r/CitizenshipByDescent

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 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.

Does anyone personally know or has used a genealogist in Split? My great grandfather was born on Solta and the only records available are church records of which I have copies of however they are not official or certified. I need the parish extract the izvoda iz matirčne knjige / church registry transcript. Then I need it to be certified. No, these church records are not online through family search, and therefore I do not think they have been digitized, however I could be wrong about that. They could be digitized in Croatia but no company here in the US has access to them. My great grandfather was born in srednje selo Solta. However at the time of his birth the area was known as Solta Villa Media. The church records are in Italian. My question is, twofold. I am looking for recommendations for a competent translator who is registered with the Croatian Ministry of Justice. If you have successfully gone through this process can you tell me who you used for translations services? There are SO many services out there and a lot of them are scammers. Additionally I'm looking for help with getting a certified copy of the birth records from Solta. Do any of you have recommendations for a source for this?

Side note, because the church records are in Italian, I'm assuming that the translator or who ever deals with certified copies must also at least speak a little Italian? Or are they already translated from the digitized copies into Croatian? Maybe a stupid question but I'd really like to know how this works. After all, the Croatian language was not the "official" language used on state documents til after WWII.

has anyone successfully gotten citizenship/passport after finding out about ancestors many generations ago e.g great great grandparents ? I’m thinking of doing an ancestry DNA test and seeing what I can find !

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.

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

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