# Canadian citizenship by descent: Descent Eligibility Rules

> The Descent Eligibility Rules carries 3 published figures read from 4 sources' own pages, from 1,095 to 1,095 day, read 26 September 2026.

Citizenship Descent Checker · https://citizenshipdescentchecker.com/datasets/descent-eligibility-rules/ · computed 2026-09-26

**Median of the published figures:** 1,095 day (range 1,095 to 1,095 day; 3 sources with a figure; 4 of 40 sources read publish one).

4 of the 40 named sources read in full publish a figure; 35 publish none, read 26 September 2026.

The median is unchanged since 25 September 2026 (was 1,095 day across 3).

## By rule

| Breakdown | Median | Range | Sources |
|---|---|---|---|
| rule canada-physical-presence | 1,095 day | 1,095 to 1,095 day | 3 |
| rule ireland-fbr-appeal-window | 6 week | 6 to 6 week | 1 |

## Every figure, with its source

One row per source: the figure the source's own page publishes, the page, and the day it was read.

| Source | Figure | Breakdown | Read |
|---|---|---|---|
| [the authority per jurisdiction](https://www.canada.ca/en/immigration-refugees-citizenship/services/canadian-citizenship/become-canadian-citizen/eligibility/already-citizen.html) | 1,095 day | canada-physical-presence | 2026-09-25 |
| [IRCC: Change to citizenship rules (Bill C-3)](https://www.canada.ca/en/immigration-refugees-citizenship/services/canadian-citizenship/act-changes/rules-2025.html) | 1,095 day | canada-physical-presence | 2026-09-25 |
| [IRCC guide CIT 0001 (proof of citizenship, s.3)](https://www.canada.ca/en/immigration-refugees-citizenship/services/application/application-forms-guides/guide-0001-application-citizenship-certificate-adults-minors-proof-citizenship-section-3.html) | 1,095 day | canada-physical-presence | 2026-09-25 |
| [Citizens Information: the Foreign Births Register](https://www.citizensinformation.ie/en/moving-country/irish-citizenship/foreign-births-register/) | 6 week | ireland-fbr-appeal-window | 2026-09-25 |

## The sentence each figure was read from (4)

- [the authority per jurisdiction](https://www.canada.ca/en/immigration-refugees-citizenship/services/canadian-citizenship/become-canadian-citizen/eligibility/already-citizen.html), read 2026-09-25: "your Canadian parent spent at least 1,095 days in Canada before you were born"
- [IRCC: Change to citizenship rules (Bill C-3)](https://www.canada.ca/en/immigration-refugees-citizenship/services/canadian-citizenship/act-changes/rules-2025.html), read 2026-09-25: "that same parent spent at least 1,095 days in Canada before the birth"
- [IRCC guide CIT 0001 (proof of citizenship, s.3)](https://www.canada.ca/en/immigration-refugees-citizenship/services/application/application-forms-guides/guide-0001-application-citizenship-certificate-adults-minors-proof-citizenship-section-3.html), read 2026-09-25: "Applicants who are born outside of Canada on or after December 15, 2025, to a Canadian parent who was also born outside Canada must show that at least one of their Canadian citizen parents has 1,095 days of physical presence in Canada prior to the birth of the applicant."
- [Citizens Information: the Foreign Births Register](https://www.citizensinformation.ie/en/moving-country/irish-citizenship/foreign-births-register/), read 2026-09-25: "You will get a letter telling you that your application has been refused, and you should write a letter of appeal within 6 weeks of the date of the refusal."

