美国公民通过新的血统法寻求加拿大国籍. US citizens seek Canadian citizenship via new descent law.

加拿大正在看到由美国公民寻求双重国籍的申请人激增. Canada is seeing a surge in applications for citizenship by descent, driven largely by U.S. citizens seeking dual citizenship. 如果父母在加拿大生活至少三年, 孩子可以申请公民身份. A new law allows children of Canadian parents to claim citizenship if the parent lived in Canada for at least three years. 移民官员在12月至1月期间收到超过12,000份申请,仅在一月就有近2,500件美国人提交的. Immigration officials received over 12,000 applications between December and January, with Americans submitting nearly 2,500 in January alone. 政府预计申请人数不会长期增加. The government does not anticipate a long-term increase in filings.