Overview
- Immigration officials formally notified Rana that they intend to strip the citizenship he obtained in 2001, according to documents reported by Global News.
- IRCC states the action is unrelated to terrorism allegations and is based on claims he misrepresented his residency on his 2000 application.
- An RCMP investigation concluded Rana spent most of the period he claimed to be in Canada living and running businesses in Chicago.
- The matter has been referred to the Federal Court, where a hearing last week included a government request to withhold sensitive national‑security information.
- Rana was extradited from the United States to India in April 2025 and remains in NIA custody awaiting trial over the 2008 Mumbai attacks, as the public move in Canada comes days before Prime Minister Mark Carney’s Feb. 26–Mar. 7 visit to India.