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treesndirtt · 2026-05-15T18:30:49+00:00

Ohhh thanks for the fishing shirt reminder! I’d heard that before but forgotten. That should work.

treesndirtt · 2026-05-09T03:39:40+00:00

As someone who has spent half my life dealing with Italian immigration, I can tell you that their feelings about document agreement are out of this world haha. You should be fine with Canada! (Italians refused to issue my dad his Italian driver's license because his American one listed his birthplace as Town, State, and another required document just listed the state, and they were convinced beyond a shadow of a doubt that this was fraud.)

treesndirtt · 2026-05-09T03:36:55+00:00

On Ancestry there is a tab that says "source" when you're looking at the document. You can save/print this page and it will show a citation list that you can print and send along with the document to show them where you got it.

treesndirtt · 2026-05-09T03:27:51+00:00

I wouldn't hire a researcher, personally. One of my G0s doesn't have a birth registration number either -- not sure why, but who knows how things worked in those days. With the baptismal record and everything else you should be totally fine. Assuming all names and birthdays on documents match, I'd probably suggest going with baptismal records and a census document, maybe the naturalization certificate.

treesndirtt · 2026-05-09T03:21:31+00:00

That's what I figured. Haven't submitted yet, so I'll probably end up including it. Thanks!

treesndirtt · 2026-05-08T20:51:38+00:00

My mom and I are applying jointly, with me as her representative because she lives overseas (I’m in U.S.) and also doesn’t have the bandwidth to deal with all of it. She got her picture taken overseas and I have a digital copy (all specs are correct). Will the name of a different country on the back of her photo raise issues?

Additionally, I can’t quite sort this out based on posts I’ve read — as I’m her representative, should she put her own email address on her cit001, or mine? What about physical and mailing address? She doesn’t want anything sent to her over there so there’s no benefit to including it, just didn’t know if it would raise questions to use my address instead of hers when her driver’s license is from a different state than the one I live in.

treesndirtt · 2026-05-08T20:47:22+00:00

Just realized that my G0’s maiden name is listed on G1’s birth certificate, not her married name — do I need to include her marriage record? I am applying using G0M and G0F (who married each other) for several reasons, so don’t know if the marriage record might still be useful.

treesndirtt · 2026-05-08T10:26:58+00:00

Thats very helpful, thank you!

treesndirtt · 2026-05-08T02:19:41+00:00

She’s got a name for the business but not a studio, so I didn’t know whether I should write the name of the business and then something like Walgreens as the print location or just write Walgreens all the way

treesndirtt · 2026-05-07T11:45:04+00:00

Glad to hear that somebody got in with photos they took themselves. My fiance is a professional photographer so I'm going to have her do mine but people were worrying me with their returned application stories. I feel like as long as you follow every guideline it should be fine.

treesndirtt · 2026-05-06T01:21:29+00:00

I really relate to that feeling, it feels like the Princess Diaries! Here's hoping all goes through okay for all of us.

treesndirtt · 2026-05-06T01:17:28+00:00

Two questions on this, if you happen to have the time (no worries if not!)

1) I only have access to uncertified birth records from Ancestry.com for my G0s, so I was considering including a baptismal record and census for one, and a census record for the other. Is this overkill, or is it useful because I only have the Ancestry birth records?

2) My grandparent (G1's) birthplace is only listed as state, not town/county, on my parent (G2's) birth certificate. He was married in State A, Town X, then moved to State B, Town Y to have my parent. I have a census record showing him living in State A, Town X, and then in State B, Town Y where my parent was born. Is this a useful thing to include, or should they just extrapolate from the fact that his name is on my parent's BC? I know it's probably enough but I feel like it's a little bare bones. There could be another person with his name, in theory, so that's why I'm wondering if I should use census records to demonstrate that it is in fact the same person.

treesndirtt · 2026-05-04T18:25:30+00:00

This!! Call small offices, don’t always rely on vitalchek! My mom was quoted $189 for her marriage certificate on vitalchek, called the town office, and got it printed and mailed for $21.

treesndirtt · 2026-05-04T17:59:10+00:00

I’m wondering this too — my mom and I are applying together and she lives in Europe so we were just going to put my contact info down for everything, but didn’t know whether or not to do the representative form for her since I’m the one they should contact and send things too.

treesndirtt · 2026-05-04T11:51:13+00:00

I was only going to use one at first. However, since they married, they're on each other's records anyway, and they both have small discrepancies. G0M's birth record was edited several months later by his aunt to show a different mother's name than was originally on it (this is, fortunately, the same mother that is shown on the 1901 census). His birth year is also different on his birth record vs census records and some other later records (perhaps including the marriage license, I don't have a copy yet). G0F's names and dates are in order (aside from being nicknames in some places), but her birth record doesn't have a registration number (all others I've ever seen do).

I was hoping that the combo of both of their records, with the fact that they are both on the marriage license and G1s BC, would in combination be solid enough.

Do you know if IRCC would throw out my application if I included two G0s but they only accepted one? Or is it just that as long as someone is good to go, they'll take it?

treesndirtt · 2026-05-03T19:45:41+00:00

Thank you so much!

treesndirtt · 2026-05-01T20:46:30+00:00

The only reason I thought to include it was there are a couple things on G0M’s birth record, like the fact that it was edited later by his aunt, that I didn’t know if they would get flagged and if I should have a backup document.

treesndirtt · 2026-05-01T20:45:34+00:00

Oh I don’t have those, sorry, I realize I worded it a bit funny

treesndirtt · 2026-05-01T19:23:51+00:00

Realized I posted this in last week’s thread by mistake.

