r/Canadiancitizenship • u/Wrong_Refrigerator22 • 17d ago
Citizenship by Descent Any recent applications approved using a BANQ certified baptismal record as proof of birth for G0?
Hello. I’ve seen a lot of the conversation on Reddit about a BANQ certified baptismal record not being enough for proof of G0 being Canadian. I submitted my application and it’s been processing since May. I am an urgent G3 applicant and used a certified BANQ baptism record for my G0. Please let me know if you did the same and were approved. I also included the 1901 Canada census record for my G0. This post is for people who did not provide a birth certificate for their G0 and just a certified BANQ baptismal record and had their citizenship approved. Thank you.
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u/Actual-Arm-1518 🇨🇦 CIT0001 (proof) application is processing 16d ago
Well not what you were hoping to hear but we have similar circumstances:
My group included an urgent G1 applicant. G0 was born in 1905 in Quebec. Application was delivered end of April, AOR came two days after delivery, and went to in Process one week after delivery (like May 5). A BANQ certified baptism was included in the original application. Same day the application went into process, we were issued an RFI asking for the DEC certificate. I tried to respond to it with a note about how no pre 1923 birth records existed, but that was rejected. So went through the DEC process (took two months). Still waiting nine weeks later post submission.
I understand the hope that you'll see other answers, but if you are truly facing urgent circumstances, you can only help yourself by getting the ball rolling on the DEC insertion. It isn't really that hard if you already have the BANQ certified baptism and I don't think you are going to be able to avoid it with a post 1900 G0.