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5Certificate of citizenship#
Remission is granted of the fees paid or payable under subsection 31(1) of the Citizenship Regulations for an application for a certificate of citizenship if the following conditions are met:
(a)an application is made, during the period beginning on May 31, 2021 and ending on May 30, 2026, for the issuance of a certificate of citizenship;
(b)the person for whom the application is made is an Indigenous person who underwent an imposed name change in Canada or is a descendant of such a person;
(c)on the day on which the application is made, the person for whom it is made holds a valid certificate of citizenship;
(d)the application is made for the purpose of replacing the name that appears on the certificate of citizenship referred to in paragraph (c) with the reclaimed name of the person for whom the application is made; and
(e)the application is accompanied by
(i)a birth certificate or other documentary evidence establishing that the name of the person for whom the application is made has been changed to their reclaimed name, or
(ii)a statutory declaration that the person for whom the application is made is a person described in paragraph (b), is reclaiming their name and is unable to obtain the certificate or evidence referred to in subparagraph (i).
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