## Read in full, publishes no figure

- [IRCC news: first-generation limit struck down (no appeal)](https://www.canada.ca/en/immigration-refugees-citizenship/news/2024/01/canada-will-not-appeal-decision-that-strikes-down-first-generation-limit-to-canadian-citizenship-by-descent.html), read 2026-09-25: read in full and no accepted figure on the page
- [Citizenship Act (R.S.C., 1985, c. C-29)](https://laws-lois.justice.gc.ca/eng/acts/c-29/), read 2026-09-25: read in full and no accepted figure on the page
- [LEGISinfo: Bill C-71 (44-1)](https://www.parl.ca/legisinfo/en/bill/44-1/c-71), read 2026-09-18: read in full and no accepted figure on the page
- [IRCC operational manual: types of citizenship certificates](https://www.canada.ca/en/immigration-refugees-citizenship/corporate/publications-manuals/operational-bulletins-manuals/canadian-citizenship/proof/types-certificates.html), read 2026-09-11: every candidate on the page was refused
- [IRCC operational manual: applications for citizenship certificates](https://www.canada.ca/en/immigration-refugees-citizenship/corporate/publications-manuals/operational-bulletins-manuals/canadian-citizenship/proof/applications-citizenship-certificates.html), read 2026-09-18: read in full and no accepted figure on the page
- [IRCC document checklist CIT 0014](https://www.canada.ca/en/immigration-refugees-citizenship/services/application/application-forms-guides/cit0014.html), read 2026-09-18: read in full and no accepted figure on the page
- [IRCC: apply for a citizenship certificate](https://www.canada.ca/en/immigration-refugees-citizenship/services/canadian-citizenship/proof-citizenship/about.html), read 2026-09-11: read in full and no accepted figure on the page
- [DFA Ireland: registering a foreign birth](https://www.ireland.ie/en/dfa/citizenship/born-abroad/registering-a-foreign-birth/), read 2026-09-18: every candidate on the page was refused
- [DFA Ireland: citizenship](https://www.ireland.ie/en/dfa/citizenship/), read 2026-09-11: every candidate on the page was refused
- [Citizens Information: Irish citizenship through birth or descent](https://www.citizensinformation.ie/en/moving-country/irish-citizenship/irish-citizenship-through-birth-or-descent/), read 2026-09-25: read in full and no accepted figure on the page
- [Consulate General of Italy, Los Angeles: citizenship by descent](https://conslosangeles.esteri.it/en/servizi-consolari-e-visti/servizi-per-il-cittadino-straniero/cittadinanza/citizenship-by-descent/), read 2026-09-11: every candidate on the page was refused
- [Ministero dell'Interno: cittadinanza](https://www.interno.gov.it/it/temi/cittadinanza-e-altri-diritti-civili/cittadinanza), read 2026-09-25: read in full and no accepted figure on the page
- [GOV.UK: apply for citizenship if you have a British parent](https://www.gov.uk/apply-citizenship-british-parent), read 2026-09-11: read in full and no accepted figure on the page
- [GOV.UK: check if you're a British citizen](https://www.gov.uk/check-british-citizen), read 2026-09-11: read in full and no accepted figure on the page
- [GOV.UK: types of British nationality](https://www.gov.uk/types-of-british-nationality/british-citizenship), read 2026-09-11: read in full and no accepted figure on the page
- [British Nationality Act 1981](https://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/1981/61/contents), read 2026-09-25: read in full and no accepted figure on the page
- [Bundesverwaltungsamt: citizenship (EN)](https://www.bva.bund.de/EN/Services/Citizens/ID-Documents-Law/Citizenship/citizenship_node.html), read 2026-09-11: read in full and no accepted figure on the page
- [BVA: what a Feststellung is](https://www.bva.bund.de/DE/Services/Buerger/Ausweis-Dokumente-Recht/Staatsangehoerigkeit/Feststellung_Start/Feststellung/01_Informationen_Feststellung/01_01_F_was_ist/01_01_F_was_ist_node.html), read 2026-09-11: every candidate on the page was refused
