Canada has changed the rules on qualifying for Canadian citizenship to help non-biological parents with children born abroad.

The change in interpretation of the Citizenship Act allows non-biological parents to pass down citizenship to their first-generation children born abroad.

Announced by Immigration Minister Marco Mendicino on Thursday, the change helps Canadian parents who have relied on assisted human reproduction to start a family, including members of the LGBTQ2+ community and couples with fertility issues.

Previously, children born abroad were only automatically recognized as a citizen if they shared a genetic link to a Canadian parent, or if born to a Canadian parent in the first generation.

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