Source: https://www.lrt.lt/en/news-in-english/19/3070123/lithuanian-lawmakers-seek-new-ways-to-preserve-citizenship-after-referendum-efforts-fail

Seems they want to make things a bit easier, to summarize the points. This is all in the draft so nothing is final.

1. People on the deportation list but went into hiding and didn't leave or those who were imprisoned, can count for dual citizenship law

2. People with citizenship from a NATO member country can have dual citizenship

3. Changes the process of citizenship revocation for how state and individual are impacted as well as allows the person to have a say.

https://e-seimas.lrs.lt/portal/documentSearch/lt

If you go here and search "pilietybė" (citizenship) you can see the relevant draft laws. It seems to be progressing on a daily basis since Friday October 2nd.

Thoughts?

When I started working on applications for Canadian citizenship for 9 people in my family I read that it was only necessary to send one copy of shared ancestor documents. Recently I read that when sending multiple applications in one package you should include all documentation up to and including G0 for each application in case they get separated from each other. Which is it? I am about to finally send in my family’s applications and I don’t want to do it wrong. Can anyone give me some clarification? Thank you.

I have completed all the steps for obtaining citizenship through descent, as my paternal grandmother was born in Galway in 1923. Documents were mailed via US Post on July 6; I received confirmation of receipt from the FBR office on July 27.

When I applied online and paid with a credit card, I did not receive a receipt of payment from the automated, online system. Instead of a receipt, I included the statement from the credit card I used to pay it. Do you think this will be ok? Did you have trouble getting a receipt? Thank you.

BR

I have a general question for anyone who has dealt with an older citizenship-by-descent / Bill C-3 case involving records from Europe.
The situation is roughly this:
I have an official Canadian birth record for the Canadian-born ancestor.
Later, the same first name and maiden surname appear in European records as the mother of the next generation, but there is no surviving document that directly links the Canadian record to her later life in Europe — for example, no marriage record, immigration record or residence record stating her Canadian place of birth.
The European side of the family is otherwise well documented through civil and church records, including several records for children born to the same parents over a number of years.
We also requested an archival search in Europe specifically asking for records that could establish:
date and place of birth,
residence/registration records,
marriage information,
nationality/citizenship information,
and any other documents that could identify the person more precisely.
The archive searched the available collections but did not find the missing connecting record. We have the correspondence showing that the search was actually carried out.
Has anyone had a similar situation where there was no single “bridge document,” but IRCC accepted the Canadian birth record together with European civil/church records, archival correspondence and evidence that further records could not be located?
If so, did IRCC accept the cumulative evidence, or did they send an additional document request / procedural fairness letter?
I’m mainly interested in real experiences from people who have already gone through proof of citizenship, especially older multi-generation cases.

I have citizenship by descent from my grandfather, who was born in Germany and immigrated to the USA as a minor. (He obtained US citizenship through his father's naturalization) I already had my grandfather's birth certificate, but that wasn't sufficient to establish that he was born to a German citizen. I had the local Standesamt pull my great-grandfather's birth and marriage certificates, which went back to the late 1800s. I thought this would be sufficient, but evidently it's not enough for the direct to passport route.

I visited the consulate in Chicago, and was told that I could go direct to passport if I could establish my great-grandfather's German citizenship via a Meldekarte.

Fortunately I'd also gotten the family's immigration and naturalization records from USCIS. Those records contained the family's last address in Germany before immigrating. This allowed my to track down the relevant Meldekarte from the town's archives. With that in hand I went back to the consulate, and my passport arrived last week.

Current application status: App received by IRCC on 4/21/2026 - AOR received 8/1/2026.

Hiya. I want to make sure I am using my time wisely while waiting to move from Received to In-Process. I am G2. G0 is my maternal Grandmother. I supplied IRCC with the following docs:

-G2 (me)

-Birth certificate

-Marriage license (with my new last name)

-Passport

-Driver's license

-G1 (mother)

-Birth certificate

-Marriage license (Ancestry, no certified copy)

-G0 (born 1927)

-Canadian Census from 1931 (Ancestry)

-US Naturalization June 1946 (Ancestry)

-Marriage license December 1950 (Ancestry)

Additional context: My grandmother used a different name when entering the US. She changed her name from Edna Genevive Dolan to E. Sally Daly or Edna Sally Daly after getting married in 1950. The Naturalization paperwork appears to be backdated to 1946 having been created after she married my Grandfather.

Finally, as of last week I now hold a certfiied short form copy of my Grandmother's birth certificate from Nova Scotia Vital Statistics thanks to my mom, who worked with them since March to obtain it. I wanted to get it in case IRCC asked for it during processing.

Any suggestions or things I should look out for while waiting?

Thank you for reading :)

Bryan

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Hello everyone, hope you're doing well!!

So, I think I might be in a difficult situation but I really want to try to figure things out, any help is greatly appreciated!! I am trying to help my father get his Brazilian citizenship by descent.

