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OK, so I will make this as short but as accurate as possible.
My mother was born in Laval. Moved to the US and had me here in Florida before she became a US citizen. This makes me immediately eligible for dual citizenship which I want to get asap.
So I started the process which is fairly self explanatory, except for one small hitch.
The Quebec government wants me to send in her birth certificate. Which we have. However... they do not honor any documents before 1994. So she has to get her birth cert again, and they are giving her all kinds of hoops to jump through. New social insurance number to get another number to get her paper work so she can then get her birth cert....
what gives? how can we expedite this? Any ideas? They are taking FOREVER. It's just a birth certificate re-print. Come on!
It sounds like they are just going through their process. You have no other choice but to do what they say.
You appear to be impatient but you should relax - your mom's place of birth will not change and there are no changes to the rules for citizenship in the works.
I am a bit anxious, but nevertheless, I am relaxed. My issue is, I'm not even sure of what this whole process entails and how long it generally takes. Does any one have any insight on this?
Exactly. That is the general idea of the process we have to go through. However, they're telling her she needs to get her social insurance number, which she doesn't have because she's been here since the 80s. So to get that number, she needs another number.... I'm so lost lol.
And yes the fee is pretty minor. I remember that as well. I'll check that site, maybe it'll help.
I will have to speak with them. I was actually in Montreal this past January, but I wasn't in the process of trying to get all these things squared away yet. *Sigh* I guess I'll have to give them a shout. Thanks again for the info!
Also, I was wondering, I think I read somewhere in another post on this forum, that once I send in my application for citizenship that I can claim whichever province I want as where I am considered a resident. Is this true? If so how does this happen in the whole process?
I found out the specifics of what they told my mom. They told her that she needed some type of number (i believe a revenue number or something of the sort) in order to get her birth certificate. They said they would mail it to her in Florida, and this was 4 months ago. She hasn't received it yet, and I'm not sure how long it was supposed to take. What I'm trying to figure out is the time frame, and what exactly she needs to do after she gets said number. THANKS!
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