- [BVA: how the Feststellung works](https://www.bva.bund.de/DE/Services/Buerger/Ausweis-Dokumente-Recht/Staatsangehoerigkeit/Feststellung_Start/Feststellung/01_Informationen_Feststellung/01_02_F_wie_geht_es/01_02_F_wie_geht_es_node.html), read 2026-09-11: read in full and no accepted figure on the page
- [German Missions in the US: Feststellung der deutschen Staatsangehoerigkeit](https://www.germany.info/us-de/service/staatsangehoerigkeit/feststellung-der-deutschen-staatsangehoerigkeit-1216742), read 2026-09-25: read in full and no accepted figure on the page
- [MSWiA: confirmation of Polish citizenship](https://www.gov.pl/web/mswia/potwierdzenie-posiadania-lub-utraty-obywatelstwa-polskiego), read 2026-09-18: read in full and no accepted figure on the page
- [Mazowiecki voivode: confirmation procedure](https://migrant.wsc.mazowieckie.pl/pl/procedury/potwierdzenie-posiadania-lub-utraty-obywatelstwa-polskiego), read 2026-09-11: read in full and no accepted figure on the page
- [Podkarpacki voivode: confirmation of Polish citizenship](https://rzeszow.uw.gov.pl/dla-klienta/sprawy-obywatelstwa-i-repatriacji/potwierdzenie-posiadania-lub-utraty-obywatelstwa-polskiego), read 2026-09-25: read in full and no accepted figure on the page
- [Malopolski voivode: confirmation of Polish citizenship](https://www.malopolska.uw.gov.pl/default.aspx?page=potwierdzenie_posiadania_lub_utraty_obywatelstwa_polskiego), read 2026-09-11: read in full and no accepted figure on the page
- [Ministerio de Asuntos Exteriores: Registro Civil y Nacionalidad](https://www.exteriores.gob.es/Consulados/washington/es/Comunicacion/Noticias/Paginas/Requisitos%20y%20tramites%20consulares/Registro-Civil-y-Nacionalidad.aspx), read 2026-09-11: read in full and no accepted figure on the page
- [Spain: nacionalidad por la Ley de Memoria Democratica](https://www.exteriores.gob.es/Consulados/losangeles/es/ServiciosConsulares/Paginas/index.aspx?scca=Nacionalidad&scco=Estados+Unidos&scd=180&scs=Nacionalidad+espa%C3%B1ola+por+la+Ley+de+Memoria+Democr%C3%A1tica), read 2026-09-11: read in full and no accepted figure on the page
- [Spain: nacionalidad por opcion](https://www.exteriores.gob.es/Consulados/miami/es/ServiciosConsulares/Paginas/index.aspx?scca=Nacionalidad&scco=Estados+Unidos&scd=196&scs=Nacionalidad+espa%C3%B1ola+-+Opci%C3%B3n), read 2026-09-11: read in full and no accepted figure on the page
- [Ypes (Greek Ministry of the Interior): determination of Greek citizenship](https://www.ypes.gr/diadikasies-ktisis-e-i/kathorismos-ellinikis-ithageneias/), read 2026-09-25: read in full and no accepted figure on the page
- [Ypes: naturalisation of omogeneis resident abroad](https://www.ypes.gr/g-g-ithageneias/diadikasies-ktisis-e-i/politografisi-omogenon/omogeneis-monimoi-katoikoi-exoterikou), read 2026-09-25: read in full and no accepted figure on the page
- [Ypes (EN): acquisition of Greek citizenship, supporting documents](https://www.ypes.gr/en/acquisition-of-the-greek-citizenship-sup-doc/), read 2026-09-25: read in full and no accepted figure on the page
- [Greek MFA: obtaining Greek citizenship](https://www.mfa.gr/missionsabroad/en/romania-en/other-services/obtaining-the-greek-citizenship.html), read 2026-09-25: read in full and no accepted figure on the page
- [Consulate General of Hungary, Los Angeles: simplified naturalisation](https://losangeles.mfa.gov.hu/en/simplified-naturalization), read 2026-09-11: read in full and no accepted figure on the page
- [Embassy of Hungary, Canberra: simplified naturalisation](https://canberra.mfa.gov.hu/en/egyszerusitett-honositas), read 2026-09-11: read in full and no accepted figure on the page
- [Migration Department of Lithuania: reinstatement / person of Lithuanian descent](https://www.migracija.lt/en/turiu-teis%C4%99-atkurti-lietuvos-respublikos-pilietyb%C4%99-arba-esu-lietuvi%C5%B3-kilm%C4%97s-asmuo), read 2026-09-11: read in full and no accepted figure on the page
- [IRN Portugal: request birth registration and nationality](https://irn.justica.gov.pt/Servicos/Cidadao/Nascimento/Pedir-o-registo-de-nascimento-e-a-nacionalidade), read 2026-09-25: read in full and no accepted figure on the page

