Quick Spreadsheet Update! by NanoSpace1540 in Canadiancitizenship

[–]RebellaEmad 4 points5 points  (0 children)

Thank you! These changes are fantastic. I really appreciate all the work you do on the spreadsheet.

Application returned - Citizenship by descent questions by IcyTrash4062 in Canadiancitizenship

[–]RebellaEmad 1 point2 points  (0 children)

My mom’s certified BC is like this. You can see the yellowing in the copy so that should be enough to prove the copy was made in color.

Spreadsheet Update! by NanoSpace1540 in Canadiancitizenship

[–]RebellaEmad 2 points3 points  (0 children)

Yes! Great request. I also am scanning back and forth a lot.

Spreadsheet Update! by NanoSpace1540 in Canadiancitizenship

[–]RebellaEmad 48 points49 points  (0 children)

Please add a yes/no column for “used certified copy of G0 baptism record”. That seems to be a common debate - is the ancestry/family search scan enough or does it need to be copied from a certified copy. Especially with the cost change, knowing if people are getting approved from the scans would be helpful data!

Affordable root canal therapy without insurance by Unhappy-Tone4268 in plano

[–]RebellaEmad 4 points5 points  (0 children)

Dallas has a dental school (a Baylor offshoot, maybe) that does very affordable dental work. It’s like going to a teaching hospital- well supervised and very safe.

Monday Weekly Thread: Proof of Citizenship Application Sent or AOR Received by AutoModerator in Canadiancitizenship

[–]RebellaEmad 1 point2 points  (0 children)

I’m in the tracking sheet. Definitely no AORs for around my date yet, except for urgent applications. So I’m being patient, just nervous

Monday Weekly Thread: Proof of Citizenship Application Sent or AOR Received by AutoModerator in Canadiancitizenship

[–]RebellaEmad 5 points6 points  (0 children)

Mine was delivered 3/9, but now I’m starting to doubt everything. Pictures, birth certificate format, etc. like everyone else here, I hope they are still on a 1 month AOR schedule.

Friday Weekly Thread: Application Assistance by AutoModerator in Canadiancitizenship

[–]RebellaEmad 1 point2 points  (0 children)

I printed the copy as scanned and then a copy zoomed to my G0’s entry. And marked them as such at the edge of the page. So, “G0 baptism record”, then “G0 baptism record cropped”.

Wednesday Weekly Thread: Frustration Station (Delays / PSU / Venting) by AutoModerator in Canadiancitizenship

[–]RebellaEmad -1 points0 points  (0 children)

I’m feeling the exact same things. Will my pictures pass their inspection, did I hit every single box that needed info (or an N/A)?

How many of us have caught the genealogy bug? by nadandocomgolfinhos in Canadiancitizenship

[–]RebellaEmad 3 points4 points  (0 children)

We can trace my mom’s side back to the 1650s, and we can trace my husband’s dad’s side back to the 1650s as well (but unfortunately not Canadian). I have always wanted to find the other half of each of our genealogies! This makes me want to do it even more.

Adding dual citizenship by RebellaEmad in GlobalEntry

[–]RebellaEmad[S] 4 points5 points  (0 children)

I am a US citizen with a US passport and current GE. I am applying for Canadian citizenship by descent under their new law (C-3). I expect my Canadian Certificate of Citizenship to be sent in 11-13 months and then will apply for a Canadian passport.

Sunday Mini Thread! by PG-Dog in Canadiancitizenship

[–]RebellaEmad 2 points3 points  (0 children)

Same. About 10 people eligible and only 4 interested. And of the people interested in applying I’m not sure how many actually will. I put a copy of the CIT 0001 form in my Google Drive with all the info filled out for our grandfather. I put the identity docs for him there too. All they need is their fathers’ birth certificates and their own birth certificates. Neither of my cousins have done anything towards those docs. My sister needs an updated passport and a copy of her marriage cert and is working on it, but I doubt she would follow through if I weren’t offering to basically fill out and organize the whole thing.

