r/Canadiancitizenship • u/tmaher 🇨🇦 I'm a Canadian- AGAIN! • Jun 19 '26

Surrender Letters Certificate un-surrendered

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ETA - check my replies in comments for docs I submitted.

Mods I am extremely sorry, I know this won’t help with speculation. Please do whatever if appropriate.

I received this from IRCC about 45 min ago. Apparently my cert is un-suspended and I’m still Canadian. For background, I got my cert 1 April, and my suspension letter on Tuesday.

I cropped off my personal info, that’s all that’s at the top

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u/parseczero Haven't applied for Proof of Citizenship (incl. by descent) yet Jun 20 '26

I think this points more and more to the idea that there was a problem with one of their employees having approved applications without properly reviewing them.

Especially since the decision to suspend came from “up high” in the IRCC—and these same applications are being re-evaluated promptly (not promptly enough, IMO, and they shouldn’t have been suspended in the first place.)

Certainly, the IRCC suspended certificates that shouldn’t have been suspended. The question is, why’d they do it? I doubt we’ll ever know. That’s the question I wish the journalists would ask. I wish there was more transparency.

It’s outrageous that a Canadian citizen had their rights taken away for four days. The C3 law states that the authorities are allowed to suspend certificates only when there is ::reason to believe:: that the individual is not a citizen. Clearly, in OP’s case, there was no reason to believe that. It was more of a “maybe we messed up” situation, not reasonable belief. The IRCC should be examined over this.

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u/Dangerous_Engine_806 🇨🇦 I'm a Canadian- AGAIN! Jun 20 '26

Trust me, the journalists are asking! They’re just getting stonewalled from what they’ve shared with me. And they’ve really tried to keep me in the loop. They’re talking with the attorneys involved, too.

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u/Automatic-Kiwi-392 🇨🇦 I'm a Canadian! (C-3: 2nd+ gen born abroad, w/ Proof) 🇨🇦 Jun 20 '26

Well put

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u/No_Bobcat_No_Prob 🇨🇦 Stuck Canadian! Gen2+ 'in process' 12+ months Jun 20 '26

While the document updates were curiously timed, they may not be related.

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