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The instructions of the checklist basically tell you to answer every question (i.e.: do not leave anything blank) and to put "N/A" for anything not applicable. For the question of how your wife (or did not in your case) became Canadian, put "Not A Canadian Citizen", and in the certificate...

Was your mother born or naturalized in Canada, or was her birth registered by her Canadian father (or mother if born out of wedlock) at a Canadian embassy if she was born outside of Canada? If she was, then you are a Canadian citizen by descent since the 2009 act gave citizenship to those...

The 5 month processing timeline quoted on the CIC website is for applications that are mailed to the Processing Office from within Canada and the US, and if they are considered routine. Applications from overseas that go through embassies and consulates take an additional 3-4 months if they are...

If the child is born in India, then he/she will be a Canadian citizen by descent, and you or your wife will need to apply for his/her citizenship certificate at a Canadian embassy or consulate in India. The difference between citizenship by birth and by descent is that in the former, your child...

I called Global Affairs Canada, (613) 944-4000, 1 for English then 1 for citizenship, from which I get transferred to IRCC. Technically, unless my application gets rejected, I already consider myself a Canadian-American citizen and am applying to obtain a citizenship certificate, hence my...

Just called to see if the "backdoor" still worked. After Global Affairs Canada transferred me to IRCC, I picked 4 for citizen services, 2 to replace or obtain a citizenship certificate, then 0 to talk to an agent. Supposedly if there are a lot of people waiting in the queue, it would tell you...

No harm in contacting them to find out. I found out about my application being sent to Program Support after calling them, and asked to have the Notice Of Delay e-mailed to me for my own records. The influx of applications because of the passage of Bill C-6 may have slowed them down a bit if...

Is the employer asking you to pay for the visa and LMIA application fees? If he/she is, then this is probably a scam.

You are just going to have to wait. If your case was straightforward and routine, then it should have been processed within the estimated time posted on the CIC website. But if it was sent to Program Support, then obviously it is not a routine case. I reviewed your post history, and noticed...

Assuming that your grandmother did not lose her British Subject status and became a Canadian citizen in 1947 or 2015, I think if your father was not registered but can claim citizenship through his mother because of the 2009 Act, he can not pass it down to his children, since he would be...

Did your mother formally renounce her Canadian citizenship in the presence of a Canadian official when she became a US citizen? If she did not, then she never relinquished it and is still considered a Canadian citizen, and her children (you and your brother) are also Canadian citizens by...

Matt99, unfortunately citizenship by descent is now limited to the first generation born abroad, so your grandmother would be the only possible recipient. However, you need to find out when your great-grandfather immigrated and became a Canadian citizen because citizenship by descent only works...

The 2009 citizenship act limits citizenship by descent to the first generation that are born outside of Canada (i.e.: born abroad) on or after April 17, 2009; since you implied that you do not have any children now, any children you have later on not born in Canada will be considered second...

Since you are applying for your children, only you would sign the application in section 13 in the signature box under where it says "Signature of parent/guardian"; the father does not sign it. The only things needed from the father is a certified copy of his birth certificate and his...

That article is the same verbatim content as the Wikipedia page you linked before; in fact, it even says "From Wikipedia" under the title.

Unfortunately, I don't think that would apply to your husband's grandfather. The last sentence in that paragraph says "Persons who had voluntarily renounced British subject status or had their British subject status revoked are not included in the grant." So by your own admission that he was...

There is no established timeline when your application is sent to Program Support; you just have to wait for them to finish at their own pace unless you apply for urgent processing. Did you get a Notice of Delay sent to you? Here is what they sent to me: "NOTICE OF DELAY: APPLICATION FOR...

I think only if the parents are foreign diplomats are children born in Canada not automatically granted citizenship; any other status (work permit, refugee, etc.) would have no bearing on the child's status. The mixed reactions from other people is because they think that the parents want to...

I think you should contact the IRCC and explain the situation to them. If you call them and they accept your explanation, get the agent's name, his/her ID number, and time and date of the conversation, and put everything (IRCC conversation information and explanation of situation) in a letter...

Ah OK. It was just the way the topic creator worded his/her post, and I interpreted it as saying that he/she and his/her sister were third generation citizens by descent (i.e. their parents and grandparents were also born abroad and citizens by descent), rather than they themselves are the...