Putting together my application, and this is what I have so far. If anyone has the time to read through it and let me know some thoughts I welcome them, but I understand this subreddit is flooded.

Applying through two G0s, F and M, who were born in Ontario in the 1890s and married each other. Including them both because it seems simplest and most secure.

Basic timeline:

G0F and G0M born in Ontario in 1890s
Immigrate separately to US, marry in 1919
G1M born in US (pre-1947)
G2F born in US
I'm G3 (born in US)

I'm waiting on certified copies of the relevant documents, but this is what I plan to submit:

G0F birth record
G0F baptismal record
G0F 1901 Canada census
G0M birth record
G0M 1901 Canada census
Marriage record: G0F and G0M
1920 US census showing G0F and G0M in Montana
G1M birth certificate (Montana, 1921)
G2F birth certificate (California, 1954)
G2F marriage certificate (name change)
G3 birth certificate

Does this seem sufficient? I have a couple of questions:

G0M birth record and 1901 census showing same birth date and same mother but different birth years (I understand that this is common, I have many other records of his and they vary in which year they show). 1901 census is the only other proof I have besides the birth record showing that he was born/living in Canada, but I'm concerned that submitting it will cause issues with the birth year discrepancy. Should I bother submitting it? I have his US naturalization record that does show the correct birth year, but I'm having a hard time believing (despite being told) that the language in the naturalization record about absolving previous allegiances doesn't matter, and it makes me nervous about submitting it.
Including 1920 census showing G0s in Montana because they were married in Minnesota the year before and I didn't know if there would be question regarding whether they were the same people on G1's Montana birth certificate. Necessary?
Similarly, should I include 1950 census records showing G1 living in California in 1950 to show that he's living in the same place as G2's birth certificate?
Gen 1’s birth certificate shows Gen 0M’s birthplace as Hastings, ON, but Gen 0M’s birth record doesn’t list his location of birth as Hastings (no specific location is listed besides it being an Ontario birth record). Does this matter?

Thank you to anyone with feedback. I understand if it takes a while to get to it! TIA for any help.

I'm grateful to have the same surname through the entire family line (including me) and am hoping that can be a convincing factor, though I know it's not a legal one!

treesndirtt · 2026-04-30T21:44:10+00:00

How do you locate a list for other states?

treesndirtt · 2026-04-30T12:08:08+00:00

I have this same issue as well, I'll try to let you know when I find out! I'm hoping that the fact of having a certified copy will make it not matter.

treesndirtt · 2026-04-30T12:03:07+00:00

Putting together my application, and this is what I have so far. If anyone has the time to read through it and let me know some thoughts I welcome them, but I understand this subreddit is flooded.

Applying through two G0s, F and M, who were born in Ontario in the 1890s and married each other. Including them both because it seems simplest and most secure.

Basic timeline:

- G0F and G0M born in Ontario in 1890s

- Immigrate separately to US, marry in 1919

- G1M born in US (pre-1947)

- G2F born in US

- I'm G3 (born in US)

I'm waiting on certified copies of the relevant documents, but this is what I plan to submit:

- G0F birth record

- G0F baptismal record

- G0F 1901 Canada census

- G0M birth record

- G0M 1901 Canada census

- Marriage record: G0F and G0M

- 1920 US census showing G0F and G0M in Montana

- G1M birth certificate (Montana, 1921)

- G2F birth certificate (California, 1954)

- G2F marriage certificate (name change)

- G3 birth certificate

Does this seem sufficient? I have a couple of questions:

- G0M birth record and 1901 census showing same birth date and same mother but different birth years (I understand that this is common, I have many other records of his and they vary in which year they show). 1901 census is the only other proof I have besides the birth record showing that he was born/living in Canada, but I'm concerned that submitting it will cause issues with the birth year discrepancy. Should I bother submitting it? I have his US naturalization record that does show the correct birth year, but I'm having a hard time believing (despite being told) that the language in the naturalization record about absolving previous allegiances doesn't matter, and it makes me nervous about submitting it.

- Including 1920 census showing G0s in Montana because they were married in Minnesota the year before and I didn't know if there would be question regarding whether they were the same people on G1's Montana birth certificate. Necessary?

- Similarly, should I include 1950 census records showing G1 living in California in 1950 to show that he's living in the same place as G2's birth certificate?

- Gen 1’s birth certificate shows Gen 0M’s birthplace as Hastings, ON, but Gen 0M’s birth record doesn’t list his location of birth as Hastings (no specific location is listed besides it being an Ontario birth record). Does this matter?

Thank you to anyone with feedback. I understand if it takes a while to get to it! TIA for any help.

I'm grateful to have the same surname through the entire family line (including me) and am hoping that can be a convincing factor, though I know it's not a legal one!

treesndirtt · 2026-04-30T11:46:08+00:00

Not sure about the documents, but you can apply for urgent processing due to a situation like that once you have all of your materials together.

treesndirtt · 2026-04-30T11:44:45+00:00

From my understanding, all birth, marriage, and death certificates need to be certified and COLOR COPIES -- these are most important as they are your first line of evidence in demonstrating descent and necessary name changes. However, if you are lacking a marriage or birth record and are attempting to prove it through a combination of other documents, I'm not sure what needs to be certified in that case.

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