u/PypNetty

Bonjour,

Je voulais savoir si certains ici avaient déjà réussi à effectuer une partie de leur stage d’expertise comptable (DEC) au Canada, et plus particulièrement au Québec.

Mon idée serait de faire une partie du stage en France, puis éventuellement une année ou davantage dans un cabinet au Québec, idéalement dans une structure ayant des liens avec la France ou avec des professionnels titulaires du DEC / CPA.

Je cherche surtout des retours d’expérience concrets :

• Est-ce que le stage effectué au Canada/Québec a bien été reconnu par l’Ordre en France ?
• Quelles démarches avez-vous dû effectuer avant le départ ?
• Fallait-il obligatoirement avoir un maître de stage inscrit à l’Ordre français ?
• Un CPA québécois peut-il encadrer tout ou partie du stage, ou faut-il un dispositif particulier ?
• Est-ce que cela a compliqué les rapports semestriels, journées de formation ou autres obligations du stage DEC ?
• Existe-t-il des cabinets franco-canadiens ou des structures particulièrement adaptées à ce type de parcours ?

Je précise que je parle bien du stage DEC français, pas uniquement d’une équivalence vers le CPA canadien.

Si certains ont réellement fait une partie de leurs trois années au Québec ou ailleurs au Canada, votre retour m’intéresse beaucoup, notamment sur ce qui est possible en pratique par rapport à ce qui est prévu sur le papier.

Merci !

I am preparing an application for a Canadian citizenship certificate under the new rules of Bill C-3 and am making sure that my Generation 0 documents are sufficient.

My family lineage is as follows:

Generation 0: My great-grandmother, born in Quebec in 1894

Generation 1: my grandfather, born in France

Generation 2: my mother, born in France in 1964

Generation 3: myself, born in France

As for my great-grandmother, the registrar cannot provide me with a birth certificate due to the age and nature of the document.

However, I was able to obtain a baptismal certificate directly from the parish. It is an official color document issued by the parish, and the baptism took place the day after her birth. It lists her date and place of birth and identifies her parents.

I also have correspondence confirming that I attempted to obtain the civil birth certificate and that it cannot be provided.

My question primarily concerns the meaning of the term “authority of origin” in IRCC’s updated guidelines.

Has anyone ever successfully used a baptismal certificate issued directly by the parish, without having obtained the same ecclesiastical certificate through the BAnQ?

Based on the recent clarification from IRCC and the Canadian Association of Archivists, I understand that baptismal certificates constitute secondary evidence and that the “authority of origin” can be either the institution that created or issued the certificate or the one that is now responsible for preserving it. This leads me to believe that a document issued directly by the parish should be acceptable, but I would be interested in hearing about specific experiences.

I also have additional supporting documents. Her death certificate states that she was born in Canada and specifies the Quebec locality/parish, and starting with her generation, I have birth certificates establishing the parent-child relationship across all generations, as well as death certificates where applicable; these indicate that my great-grandmother was born in that parish.

There is also a second historical point I’m trying to understand.

My great-grandfather was naturalized in Canada in 1923. The family was living in Canada, and several of their children were born there. They left Canada in 1926 to return to France. My grandfather, their youngest child and my direct ancestor, was then born in France. One of his older brothers and other siblings were born in Canada.

So, the family tree looks like this:

Great-grandmother: born in Quebec in 1894

Great-grandfather: naturalized in Canada in 1923

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Several children born in Canada

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The family left Canada in 1926

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My grandfather was born in France

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My mother was born in France in 1964

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I was born in France

Could the old rules in effect prior to 1947 regarding British subjects, naturalization, and absence from Canada create a citizenship gap in this situation?

Or, under the 2015 amendments regarding “lost Canadians” and now Bill C-3, would the fact that my great-grandmother was born in Canada (and that my great-grandfather was separately naturalized in Canada) normally provide the first-generation (Gen0) link required for my grandfather and subsequent generations?

I am particularly interested in hearing from anyone with a similar ancestor predating 1947, a baptismal certificate, and a third-generation (G3) application.

I am not seeking a guarantee of approval; I am simply trying to understand how IRCC has handled comparable cases.

Thank you very much!