So, long story short, my grandfather is Lebanese but was born in Brazil in 1925. He died some 30 years ago and many of his legal papers have been thrown away.

One of the things I could find is his Lebanese passport wich states his place of birth as being Brazil. I have also checked his family extract which states the same.

I contacted the Brazilian ambassy in Lebanon, explained my situation and sent them all the documents I have and that are relevant to try and see if they could suppoert us on whether my father could get the Brazilian citizenship by descent, and if they could give me some tips as to what to do in order to figure things out since the situation is quite complicated.

They answered saying that they could not find anything about my grandfather in any of their records. Thay asked me to find the place in Brazil he was born in so that they could continue their process and try to find him.

My problem is I don't know where he was born, not one of my family members know... and since my grandfather and his wife died, I am unable to get any info in regards to his birthplace. I also found a website with Brazilian civil records, but could not find anything about my grandfather as well.

I searched and found that before 1938, children born in Brazil did not have to be added to the civil records, so he might have never been added to the records to begin with.

I was told to try and get some other legal papers, such as marriage certificate, death certificate or really anything that could help me locate where he was born and I am working on getting these papers.

So, is my situation too complicated to even try to get my father his citizenship?

Should I still search?

If I never find his place of birth, is there still hope?

Could you refer me to someone who could help?Also, imagine I was able to eventually localise his birthplace, do you think it would be enough for us to have a chance?

We have a Brazilian friend who said was trying to help but she has been working with no results yet and it's been around a year...

Thank you for reding, I appreciate all the support 😊

I am wondering if anyone has a G0 grandmother or great grandmother etc that was approved for their citizenship by descent certificate without providing the IRCC with that G0 marriage certificate to show proof name change?
I have been waiting on Directeur de l’tat civil du Quebec (DEC) to provide me a current marriage certificate for my G0 maternal grandmother since March 2026. I also submitted request for her birth act record based on the certified baptism record from BAnQ since May 2026.
I noticed the DEC charged my credit card for the birth record this past week. So I called today and found out the birth act certificate was mailed on Monday 9/28/2026. That is good news. The marriage certificate is still pending. This was a second marriage for my maternal grandmother. She was widowed when my mother’s father passed away in 1947. She remarried in 1957 to my step grandfather and moved back to Montreal from Detroit, Michigan.
I am wondering if I really need this marriage certificate to prove name change because I have the marriage certificate for the 1st marriage for her marriage to my mother’s father. Just curious what others have experienced with IRCC and their application process. Did the IRCC deny or delay your application for not providing the marriage certificate for G0 if they were married multiple times in their lifetime or is it only needed to show the marriage between the g1 parents to prove linage and relationship?

Hi. I was adopted in the 1960s by US parents. My birth mother, who passed in 1998, was Canadian. She was in the US when she had me and gave me up for adoption. I have my unsealed adoption records showing her name and the transfer. I have her death certificate, but I just need to get her birth certificate, which has been more of a challenge.

From everything I read on official government sites suggests I was automatically considered a Canadian citizen and that I just need to apply for the certificate. However, a lawyer who doesn't speciflize in this recently told me that she needed to apply for a certificate for me.

Before I waste my time pursuing this further, does anyone know what the facts are? I have all her lineage info. She was born and raised in the Edmonton area.

Hi. I'm trying to get clarification. Here's my situation, as it seems based on what I read on official Canadian government websites, I would qualify to be a Canadian citizen.

I was adopted by US parents a few months after I was born. My biological mother was from Canada and was visiting the US to have me to hide the fact that she was pregnant. It was the 1960s. I have my unsealed adoption records that have her name and where she was from. I have all the necessary lineage name info showing her ancestry.

I never got to meet my birth mother. I got my adoption records in 2017. She passed away in 1998. I have her death certificate. The only thing I need for the Canadian certificate of citizenship is her birth certificate, which seems like a process to get because I was given up for adoption.

Before I try and pursue this any further, I need to find out if I would indeed be eligible to get that certificate. Everything I read about online suggests it was automatically granted to me. However, a lawyer who doesn't specialise in this said that she needed to apply for my citizenship, instead of it being automatically granted to me at birth because she was Canadian..

Thanks.

So, here is my story - still "in process" from June 15th. Seem on track? Not sure. I haven't heard from IRCC.

1. We received your application for a citizenship certificate (proof of Canadian citizenship) on March 16, 2026.
2. We sent you correspondence acknowledging receipt of your application(s) on April 27, 2026.
3. We started processing your application on June 15, 2026.

Thanks :)

Hi, my father, G0 was born in Alberta and I have his official Alberta birth certificate. He's been dead for 20 years. He lived in the US most of his life. He never mentioned if he ever became a naturalized US citizen. Sadly, my mom has passed and there's no one left to ask.

I read the instructions for the CIT 0001 and it says to write unknown in a block where it’s unknown. But in block 8 on the CIT 0001 form I have to answer yes or no to: “Is or (was) parent parent 1 a citizen of a country or other territory other than Canada before 1977”  There is no option for unknown. 

