state.
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Miss South Africa Contestant Pulls Out Of Final After Citizenship Row
Chidimma Adetshina, a law student, has been the subject of vicious, xenophobic attacks on social media since she was announced as a finalist in July.
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Millions Of Americans May Now Also Be Considered Canadian Under New Law
Since the new law took effect December 15, immigration lawyers in the United States and Canada say they have been overwhelmed by clients seeking help submitting proof of citizenship applications.
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Indian-American Lawyer Challenges Trump's Birthright Citizenship Order
Before joining Constitutional Accountability Centre (CAC), Smita Ghosh was a Research Fellow at Georgetown University Law Centre, where she taught classes on immigration law and separation of powers.
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"Babies Of Slaves": Trump's Bizarre Birthright Citizenship Rant
The remarks came as the US Supreme Court prepares to hear oral arguments on April 1 in the case of Trump v. Barbara, which challenges the Trump administration's executive order restricting birthright citizenship.
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US To Slash Citizenship Renunciation Fee From $2,350 To $450 From April
President Donald Trump administration is set to significantly lower the cost of giving up US citizenship, reducing the renunciation fee from $2,350 to $450, its first major rollback in over a decade.
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Chinese Billionaires Using US Surrogates To Expand Families: Report
Chinese billionaires are turning to US-based surrogates to father children, leading to questions about citizenship laws and the largely unregulated surrogacy industry in the United States.
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Canada To Tweak Citizenship Rules: How India-Origin Families Will Benefit
The Canadian government is planning to bring in a law to end the restrictive "second-generation cut-off" rule, which prevented many Canadian citizens born abroad from passing on citizenship to their children who were also born overseas.
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Canada To Revise Law For Citizenship By Descent. How It Affects Indians
Canada is set to modernise its citizenship rules, which could benefit thousands of Indian-origin families and other Canadians born abroad.
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UK Plans To Overhaul Immigration Policy. How It Will Affect Indians
In its biggest immigration shake-up in nearly half a century, the United Kingdom is planning to make some legal migrants wait up to 20 years before letting them apply to settle in Britain permanently.
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Possessing Aadhaar, Voter ID Doesn't Make One Indian Citizen: Bombay High Court
A person does not become a citizen of India merely by possessing documents like Aadhaar card, PAN card or a voter ID, the Bombay High Court on Tuesday said while refusing bail to a man, allegedly from Bangladesh, for entering India illegally.
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US Court Rules Trump's Birthright Citizenship Order Unconstitutional
A federal appeals court in San Francisco ruled Wednesday that President Donald Trump's order seeking to end birthright citizenship is unconstitutional, affirming a lower-court decision that blocked its enforcement nationwide.
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What's Next For President Trump's Birthright Citizenship Order In Courts
A New Hampshire federal judge on Thursday issued a ruling prohibiting the president's January executive order ending birthright citizenship for children born to those without legal status from taking effect anywhere in the US.
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Rahul Gandhi Holds 'Dual Citizenship'? Centre Told To Submit Report By May 5
The matter related to Gandhi's nationality has the potential of casting a shadow over the Congress MP's from Rae Bareli constituency, as Indian law does not permit dual citizenship.
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Parvesh Verma Emerges "Giant-Killer" After Defeating Arvind Kejriwal
The BJP's Parvesh Verma had won the national elections twice - in 2014 and 2019 - but his inflammatory remarks during the citizenship law protests in 2020 shot him back into the limelight, giving his political career a turning point.
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Christian From Pak Becomes 1st Goan To Get Indian Citizenship Under New Law
Goa Chief Minister Pramod Sawant on Wednesday handed over the Indian citizenship certificate to a 78-year-old Pakistani Christian under the Citizenship (Amendment) Act, making him the first such person from the coastal state.
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Miss South Africa Contestant Pulls Out Of Final After Citizenship Row
Chidimma Adetshina, a law student, has been the subject of vicious, xenophobic attacks on social media since she was announced as a finalist in July.
