# Canadian citizenship by descent: Descent Claim Cost And Wait

> The Descent Claim Cost And Wait carries 6 published figures read from 4 sources' own pages, from 145 to 278 EUR, read 26 September 2026.

Citizenship Descent Checker · https://citizenshipdescentchecker.com/datasets/descent-claim-cost-and-wait/ · computed 2026-09-26

**Median of the published figures:** 211.5 EUR (range 145 to 278 EUR; 6 sources with a figure; 4 of 14 sources read publish one).

4 of the 14 named sources read in full publish a figure; 10 publish none, read 26 September 2026.

The median is unchanged since 25 September 2026 (was 211.50 EUR across 6).

## By route

| Breakdown | Median | Range | Sources |
|---|---|---|---|
| route ireland-fbr-with-certificate-adult | 270 EUR | 270 to 270 EUR | 1 |
| route ireland-fbr-adult | 278 EUR | 278 to 278 EUR | 2 |
| route ireland-fbr-with-certificate-child | 145 EUR | 145 to 145 EUR | 1 |
| route ireland-fbr-child | 153 EUR | 153 to 153 EUR | 2 |
| route ireland-fbr-processing | 12 month | 12 to 12 month | 1 |
| route canada-proof-of-citizenship | 75 CAD | 75 to 75 CAD | 1 |
| route uk-adult-passport | 192 GBP | 192 to 192 GBP | 1 |

## Every figure, with its source

One row per source: the figure the source's own page publishes, the page, and the day it was read.

| Source | Figure | Breakdown | Read |
|---|---|---|---|
| [DFA Ireland: registering a foreign birth](https://www.ireland.ie/en/dfa/citizenship/born-abroad/registering-a-foreign-birth/) | 278 EUR | ireland-fbr-adult | 2026-09-25 |
| [Citizens Information: Foreign Births Register fees](https://www.citizensinformation.ie/en/moving-country/irish-citizenship/foreign-births-register/) | 278 EUR | ireland-fbr-adult | 2026-09-25 |
| [DFA Ireland: registering a foreign birth](https://www.ireland.ie/en/dfa/citizenship/born-abroad/registering-a-foreign-birth/) | 270 EUR | ireland-fbr-with-certificate-adult | 2026-09-25 |
| [GOV.UK: get a passport urgently](https://www.gov.uk/get-a-passport-urgently) | 192 GBP | uk-adult-passport | 2026-09-11 |
| [DFA Ireland: registering a foreign birth](https://www.ireland.ie/en/dfa/citizenship/born-abroad/registering-a-foreign-birth/) | 153 EUR | ireland-fbr-child | 2026-09-25 |
| [Citizens Information: Foreign Births Register fees](https://www.citizensinformation.ie/en/moving-country/irish-citizenship/foreign-births-register/) | 153 EUR | ireland-fbr-child | 2026-09-25 |
| [DFA Ireland: registering a foreign birth](https://www.ireland.ie/en/dfa/citizenship/born-abroad/registering-a-foreign-birth/) | 145 EUR | ireland-fbr-with-certificate-child | 2026-09-25 |
| [IRCC guide CIT 0001: fees](https://www.canada.ca/en/immigration-refugees-citizenship/services/application/application-forms-guides/guide-0001-application-citizenship-certificate-adults-minors-proof-citizenship-section-3.html) | 75 CAD | canada-proof-of-citizenship | 2026-09-25 |
| [DFA Ireland: registering a foreign birth](https://www.ireland.ie/en/dfa/citizenship/born-abroad/registering-a-foreign-birth/) | 12 month | ireland-fbr-processing | 2026-09-25 |