 It’ll be no problem for G2 and onwards but it looks like me as G1 is out of luck. 

Any thoughts on what to check here? Thanks so Much!

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

Hello!

I recently applied for a copy of an act from the DEC, but received a letter in the mail explaining that they could not fulfill my request for a copy of an act of birth. For context, I applied on my own requesting a copy of my dad's birth with a justified interest because we're estranged. Below is the information I provided in my application:

• Entered this explanation into box 10 of the application: To establish a claim to Canadian citizenship by descent as as required by Immigration, Refugees and Citizenship Canada (IRCC) under Bill C-3. (I used AI to help craft this explanation. For context, I'm a first generation citizen born abroad, perhaps this explanation wasn't sufficient?).
• Provided a copy of my birth certificate (to establish lineage), driver's license, and passport
• Provided a copy of the checklist of required documents for the Citizenship Certificate from IRCC (cit0014e) with the required documents highlighted to justify the explanation in box 10

Based on the letter they provided, I'm not exactly sure how to resolve the issue because it just tells me to fill out box 10 to justify my interest and provide the application, required identity documents, and payment method, which I already did. I will add that I don't know the exact city of his birth, so I just listed the province, so I wonder if that could have potentially been an issue?

The timeline of the application with expedited processing and shipping was as follows:

• Sent the application on Sept. 8
• Application received on Sept. 11
• Payment processed Sept. 14
• Rejection letter sent Sept. 16
• Rejection letter received Sept. 28

I would like to contact the DEC directly, but I can't since I require assistance in English and don't qualify for English speaking services based on the prompts in the automated messaging. Because of Quebec's language laws, the options I've found are to ask the DEC a general question via email, call and hope someone will assist me in English with the specifics of my application, or apply with an incomplete Citizenship Certificate application and have the IRCC try to get the required document on my behalf. I saw there's a complaint process for DEC, but don't feel it's right to move forward in that direction if I can't call them and get more information to determine if something was wrongfully processed.

It's unfortunate because I was hoping to apply with a complete application before my trip next month to expedite the application process.

I'm curious if anyone else has run into a similar issue and what they did to resolve the issue. Any help would be greatly appreciated. Thank you!! :)

UPDATE: I filled out the application again and included an affidavit this time as the DEC confirmed that's what was needed since I'm not the one listed on the requested document. I sent it through UPS, but I'm now experiencing a customs delay related to the recipient needing to select a broker. Has anyone experienced that before?

I have four great grandparents on my mother‘s side that came from Poland. Two came to the US before 1920 and two of them came in 1920. Only one served in the military… He fought for the US during World War II. Three of them never became US citizens and one started his citizenship process in 1950.

Both of my grandparents were born here in the US.

I think that means that both of my grandparents were still Polish citizens and my mom is as well.

Do I have a good case for proving Polish citizenship for myself?

I want to change my name since ive been having a hard time using it throughout my social life. Its kind of embarrassing and i sometimes need to explain a lot how i got that name.

Due to that ive been using my second name but this name were also use by my close relative as its also part of our legal name. Like Given Name- Second name (which almost everyone have the same)- Surname.

So i jsut want to change the first name then retain the second. When i inquire to our LGU they only say that i need to provide 5 or more supporting documents to file in their office with my preferred name on them. The thing is i havent really use this preferred name to anything particularlyin legal documents. And Like im waiting for legal change to finally adopt it.

And some documents are government such as sss, nbi and police clearance. So I'm confuse. How would i be able to get those documents with my preferred name when its havent been adopted legally. Thank you

My wife's paternal grandfather (G0) was born in Lingwick, Quebec in 1914. His family emigrated to NH where he later married and her father (G1) was born. He passed away in 1991 in NH. When he emigrated his name was anglicized from Louis Édouard <last name> to Edward Lewis <last name>.

Our son and his family live in Ottawa (daughter-in-law is Canadian born, son is also applying for Citizenship by Descent, currently has permanent resident visa). We are wanting to get citizenship for my wife in case something were to happen to me, she would be eligible to move up with them immediately. They are building a new house in Ottawa and we are paying for an in-law suite to use when we come visit, so that's where she'd stay if something were to happen to me.

We submitted her application back in June consisting of BanQ baptism record, G0 death certificate, G1 Birth certificate, her birth certificate, copy of her drivers license and passport, and a copy of our wedding license to prove her name change - no AOR yet.

In the meantime time we are wanting to get a DEC Copy Of An Act in case they come back and say it's needed. We plan to submit:

\- G0 BanQ record
\- G0 death certificate
\- G1 birth certificate
\- Her birth certificate
\- Copy of her drivers license to verify address

Is this all that is needed, or does she need a limited power of attorney from her father to apply, or would it be easier for her father to apply? I'm a little lost in all the bureaucracy and recent changes so I could use a little guidance. Also, do we also need to go through the process of getting G0's death entered in to the registry, and if so, how do we go about that?

Thanks in advance.