Joseph Tito from Toronto said it felt “surreal” to be back home in Canada with his twins after having difficulty with the 2015 amended Citizenship Act that forced him to stay in Kenyan city Mombasa for more than a month.
Tito’s twins Mia and Stella were born via a surrogate mother from Kenya last November 30, but because his mom was a first-generation immigrant from Italy, his daughters were not immediately entitled to Canadian citizenship from birth because they were born in another country, which was stated in the amendment.
Thankfully, last Monday, January 7, Tito received visas for his daughters a week after his initial return home to Toronto with his mother. He stated, “I understand why [this law] was put into place,” he shared with the media, “But I think it needs to be amended for a lot of people who live in Canada, adding, “Now, I just want to spend time with my babies and not worry about legal stuff and going to lawyers and embassies and courts.”