CITIZENSHIP BY DESCENT ELIGIBILITY REPORT

A comprehensive evaluation service designed to determine eligibility for Canadian citizenship by descent. This report provides a professional assessment based on your Canadian lineage, along with the identification and collection of required genealogical documentation needed to proceed with a citizenship recognition application through Immigration, Refugees and Citizenship Canada (IRCC).

With years of experience working within immigration law firms, we understand how these cases are built and what IRCC expects. That experience, combined with a specialized focus on genealogical research, means we can offer something most lawyers simply can’t: deep expertise in locating 18th- and 19th-century baptismal, civil, census, and naturalization records — at a fraction of the cost. Immigration lawyers tend to bill at high hourly rates for work that is, at its core, historical document research.

Our Eligibility Report is a flat, transparent fee with no billable hours accumulating in the background.

This service is backed by experience in Canadian immigration law environments within the Greater Toronto Area and government data collection with Statistics Canada. Founded in 2023, Redfern Lineage Genealogy is a Montréal-based practice serving clients across Canada, the United States, and overseas with clients from numerous countries and backgrounds. Areas of expertise include archival research, DNA analysis, custom family tree construction, and citizenship eligibility assessments, with a specialization in Canadian and New Brunswick genealogy, as our founder is from Fredericton, New Brunswick and is an active memeber of the New Brunswick Genealogical Society. He is fluent in both English and French.

To begin, download and complete the Client Intake Form to attach to your purchase. Once the completed form and your order are received, work begins immediately.

This service is structured to simplify a complex process. Additional information or documentation will be requested if needed to ensure accuracy and completeness.

Reports typically take several weeks to complete. Since the coming into effect of Bill C-3, Redfern Lineage Genealogy has experienced a significant increase in requests, and turnaround times have unfortunately become longer as a result.

At present, the estimated completion time for a report is approximately 5–7 weeks, depending on our current caseload and the complexity of your particular case.

Due to the volume of active cases, we are not always able to respond to individual follow-up emails requesting status updates. Please be assured, however, that your case has not been forgotten. You will be contacted as soon as your completed report is ready, or sooner if we require any additional information or documentation from you.

We sincerely appreciate your patience and understanding while we work through this unusually high volume of requests.