Abramovich Immigration LawToronto, ON · June 15, 2026Citizenship by Descent: Certificate Surrender Letters and IRCC’s Evolving Evidentiary Approach
Recently, several approved citizenship-by-descent applicants (the exact number is unknown) — people who applied under Bill C-3 , were approved, and received Canadian citizenship certificates from Immigration, Refugees and Citizenship Canada (IRCC) — have now received letters from that same department informing them that their files have been reopened and asking them to surrender the...
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