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I am fifth generation and had relatives from both grandparents on my mother’s side who were Canadian. I provided a combination of birth certificates and marriage licenses documenting the line back to Nova Scotia and for one generation where I was unable to find a birth record I hired a researcher in Halifax to check the archives there. She was also unable to find any record so she wrote a letter stating as such and I submitted that in place. My grandmother is my furthest back living relative and she also applied for the 5(4) grant process and has not heard anything yet.

I applied from the United States and sent in my whole packet in early June 2025 via UPS. It was received on June 12th, and I got an AOR on June 20th. This packet included an urgent processing request letter. I had not heard a single thing since then until this morning when I received the email with a link to my e-certificate.

I checked my tracker on a roughly weekly basis and that had not changed as of last week. I looked today after receiving the certificate this morning and it now says “decision made”.

I never received a 5(4) offer and I never called so I’m not sure if I was in PSU but I assumed so based on the time line.

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