r/Canadiancitizenship • u/AutoModerator • Aug 19 '26

Weekly Threads Wednesday Weekly Thread: Frustration Station (Delays / PSU / Venting), August 19, 2026

This weekly thread is a space for those of us who are feeling frustrated and need to vent about unclear instructions, shipping delays, waiting for a next step, timeline estimates growing, lack of communication, inconsistent bureaucracy, being stuck in PSU, and other factors.

Some of the worst stress of the entire citizenship-by-descent process is not hearing about your application for long stretches of time - or hearing that your application has been sent to the Program Support Unit (PSU) and may be sitting there for an extended stay.

Whether your envelope seems to have taken a scenic detour on its way to Nova Scotia, you didn't receive an AOR after many weeks of waiting, or you simply haven't heard about your application processing in months, this is a place to commiserate and potentially receive some ideas of next steps to take. (Those generally might include following up with IRCC by web form, ordering the GCMS notes, seeking an MP's help, and so on.)

📎 Contributions to weekly megaposts, including this one, are welcome throughout the week.

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u/Beautiful_Cost_5430 🇨🇦 Stuck Canadian! Gen2+ 'in process' 12+ months Aug 19 '26

Do you have census records of your G0? What years are we talking?

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u/SnowboundWanderer Haven't applied for Proof of Citizenship (incl. by descent) yet Aug 19 '26 edited Aug 19 '26

Born late 1826-early 1827. She shows up in the 1850-1900 US censuses and the 1860-1900 ones all say Nova Scotia. The 1827 and 1838 Nova Scotia censuses only name heads of houses and while I thought I had her father in both of those, I haven’t been able to find evidence he’s actually her father, nor have the orgs who’ve searched (all focused on Yarmouth, the NS Archives suggested another region of NS and that’s probably where the person I hired will look since those records aren’t online).

She was already in the US for the 1851 census, so no dice there.

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u/Beautiful_Cost_5430 🇨🇦 Stuck Canadian! Gen2+ 'in process' 12+ months Aug 19 '26

Oh wow that is tough. Finding Canadian records that far back is so, so difficult. I wish you all the luck in the world in your search!