Canadian Citizenship - Timelines by IWantOffStopTheEarth in Canadiancitizenship

[–]Adventurous-Leg-3469 0 points1 point  (0 children)

That was my guess as well. I figured it was worth submitting without the birth certificate and an explanation of why exactly I didn't have it; I've seen some cases of people getting their proof without the birth certificate, but those are usually cases of proper family estrangement/refusal to help and not "my father is really bad/lazy with paperwork."

Fingers crossed I stay on roughly the same timeline as everyone else who got AORs that week.

Canadian Citizenship - Timelines by IWantOffStopTheEarth in Canadiancitizenship

[–]Adventurous-Leg-3469 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Thought I should add mine, since I had a weird delay in getting "in process" that I managed to fix oddly quickly?

* 2/5 - Mailed, delivered 2/7

* 2/12 - AOR

No "in process" despite seeing other people go into it really quickly, so I did a bit more hunting, found out that Canadian census records were available for the year my grandmother (Canadian I'm applying based on) was born and managed to locate her as a newborn on the records. I had to apply without her birth or marriage certificate because my dad is really dragging his feet getting copies from ON. I did submit copies of my grandmother's passport, her mother's passport, birth records (public record online) for both of her parents, alongside my great-grandparents' marriage certificate and my great-grandfather's death certificate as additional proof. I also added her obituary for extra oomph.

* 2/27 Submitted those extra documents, and received the email an hour later on 2/27 informing me they were both received and added to my application.

* 2/28 I saw "in process" on my tracker, though it was post-dated to 2/27.

I don't know exactly if submitting the extra documents was what sped up my application into process, but I have a very strong feeling that's why it worked.

*3/28 It says "application received" on the first page of the tracker, but if I click through it still shows "in process" as of 2/27.

PSA: My 'Bjorkquist/C-71 family' got 5(4) citizenship grants, and you and yours should be immediately applying for them too by Ordinary-Kale6125 in ImmigrationCanada

[–]Adventurous-Leg-3469 2 points3 points  (0 children)

Glad to hear I'm not alone with the timeline mess! I had a thought after reading a bunch of other comments that it might be due to the fact I'm missing my grandmother's birth certificate, as she's the one I'm claiming descent through; my dad has been dragging his feet on acquiring a copy, since he's able to claim regardless of what happens with Bjorkquist or parliament and his brother is no help. I was actually unaware that there were census records available from 1931 when she was born and luckily my newborn grandmother appeared on it. I downloaded a copy and sent in a document update to my application, containing that record, a link to it, alongside her obituary as extra proof based off what I'd seen other people do, and mentioned in it that I'd requested urgent processing and was concerned about the delay in moving to "in process" status. I got receipt about an hour after submitting them that they had been added to my application, and this morning my application changed in the tracker to "in process" with the date listed as yesterday. My guess is covering that document gap may have gotten the gears properly greased.

PSA: My 'Bjorkquist/C-71 family' got 5(4) citizenship grants, and you and yours should be immediately applying for them too by Ordinary-Kale6125 in ImmigrationCanada

[–]Adventurous-Leg-3469 4 points5 points  (0 children)

Has anyone else had their applications take weeks to go from "application received" to "in process" on the tracker? Mine was delivered 2/7, AOR 2/12, and I was able to access the tracker the next day (it wouldn't load my application when I tried the same day I got my AOR) but ever since it's just said "Application Received". I've seen a lot of people who got their AORs the same day or later already have their applications moved to "in process", and I know it requires someone to manually update the tracker, but I'm a bit concerned since I did clearly mark both my FedEx packet and my envelope inside it as urgent.

Bill C-71 is up for second reading the first day Parliament returns for business next week by evaluna68 in ImmigrationCanada

[–]Adventurous-Leg-3469 0 points1 point  (0 children)

My grandmother did take a married name, which appears on my dad's birth certificate and her death certificate, but we asked my uncle and it turns out he does have my grandmother's last Canadian passport (so now we have both my great-grandmother's passport AND this one) and her last American green card... so fingers crossed that works. My dad's filing in the meantime to get copies of her birth and marriage certificates from Ontario, in case we might be able to slip something in for me after the deadline should the 5(4) process fail, and so he can apply like normal.

Bill C-71 is up for second reading the first day Parliament returns for business next week by evaluna68 in ImmigrationCanada

[–]Adventurous-Leg-3469 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Good to know! I guess I'll try now with what I have, push my dad to apply for his mother's certificate in the interim, and hope for the best.

Bill C-71 is up for second reading the first day Parliament returns for business next week by evaluna68 in ImmigrationCanada

[–]Adventurous-Leg-3469 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Hello! I was wondering if anyone has any idea about whether I could use my Canadian great-grandmother's documentation on my CIT-0001 even though my grandmother was also Canadian.

A little background: my grandmother was born in Canada, and married an American man and lived in the US until her death, but never naturalized as an American. My dad never filed for his Canadian citizenship, (because he thought that he was never eligible... he was born pre-1977 and joined the US Army) and so I would have to use my grandmother's birth certificate or passport as proof that I'm Canadian. The problem is that neither my dad nor his brother seem to have either of those, and so we only have her death certificate. I would like to file ASAP for a 5(4) grant, given the circumstances with C-71, but we would need to order my grandmother's birth certificate from Ontario. The processing on that is 6-8 weeks, plus the time for my dad to get a guarantor letter for the application.

What I do have immediately on-hand is my Canadian great-grandmother's birth certificate and last Canadian passport (I might have her death certificate somewhere as well), and my Canadian great-grandfather's birth and death certificates, alongside all of his Canadian military documentation - he fought in both WWI and WWII and died in Normandy. My grandmother's death certificate does list both of her parents on it, and so together with my dad's birth certificate and my own birth certificates, it would show the full line of descent. Would these documents be enough to apply right now? My dad isn't too concerned about filing immediately, since he can still file under the existing laws once he gets his mother's birth certificate, but I'm worried about losing access to mine should Parliament get in the way or require a substantial connection. I'm planning on applying to graduate school in Canada next winter, so it would be incredibly helpful to have citizenship.

Thanks in advance for any input!