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Your family records aren’t certified. Can you still prove Canadian citizenship by descent?

You have your great-grandfather's baptismal record, but it is a photocopy, not a certified one, and you are not sure it will count. New IRCC (Immigration, Refugees and Citizenship Canada) guidance suggests certification is not the thing an officer checks first.

Your family records aren’t certified. Can you still prove Canadian citizenship by descent?

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You have your great-grandfather's baptismal record, but it is a photocopy, not a certified one, and you are not sure it will count.

New IRCC (Immigration, Refugees and Citizenship Canada) guidance suggests certification is not the thing an officer checks first.

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You have your great-grandfather's baptismal record, but it is a photocopy, not a certified one, and you are not sure it will count. New IRCC (Immigration, Refugees and Citizenship Canada) guidance suggests certification is not the thing an officer checks first. Can you still prove Canadian citizenship by descent?

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