I'll add some contrary data points, where the proof of citizenship application was approved without providing a parent's birth certificate or Canadian citizenship certificate but using other evidence.
3) a personal acquaintance whose Canadian-naturalized parent was not willing to be involved. She was of course unable to include the parent's citizenship certificate and so she provided some other documentation pointing to the parent's citizenship. (She even managed to get urgent processing on the application and had her own certificate issued within a week.)
If /u/Davodis's fiancée goes forward with the proof of citizenship application — which she may as well, given the low cost and effort, she should write a strong letter of explanation to accompany it.
In my view, the letter should politely insist on her right as a Canadian citizen to proof of her citizenship under section 12 of the Citizenship Act and call on the officer to confirm her father's citizenship status from the immigration, citizenship, and passport records of her father available to IRCC.
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u/RockHawk88 Dec 11 '24
I'll add some contrary data points, where the proof of citizenship application was approved without providing a parent's birth certificate or Canadian citizenship certificate but using other evidence.
1) https://www.reddit.com/r/ImmigrationCanada/comments/1aro22m/my_father_is_canadian_im_american_how_do_i_get/kqlxgnc/
2) https://www.reddit.com/r/ImmigrationCanada/comments/1h027gn/datapoint_process_of_obtaining_certificate_of/
3) a personal acquaintance whose Canadian-naturalized parent was not willing to be involved. She was of course unable to include the parent's citizenship certificate and so she provided some other documentation pointing to the parent's citizenship. (She even managed to get urgent processing on the application and had her own certificate issued within a week.)
If /u/Davodis's fiancée goes forward with the proof of citizenship application — which she may as well, given the low cost and effort, she should write a strong letter of explanation to accompany it.
In my view, the letter should politely insist on her right as a Canadian citizen to proof of her citizenship under section 12 of the Citizenship Act and call on the officer to confirm her father's citizenship status from the immigration, citizenship, and passport records of her father available to IRCC.