## Methodology

Every row is a verbatim sentence read from the named source's own page through the estate's fetch service on the date shown, hash-pinned to the stored read (the sha of the page's visible text; the raw page is mirrored to R2). 4 of the 40 named sources that could be read published a usable figure; 35 published none and are recorded as not published, never filled in; 0 could not be read (blocked, dead or unreachable) and count nowhere. The headline figures (median, minimum, maximum, quartiles) are over ONE figure per source in day (a source's median where its page yielded several accepted sentences), so N counts sources, never sentences; 27 candidate sentence(s) were refused by a reviewer with the reason recorded. Derivation as chartered: one row per jurisdiction per rule, quoted verbatim from that jurisdiction's own authority with its effective date: which ancestor transmits, the generation limit and whether it was removed, the birth and registration cut-off dates, the deadline a declaration must be made by, the substantial-connection, language or effective-connection test, and whether the claim is a determination of a citizenship already held or a naturalisation. Across the eleven jurisdictions the comparison nobody keeps: how many generations each will still recognise in 2026, which of them moved in the last two years and in which direction, and which deadline expires next - a table that changes as legislatures change it, which is why the site is a checker and not a guide

## Sources

- [IRCC: Check if you may be a citizen](https://www.canada.ca/en/immigration-refugees-citizenship/services/canadian-citizenship/become-canadian-citizen/eligibility/already-citizen.html) (the publisher's own terms; quoted for reporting and comment)
- [IRCC: Change to citizenship rules (Bill C-3)](https://www.canada.ca/en/immigration-refugees-citizenship/services/canadian-citizenship/act-changes/rules-2025.html) (the publisher's own terms; quoted for reporting and comment)
- [IRCC news: first-generation limit struck down (no appeal)](https://www.canada.ca/en/immigration-refugees-citizenship/news/2024/01/canada-will-not-appeal-decision-that-strikes-down-first-generation-limit-to-canadian-citizenship-by-descent.html) (the publisher's own terms; quoted for reporting and comment)
- [Citizenship Act (R.S.C., 1985, c. C-29)](https://laws-lois.justice.gc.ca/eng/acts/c-29/) (the publisher's own terms; quoted for reporting and comment)
- [LEGISinfo: Bill C-71 (44-1)](https://www.parl.ca/legisinfo/en/bill/44-1/c-71) (the publisher's own terms; quoted for reporting and comment)
- [IRCC operational manual: types of citizenship certificates](https://www.canada.ca/en/immigration-refugees-citizenship/corporate/publications-manuals/operational-bulletins-manuals/canadian-citizenship/proof/types-certificates.html) (the publisher's own terms; quoted for reporting and comment)
- [IRCC operational manual: applications for citizenship certificates](https://www.canada.ca/en/immigration-refugees-citizenship/corporate/publications-manuals/operational-bulletins-manuals/canadian-citizenship/proof/applications-citizenship-certificates.html) (the publisher's own terms; quoted for reporting and comment)
- [IRCC guide CIT 0001 (proof of citizenship, s.3)](https://www.canada.ca/en/immigration-refugees-citizenship/services/application/application-forms-guides/guide-0001-application-citizenship-certificate-adults-minors-proof-citizenship-section-3.html) (the publisher's own terms; quoted for reporting and comment)
- [IRCC document checklist CIT 0014](https://www.canada.ca/en/immigration-refugees-citizenship/services/application/application-forms-guides/cit0014.html) (the publisher's own terms; quoted for reporting and comment)