## The sentence each figure was read from (9)

- [DFA Ireland: registering a foreign birth](https://www.ireland.ie/en/dfa/citizenship/born-abroad/registering-a-foreign-birth/), read 2026-09-25: "Non-refundable postage and handling fee: €8 Total: €278"
- [Citizens Information: Foreign Births Register fees](https://www.citizensinformation.ie/en/moving-country/irish-citizenship/foreign-births-register/), read 2026-09-25: "The fees for foreign birth registration are: Adults €278"
- [DFA Ireland: registering a foreign birth](https://www.ireland.ie/en/dfa/citizenship/born-abroad/registering-a-foreign-birth/), read 2026-09-25: "Registration plus Certificate: €270"
- [GOV.UK: get a passport urgently](https://www.gov.uk/get-a-passport-urgently), read 2026-09-11: "It costs: £192 for an adult passport (or £206 for a 54-page frequent traveller passport)"
- [DFA Ireland: registering a foreign birth](https://www.ireland.ie/en/dfa/citizenship/born-abroad/registering-a-foreign-birth/), read 2026-09-25: "Non-refundable postage and handling fee: €8 Total: €153"
- [Citizens Information: Foreign Births Register fees](https://www.citizensinformation.ie/en/moving-country/irish-citizenship/foreign-births-register/), read 2026-09-25: "Children €153"
- [DFA Ireland: registering a foreign birth](https://www.ireland.ie/en/dfa/citizenship/born-abroad/registering-a-foreign-birth/), read 2026-09-25: "Registration plus Certificate: €145"
- [IRCC guide CIT 0001: fees](https://www.canada.ca/en/immigration-refugees-citizenship/services/application/application-forms-guides/guide-0001-application-citizenship-certificate-adults-minors-proof-citizenship-section-3.html), read 2026-09-25: "Processing fee Amount: $75 for each person"
- [DFA Ireland: registering a foreign birth](https://www.ireland.ie/en/dfa/citizenship/born-abroad/registering-a-foreign-birth/), read 2026-09-25: "Applications for Foreign Birth Registration are processed in strict date order. This process is currently taking approximately 12 months."

## Read in full, publishes no figure

- [IRCC: check current processing times](https://www.canada.ca/en/immigration-refugees-citizenship/services/application/check-processing-times.html), read 2026-09-11: read in full and no accepted figure on the page
- [IRCC: apply for a citizenship certificate (about the process)](https://www.canada.ca/en/immigration-refugees-citizenship/services/canadian-citizenship/proof-citizenship/about.html), read 2026-09-11: read in full and no accepted figure on the page
- [GOV.UK: fees for visa and nationality applications (revised table)](https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/visa-regulations-revised-table), read 2026-09-11: read in full and no accepted figure on the page
- [BVA: Merkblatt zum Antrag auf Feststellung](https://www.bva.bund.de/SharedDocs/Downloads/DE/Buerger/Ausweis-Dokumente-Recht/Staatsangehoerigkeit/Feststellung/MerkblattF.html), read 2026-09-11: read in full and no accepted figure on the page
- [Opolski voivode: fee for the confirmation decision](https://www.gov.pl/web/uw-opolski/potwierdzenie-posiadania-lub-utraty-obywatelstwa-polskiego), read 2026-09-11: read in full and no accepted figure on the page
- [Katowice voivode: confirmation of Polish citizenship](https://www.katowice.uw.gov.pl/usluga/obywatelstwo/potwierdzenie-posiadania-lub-utraty-obywatelstwa-polskiego), read 2026-09-11: read in full and no accepted figure on the page
- [Migration Department of Lithuania](https://www.migracija.lt/en/), read 2026-09-11: read in full and no accepted figure on the page
- [Migration Department of Lithuania: services](https://www.migracija.lt/en/paslaugos), read 2026-09-11: read in full and no accepted figure on the page
- [IRN Portugal: nationality form Modelo 6.1 (PDF)](https://irn.justica.gov.pt/Portals/33/Impressos/Nacionalidade/Modelo%20%206.1.pdf), read 2026-09-12: read in full and no accepted figure on the page
- [the fee and wait per authority](https://www.canada.ca/en/immigration-refugees-citizenship/services/application/check-processing-times.html), read 2026-09-11: read in full and no accepted figure on the page