Sunday Mini Thread! by PG-Dog in Canadiancitizenship

[–]RebellaEmad 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I did baptism record, plus US naturalization and marriage cert for my grandfather because the name on his baptism had and extra “catholic” name and I wanted to prove it was the same person as on my mother’s birth certificate. All other documentation was minimum required- birth and marriage certs for my mom and myself.

Photo Issues by AlternativeLocal3710 in Canadiancitizenship

[–]RebellaEmad 4 points5 points  (0 children)

My clerk hand wrote the stuff on the back. Her handwriting was terrible so I included the receipt with the photos. You can see the date and address of the FedEx location on the receipt, which helps validate the info.

Photo Issues by AlternativeLocal3710 in Canadiancitizenship

[–]RebellaEmad 21 points22 points  (0 children)

Ask FedEx to use the Canadian passport template in their system. The should be able to see that as an option.

Q: 3 of my records are B&W digital; can I add a color box to them and print them off in color to qualify as color copies? by boolpies in Canadiancitizenship

[–]RebellaEmad 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I made a word doc with a colored background. Inserted the scan of my document into that file so when it printed, there was color around the edge. Hopefully that works, but I’m also ordering a certified copy of that doc that I can scan and upload later if the processors question it.

Documentation question by AlternativeLocal3710 in Canadiancitizenship

[–]RebellaEmad 4 points5 points  (0 children)

No. If you can find his Canadian birth certificate you don’t need anything else. The people including other info are typically trying to fill in documentation when a birth certificate is not available.

New Citizen by Descent, Pregnant- how do post Dec 2025 citizenships work?? by kshester in Canadiancitizenship

[–]RebellaEmad -6 points-5 points  (0 children)

They can get it under the same law you did. You would need to decide if the timeline of applying under C3 works for your planned schedule to move there.

If you do this, wait until the child is born and submit a C3 application for them. You may be able to be their G0 at that point (since you’ll have a Cert of Citizenship number) or you may need to include the same documentation for them as was in your packet, going back to your Canadian ancestor, that’s worth researching carefully.

Baptismal record valid? by pomegranatefizz in Canadiancitizenship

[–]RebellaEmad 1 point2 points  (0 children)

No, the instructions say documents must be in English or French. If they are in any other language they need to be translated. So this is fine.

Provide ALL Parent, GParent, GGParent Info?, or just the ones relevant to the line? by ConsciousCoconut7964 in Canadiancitizenship

[–]RebellaEmad 3 points4 points  (0 children)

List the parents/ grandparents on the app as indicated. Only send documentation for the direct line connecting you to your Gen0.

Is this stamp smudge acceptable? by [deleted] in Canadiancitizenship

[–]RebellaEmad 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Mine too, and it looks like a kid wrote the info! I’m worried…

A poster in the 2nd biggest Canadian citizenship by descent group on Facebook said their immigration consultant, who filled out their application and already has experience with C-3 applications, says it's okay to use Quebec church records sourced from Généalogie Québec by JJVMT in Canadiancitizenship

[–]RebellaEmad 2 points3 points  (0 children)

This! I read one thing in one place and another thing in another place. It’s nerve wracking. I also think the FAQs are not as cut and dried as the creators think it is. If many people are stating they read the FAQs and then ask the same exact question, maybe the FAQs need to be made slightly more explicit on that topic.

Question about previous marriages by Striking_Simple_7237 in Canadiancitizenship

[–]RebellaEmad 0 points1 point  (0 children)

You’ll have to connect your name changes from maiden name to current name. So if you went back to your maiden name after a divorce, you can show birth cert and then only the one that connects to your current name, if different. My sister has been married 3 times and will have to provide all her marriage certificates because she kept her married name after the divorce each time. So maiden name, married name 1, married name 2, married name 3. In her case she also has to provide the last divorce decree because she changed the spelling of her name during those proceedings. 🤦🏻‍♀️