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New data shows how IRCC handled urgent proof of citizenship requests in Bill C-3’s first eight months

CIC News New data shows how IRCC handled urgent proof of citizenship requests in Bill C-3’s first eight months Immigration, Refugees and Citizenship Canada (IRCC) received roughly 6,726 proof of citizenship applications requesting urgent processing in the first eight months after Bill C-3 took effect. That’s according to internal IRCC data CIC News obtained through…

Canadian citizenship by descent: What an immigration lawyer can do for your application, and what they can’t

CIC News Canadian citizenship by descent: What an immigration lawyer can do for your application, and what they can’t If you recently found out you’re eligible for Canadian citizenship by descent, you may be celebrating the possibility of a second citizenship and passport. However, that excitement can quickly run into a brick wall due to…

Your Quebec ancestor has no birth certificate. Can a baptismal record prove citizenship by descent?

CIC News Your Quebec ancestor has no birth certificate. Can a baptismal record prove citizenship by descent? Your great-grandmother was born in Saint-Hyacinthe, Quebec, in 1898. The parish priest recorded her baptism four days later, in a leather-bound register, in French. No one ever issued her a birth certificate. For most of Quebec’s history, no…

Little Canada of Massachusetts: Lowell’s history could mean Canadian citizenship for thousands of its residents today

CIC News Little Canada of Massachusetts: Lowell’s history could mean Canadian citizenship for thousands of its residents today Between 1860 and 1900, an estimated 31,000 French Canadians moved to Lowell in Massachusetts. They moved from the Canadian province of Quebec to find work in the textile mills in New England and, by 1880, were the…