Hey everyone
My Grandma - Manitoba born 1914, Died Gloucester England 1998.
My dad adopted London England 1949. Died 2013 Staffordshire England, did not apply for any Canadian citizenship to my knowledge.
Me born 1981, Cambridgeshire England.
Has anyone ever successfully navigated this hurdle via 5(4) or some other method ?
Any responses would be much appreciated
My CIT 0010 application was received on June 5, 2026, and processing started on June 12, 2026. As others have pointed out here, my status check (https://services3.cic.gc.ca/ecas/authenticate.do) required using my family name at birth.
On August 11, I uploaded 23 documents using the web form to provide documents directly from the original institution or provide missing docs (like proof of no birth record found. Today, I noted that when I looked up my status, I could only do so under my correct adoptive family name. Do you all think this has to do with my document upload? Or just a function of normal processing?
Claim:
My adoptive father was a G3, solid birth records on everyone except his two G0 great-grandparents from NB and NS (the mother of the NS G0 had a civil birth record in a Township book held by the Nova Scotia Archives). When I originally filed, I used several documents from FamilySearch and didn’t include proofs of no birth records found for the two G0s (in one case, I rely on two Canadian censuses and in the other I rely on her mother’s civil birth record). I also relied on US records to some extent to show Canadian birth, and now only use them to show parentage and indicative supportive evidence of Canadian birth. I fall under the two generations born outside Canada pre-1947 category (G0 born 1850 in Canada and left after 1867, G1 born 1881 in the US, G2 born 1922 in the US, G3 born 1953 in the US - all were dead by 2003). I have Canadian documents showing the G0 with the census records present in Canada at least through October 31, 1867. The other G0 (whose mother had a civil birth record) left for the US with the whole family in 1849.
Couriered my Part 1 application August 3rd from North Carolina. Received in Nova Scotia August 6th. AOR email today!! Yippee! Now, the wait begins...but that was FAST! Happy happy joy joy!
This comes up regularly (and I was hoping for my kids) but it looks like children of adoptees born before the grant of their parents are out of luck.
Boo
My adopted grandmother was born in Canada. I submitted my application in January and received acknowledgment that my application was in process as of Feb. 20, 2026. I was wondering when my part 1 is approved (assuming it is) will the online tracker say that or does it only change when both parts have been processed? I was told when I applied that it would take about 5 months for part 1 of my application to be processed and I'm quickly approaching month 6 so just curious.
For those of you who have been granted citizenship, how long did it take before you received your certificate? I received notice on Feb 23, 2026 that I was granted citizenship under 5.1 on Dec 5, 2025. It's now Aug 7 and I still have not received any word back on my actual certificate. I would love to get my passport. My husband and kids were granted citizenship just prior to the new law going into effect and they were e-mailed their certificates the same day. I'm super frustrated that mine is taking this long!
My biological grandmother (Gen0) was Canadian. My bio father (Gen01) was born in the USA. I was born in the USA (Gen2). When I was 3 years old, my mother’s new husband adopted me. We stayed in touch with my bio family occasionally over the years. My bio father passed in 2022, but miraculously his wife found my original birth certificate, and sent it to me.
I have my Gen0 grandmother’s Canadian birth certificate, and my Gen01 bio father’s birth certificate (showing grandma’s maiden name), and both my original (showing bio father) birth certificate and my reissued birth certificate after adoption. I have submitted all of these with my application (along with my subsequent name changes by marriage).
I don’t think I qualify as an “adoptee” by citizen by descent rules, but I don’t see a lot of discussion around this scenario. I’m now worried that the IRCC will see “adopted” in my forms and reject my application.
It seems like a clear lineage to me as I’m able to prove my biological line. I don’t have court documents showing the adoption, because in California I’d have to petition the court to get these, which is a lengthy process. I was about to do that when my bio-step-mom found my original birth certificate.
I keep wondering if an IRCC agent will see ”adopted” on my form and reject my application. Am I overthinking this? I included bullet points of clarification in the form, and included a table of contents with my application that explained the documents and timelines. Should I assume that the IRSS agents will understand I was adopted out of a biological line, not into one?