- [IRCC: apply for a citizenship certificate](https://www.canada.ca/en/immigration-refugees-citizenship/services/canadian-citizenship/proof-citizenship/about.html) (the publisher's own terms; quoted for reporting and comment)
- [DFA Ireland: registering a foreign birth](https://www.ireland.ie/en/dfa/citizenship/born-abroad/registering-a-foreign-birth/) (the publisher's own terms; quoted for reporting and comment)
- [DFA Ireland: citizenship](https://www.ireland.ie/en/dfa/citizenship/) (the publisher's own terms; quoted for reporting and comment)
- [Citizens Information: the Foreign Births Register](https://www.citizensinformation.ie/en/moving-country/irish-citizenship/foreign-births-register/) (the publisher's own terms; quoted for reporting and comment)
- [Citizens Information: Irish citizenship through birth or descent](https://www.citizensinformation.ie/en/moving-country/irish-citizenship/irish-citizenship-through-birth-or-descent/) (the publisher's own terms; quoted for reporting and comment)
- [Consulate General of Italy, Los Angeles: citizenship by descent](https://conslosangeles.esteri.it/en/servizi-consolari-e-visti/servizi-per-il-cittadino-straniero/cittadinanza/citizenship-by-descent/) (the publisher's own terms; quoted for reporting and comment)
- [Ministero dell'Interno: cittadinanza](https://www.interno.gov.it/it/temi/cittadinanza-e-altri-diritti-civili/cittadinanza) (the publisher's own terms; quoted for reporting and comment)
- [GOV.UK: apply for citizenship if you have a British parent](https://www.gov.uk/apply-citizenship-british-parent) (the publisher's own terms; quoted for reporting and comment)
- [GOV.UK: check if you're a British citizen](https://www.gov.uk/check-british-citizen) (the publisher's own terms; quoted for reporting and comment)
- [GOV.UK: types of British nationality](https://www.gov.uk/types-of-british-nationality/british-citizenship) (the publisher's own terms; quoted for reporting and comment)
- [British Nationality Act 1981](https://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/1981/61/contents) (the publisher's own terms; quoted for reporting and comment)
- [Bundesverwaltungsamt: citizenship (EN)](https://www.bva.bund.de/EN/Services/Citizens/ID-Documents-Law/Citizenship/citizenship_node.html) (the publisher's own terms; quoted for reporting and comment)
- [BVA: what a Feststellung is](https://www.bva.bund.de/DE/Services/Buerger/Ausweis-Dokumente-Recht/Staatsangehoerigkeit/Feststellung_Start/Feststellung/01_Informationen_Feststellung/01_01_F_was_ist/01_01_F_was_ist_node.html) (the publisher's own terms; quoted for reporting and comment)
- [BVA: how the Feststellung works](https://www.bva.bund.de/DE/Services/Buerger/Ausweis-Dokumente-Recht/Staatsangehoerigkeit/Feststellung_Start/Feststellung/01_Informationen_Feststellung/01_02_F_wie_geht_es/01_02_F_wie_geht_es_node.html) (the publisher's own terms; quoted for reporting and comment)
- [German Missions in the US: Feststellung der deutschen Staatsangehoerigkeit](https://www.germany.info/us-de/service/staatsangehoerigkeit/feststellung-der-deutschen-staatsangehoerigkeit-1216742) (the publisher's own terms; quoted for reporting and comment)
- [MSWiA: confirmation of Polish citizenship](https://www.gov.pl/web/mswia/potwierdzenie-posiadania-lub-utraty-obywatelstwa-polskiego) (the publisher's own terms; quoted for reporting and comment)
- [Mazowiecki voivode: confirmation procedure](https://migrant.wsc.mazowieckie.pl/pl/procedury/potwierdzenie-posiadania-lub-utraty-obywatelstwa-polskiego) (the publisher's own terms; quoted for reporting and comment)
- [Podkarpacki voivode: confirmation of Polish citizenship](https://rzeszow.uw.gov.pl/dla-klienta/sprawy-obywatelstwa-i-repatriacji/potwierdzenie-posiadania-lub-utraty-obywatelstwa-polskiego) (the publisher's own terms; quoted for reporting and comment)
