Students who need proof of Canadian citizenship for education purposes may request expedited processing of their citizenship certificate application. Immigration, Refugees and Citizenship Canada (IRCC) lists attending a school, college, or university as one of the circumstances that may qualify for urgent processing. Following the implementation of Bill C-3 on December 15, 2025, which expanded citizenship by descent beyond the first-generation limit, processing times for proo

A group of American applicants are reporting significant delays and a lack of transparency regarding their Canadian citizenship-by-descent applications. Despite applying as soon as interim measures were introduced in March 2025, many early applicants have found their files stalled in the Immigration Department’s program support unit – a division typically reserved for complex cases. Meanwhile, newer applicants who submitted their files after the formalization of the "lost Can