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CIC News Stronger Canada-EU ties could open new doors. Millions of Americans with Canadian ancestry stand to gain too Over the course of this week, the relationship between Canada and the European Union took an unprecedented leap forward. On September 12, the Wall Street Journal broke the news that Canadian Prime Minister Mark Carney was…
CIC News Processing times rise for permanent residence and citizenship applicants Canada’s immigration department released updated permanent residence (PR) and citizenship processing times on September 3, showing lengthening wait times for several application types. Three categories saw processing times rise by one month—the largest increase recorded in the update: The Federal Skilled Worker Program (Express…
CIC News From Canada to California: How tens of thousands of Californians are Canadian citizens by descent today Be it the gold rush of 1848 or the lure of Hollywood, the most populous state in the U.S. is known for attracting people from around the world. Migration has always been a key part of California’s…
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…
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…
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…
CIC News Generation zero: your ancestor didn’t have to be born in Canada to pass on Canadian citizenship Many people researching their family history assume there’s only one way to have a Canadian ancestor: that at some point, someone in their lineage must have been born in Canada. But that assumption would be incorrect. Several…
CIC News Getting citizenship by descent documents from Quebec? Here is what most applicants only learn the hard way You find your great-grandmother twice. Once in a parish baptism register from 1903, where the priest wrote Marie Thibodeau. Once on a Quebec marriage license from 1924, where the clerk wrote Mary Thibodeaux. A citizenship by…
CIC News Seven things you might not know about the Canadian passport Whether you already have a Canadian passport or are thinking about applying for one, it has some lesser-known features that are bound to impress. And more people can apply for one than ever before. Since Bill C-3 expanded citizenship by descent in December…
CIC News Two documents do most of the work in a Canadian citizenship by descent claim Though they should all ideally be included in a citizenship by descent application, not all the documents requested by Canada’s immigration department are created equally in terms of their ability to support a citizenship claim. Two records carry far…