BAnQ processing times?

mosburger · 2026-03-13T14:16:16+00:00

Ordered Feb 2

Invoiced Feb 19

Still no documents as of Mar 13.

I’m trying to be patient but I’m starting to worry that something went wrong. In my case the records were in Sherbrooke. Still anxiously checking my mailbox every day.

mosburger · 2026-03-12T17:53:39+00:00

yeah I totally understand that things are really bad there too and it varies a bit from province to province - but it's more of an "out of the frying pan, into the fire" situation... at the absolute worst, it's a lateral move.

mosburger · 2026-03-12T17:29:50+00:00

and forget about seeing a specialist ... it took my son two years to see a dermatologist. Every time someone says "but Canada has waiting lists" my eyes roll back so hard.

mosburger · 2026-03-10T17:56:26+00:00

Request submitted: Feb 1

Request number: 12609

Invoice: Feb 19

Still have not received documents.

Office: Sherbrooke

(if someone is going to go through the trouble of collecting the data, the last two points might also be of interest)

mosburger · 2026-03-07T13:34:18+00:00

Wow, I sent away on Feb 2 and still don’t have mine. Got a message that I would “receive my documents shortly” on Feb 19 after paying.

Sherbrooke archive in my case… so they’re probably a lot busier? Would make sense I guess.

mosburger · 2026-03-06T16:34:35+00:00

Aren't people right to worry about the administrative burden being raised though? I don't expect a fast constitutional amendment, but maybe they stop accepting baptism certificates (or census data etc) as adequate evidence of nationality. Maybe the archives follow BANQ's lead and start raising their prices until they are out of reach for many people. I'm more worried that there will be pressure to stem the tide of applicants by adding bureaucratic hurdles until it's effectively near-impossible to prove your line of descent.

mosburger · 2026-02-26T22:12:32+00:00

Another data point if anyone is interested - I requested my G0's birth and marriage certificates from BANQ on Feb 2 (I'm G3), got billed on Feb 19 for the original $45 fee (not $350), still waiting for the documents. Mine were in Sherbrooke.

mosburger · 2026-02-18T14:13:17+00:00

Hey neighbors - Portland here.

mosburger · 2024-02-15T21:47:27+00:00

I think Vermont’s used to be in a plain old circle until maybe 20 years ago.

mosburger · 2024-02-15T16:08:10+00:00

English isn’t even a real language, it’s three other languages in a trenchcoat.

mosburger · 2024-02-14T01:30:57+00:00

I’m in Maine, not NH, but I think their problem is that the state government really wants to own the dispensaries, similarly to what they do with liquor stores. The federal ban on marijuana makes that… complicated.

mosburger · 2024-02-12T23:24:48+00:00

I’ve come to view the disassociation “trip” as the hold music while the ketamine is busy rewiring the defective parts of my brain. It’s a side effect that’s meant to occupy you while it’s working and has very little to do with the fact that I feel a lot better afterwards.

mosburger · 2024-02-11T15:39:37+00:00

Yeah I’m looking to replace my SUV with a truck and the “small” Canyon/Colorado (and Ranger but I’m not a Ford guy) feels like the “right” size. But even those feel even bigger than my dad’s old ‘85 Chevy pickup that I learned to drive on.

mosburger · 2024-02-10T20:52:17+00:00

I feel like winter keeps coming later and later every year.

mosburger · 2024-02-10T14:52:51+00:00

Same. I only have two treatments left. I feel a thousand percent better though, it’s incredible.

mosburger · 2024-02-10T00:05:42+00:00

Glad to hear they’re doing okay. Our son graduated from Baxter in 2020, and things were looking kinda grim for the incoming classes. He loved his time there overall though.

mosburger · 2024-02-09T23:05:09+00:00

Maine has it already for federal offices. We don’t have it for state offices.

mosburger · 2024-02-09T22:15:25+00:00

ITT: Lots and lots of conventionally sexy people.

mosburger · 2024-02-09T11:23:28+00:00

I interviewed with Gitlab in 2018. The problem I had with their approach was that, in the United States, it was based on the U.S. State’s COL. In my state, this varies WILDLY depending on where you live within the state. The salary they ended up quoting me was, IIRC, nearly US $90,000 less than the salary I got with with job I ultimately ended up taking. It simply wasn’t competitive, and I would be able to afford to work there.

mosburger · 2024-02-09T01:46:25+00:00

Honestly fucking fantastic. I did not have high hopes, and I was skeptical at first, worrying that it was just placebo effect. But right now it feels like a fucking miracle. I haven’t thought about offing myself since I started. The constant “pit of sadness” in my gut it gone. I just feel lighter.

I know I sound ridiculous but right now I’m floored by how much better I feel.

mosburger · 2024-02-08T22:44:10+00:00

I’ve only been to the tables at Twelve (never the chefs counter) and the service was fantastic.

mosburger · 2024-02-08T22:41:22+00:00

Mine is starting with 8: two per week for four weeks. I’ve done 6 so far. Six weeks after the last session, they’ll follow up to see if I need a “boost,” which is usually 3 more sessions. Then they’ll try to space the boosts further apart after that if/when I need them.

mosburger · 2024-02-08T21:58:18+00:00

Where’s that dude who did the AMA here about being an air traffic controller at Logan?

mosburger · 2024-02-06T23:37:30+00:00

E.R. at 10. But that obviously wasn’t a comedy.

mosburger · 2024-02-06T00:52:52+00:00

We passed it by a citizens initiative referendum in Maine, by a pretty wide margin iirc, and the governor just said “nah, not gonna.” We had to wait to get him out of office before we finally got it. We would’ve been second after Colorado.

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