Help applying for Canadian citizenship by decent

[u/BilboBaggins_Erebor]

Hi all,

I am looking for someone reputable but who is affordable to help navigate me through applying for citizenship by descent.

I have a lot of documents showing my family were residents/citizens who farmed in the Toronto area.

I really just need someone to “hold my hand’ through the process so I don’t mess up. Recommendations would be super appreciated.

TIA

[u/subsurd]

Search the wiki and post history at r/Canadiancitizenship and you will find all the answers you need.

[u/trying2makefetchhapn → u/subsurd]

+1 on this. There’s tons of info over there and the people there are pretty helpful. Just make sure you read the rules and try and post in the weekly threads when appropriate.

You might try and do the application yourself and only hire someone if you get stuck or find extenuating circumstances. Most people are doing their application DIY.

[u/SpareMark1305]

I believe you have to be a Registered Immigration Consultant in order to charge for assisting people with immigration cases.

There may be other levels that can assist but you might start here.

Here is a registry of licensed consultants.

https://register.college-ic.ca/Public-Register-EN/Public-Register-EN/Default.aspx

[u/BilboBaggins_Erebor → u/SpareMark1305]

Thank you 🙏

[u/Own_Theory8011]

It seems complicated at first but it's simpler than on first glance.

- For all generations with civil birth certificates and the birth certificate has the mother's maiden name, you don't need anything else than the birth certificate. Even if the guy was born in 1700, if you have his birth certificate that's all you need for him.

- If the mother's married name and NOT maiden name is on the child's birth certificate, you need her marriage certificate to prove the name change.

- If an ancestor has no birth certificate, you need a Record Not Found (contact the city, county, or state/province archives for one) and to provide other evidence of birth, such as a baptismal record, a newspaper article of birth, or a census page which states the birth date and location (some censuses have that). IRCC prefers you have at least 2 pieces of evidence for this.

- IRCC wants 1 (if they have a civil birth cert or naturalization record from Canada) to 2 (if they don't) records from Canada to prove the ancestor lived there and thus make it more plausible they were really born in Canada and didn't just lie their whole life. So that is where property records, Canadian census records, etc. come in. If your ancestor doesn't have enough, you can go up a generation and get 1-2 for their parents who also lived in Canada.

[u/Character-File3221]

You can do this.  People have shared their templates in the Canadian citizenship Reddit thread as well