- [Malopolski voivode: confirmation of Polish citizenship](https://www.malopolska.uw.gov.pl/default.aspx?page=potwierdzenie_posiadania_lub_utraty_obywatelstwa_polskiego) (the publisher's own terms; quoted for reporting and comment)
- [Ministerio de Asuntos Exteriores: Registro Civil y Nacionalidad](https://www.exteriores.gob.es/Consulados/washington/es/Comunicacion/Noticias/Paginas/Requisitos%20y%20tramites%20consulares/Registro-Civil-y-Nacionalidad.aspx) (the publisher's own terms; quoted for reporting and comment)
- [Spain: nacionalidad por la Ley de Memoria Democratica](https://www.exteriores.gob.es/Consulados/losangeles/es/ServiciosConsulares/Paginas/index.aspx?scca=Nacionalidad&scco=Estados+Unidos&scd=180&scs=Nacionalidad+espa%C3%B1ola+por+la+Ley+de+Memoria+Democr%C3%A1tica) (the publisher's own terms; quoted for reporting and comment)
- [Spain: nacionalidad por opcion](https://www.exteriores.gob.es/Consulados/miami/es/ServiciosConsulares/Paginas/index.aspx?scca=Nacionalidad&scco=Estados+Unidos&scd=196&scs=Nacionalidad+espa%C3%B1ola+-+Opci%C3%B3n) (the publisher's own terms; quoted for reporting and comment)
- [Ypes (Greek Ministry of the Interior): determination of Greek citizenship](https://www.ypes.gr/diadikasies-ktisis-e-i/kathorismos-ellinikis-ithageneias/) (the publisher's own terms; quoted for reporting and comment)
- [Ypes: naturalisation of omogeneis resident abroad](https://www.ypes.gr/g-g-ithageneias/diadikasies-ktisis-e-i/politografisi-omogenon/omogeneis-monimoi-katoikoi-exoterikou) (the publisher's own terms; quoted for reporting and comment)
- [Ypes (EN): acquisition of Greek citizenship, supporting documents](https://www.ypes.gr/en/acquisition-of-the-greek-citizenship-sup-doc/) (the publisher's own terms; quoted for reporting and comment)
- [Greek MFA: obtaining Greek citizenship](https://www.mfa.gr/missionsabroad/en/romania-en/other-services/obtaining-the-greek-citizenship.html) (the publisher's own terms; quoted for reporting and comment)
- [Consulate General of Hungary, Los Angeles: simplified naturalisation](https://losangeles.mfa.gov.hu/en/simplified-naturalization) (the publisher's own terms; quoted for reporting and comment)
- [Embassy of Hungary, Canberra: simplified naturalisation](https://canberra.mfa.gov.hu/en/egyszerusitett-honositas) (the publisher's own terms; quoted for reporting and comment)
- [Migration Department of Lithuania: reinstatement / person of Lithuanian descent](https://www.migracija.lt/en/turiu-teis%C4%99-atkurti-lietuvos-respublikos-pilietyb%C4%99-arba-esu-lietuvi%C5%B3-kilm%C4%97s-asmuo) (the publisher's own terms; quoted for reporting and comment)
- [IRN Portugal: request birth registration and nationality](https://irn.justica.gov.pt/Servicos/Cidadao/Nascimento/Pedir-o-registo-de-nascimento-e-a-nacionalidade) (the publisher's own terms; quoted for reporting and comment)
- [the authority per jurisdiction](https://www.canada.ca/en/immigration-refugees-citizenship/services/canadian-citizenship/become-canadian-citizen/eligibility/already-citizen.html) (the publisher's own terms; quoted for reporting and comment)

## Cite or embed

- The Descent Eligibility Rules carries 3 published figures read from 4 sources' own pages, from 1,095 to 1,095 day, read 26 September 2026.
- 4 of the 40 named sources read in full publish a figure; 35 publish none, read 26 September 2026.
- Descent Eligibility Rules, rule canada-physical-presence: median 1,095 day across 3 sources, read 26 September 2026.
- Descent Eligibility Rules, rule ireland-fbr-appeal-window: median 6 week across 1 source, read 26 September 2026.
- The median is unchanged since 25 September 2026 (was 1,095 day across 3).

Cite as: "citizenshipdescentchecker.com Descent Eligibility Rules", updated 2026-09-26, https://citizenshipdescentchecker.com/datasets/descent-eligibility-rules/.

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