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First, congratulations! My application took about the same amout of time as yours, and I know what it's like to anxiously check the mail day after day, knowing that the process is ALMOST over. I wouldn't be concerned that it's lost--Covid 19 is apparently causing mail delays in NYC, according...

I received it on February 22, so it took 11 days to get from Nova Scotia to South Carolina. Regular mail, not Priority.

Ignore my last response-- I just checked my application status again, and it said that a certificate had been mailed on February 11, so there was a bit of a lag time--2-3 weeks-- between when the decision was made and the certificate was actually sent. I'm going to go do a little happy dance...

I used a certified baptism record from the church in Moncton where my father had been baptised, as well as records from US Immigration indicating when he crossed into the US with his family. I received an email saying that my application had been approved (they needed to know whether to use my...

It has been about 3 weeks since my application status at the Processing Center changed to "Decision made--Letter has been sent," but I haven't received it yet. I'm in the Southeastern U.S. Anybody out there know if this is normal? I don't often receive mail

Darn! The number for Global Affairs won't transfer a call from outside Canada, and the choices on the webform don't include my situation--But I'll give it a try anyway. Thanks.

Thanks for the reply! I'm sure of the name, and Vital Stats said that they do check variations in spelling and forms. The baptismal certificate is very detailed and does specify the city and date in which he was born, and the church is a large one that's still very much alive. They actually...

Greetings from a new member! I'm a US citizen, but my dad was born in New Brunswick in 1920. I want to apply for a Certificate of Citizenship by Descent, but the NB Vital Statistics Office can't find his birth certificate. I have his baptismal certificate, immigration records from when the...