## Methodology

Every row is a verbatim sentence read from the named source's own page through the estate's fetch service on the date shown, hash-pinned to the stored read (the sha of the page's visible text; the raw page is mirrored to R2). 4 of the 14 named sources that could be read published a usable figure; 10 published none and are recorded as not published, never filled in; 0 could not be read (blocked, dead or unreachable) and count nowhere. The headline figures (median, minimum, maximum, quartiles) are over ONE figure per source in EUR (a source's median where its page yielded several accepted sentences), so N counts sources, never sentences; 21 candidate sentence(s) were refused by a reviewer with the reason recorded. Derivation as chartered: the official fee and the officially published processing time per jurisdiction per route, each quoted from the authority's own page with the date it was read; across them the figures a claimant cannot get anywhere else - the cheapest and slowest routes to the same EU passport, the fee per jurisdiction in one currency, and the WAIT AS A SERIES, because the Canadian proof-of-citizenship time is the number that moved most in 2026 and a single reading of it is already stale

## Sources

- [IRCC: check current processing times](https://www.canada.ca/en/immigration-refugees-citizenship/services/application/check-processing-times.html) (the publisher's own terms; quoted for reporting and comment)
- [IRCC: apply for a citizenship certificate (about the process)](https://www.canada.ca/en/immigration-refugees-citizenship/services/canadian-citizenship/proof-citizenship/about.html) (the publisher's own terms; quoted for reporting and comment)
- [IRCC guide CIT 0001: fees](https://www.canada.ca/en/immigration-refugees-citizenship/services/application/application-forms-guides/guide-0001-application-citizenship-certificate-adults-minors-proof-citizenship-section-3.html) (the publisher's own terms; quoted for reporting and comment)
- [Citizens Information: Foreign Births Register fees](https://www.citizensinformation.ie/en/moving-country/irish-citizenship/foreign-births-register/) (the publisher's own terms; quoted for reporting and comment)
- [DFA Ireland: registering a foreign birth](https://www.ireland.ie/en/dfa/citizenship/born-abroad/registering-a-foreign-birth/) (the publisher's own terms; quoted for reporting and comment)
- [GOV.UK: fees for visa and nationality applications (revised table)](https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/visa-regulations-revised-table) (the publisher's own terms; quoted for reporting and comment)
- [GOV.UK: get a passport urgently](https://www.gov.uk/get-a-passport-urgently) (the publisher's own terms; quoted for reporting and comment)
- [BVA: Merkblatt zum Antrag auf Feststellung](https://www.bva.bund.de/SharedDocs/Downloads/DE/Buerger/Ausweis-Dokumente-Recht/Staatsangehoerigkeit/Feststellung/MerkblattF.html) (the publisher's own terms; quoted for reporting and comment)
- [Opolski voivode: fee for the confirmation decision](https://www.gov.pl/web/uw-opolski/potwierdzenie-posiadania-lub-utraty-obywatelstwa-polskiego) (the publisher's own terms; quoted for reporting and comment)
- [Katowice voivode: confirmation of Polish citizenship](https://www.katowice.uw.gov.pl/usluga/obywatelstwo/potwierdzenie-posiadania-lub-utraty-obywatelstwa-polskiego) (the publisher's own terms; quoted for reporting and comment)
- [Migration Department of Lithuania](https://www.migracija.lt/en/) (the publisher's own terms; quoted for reporting and comment)
- [Migration Department of Lithuania: services](https://www.migracija.lt/en/paslaugos) (the publisher's own terms; quoted for reporting and comment)
- [IRN Portugal: nationality form Modelo 6.1 (PDF)](https://irn.justica.gov.pt/Portals/33/Impressos/Nacionalidade/Modelo%20%206.1.pdf) (the publisher's own terms; quoted for reporting and comment)
- [the fee and wait per authority](https://www.canada.ca/en/immigration-refugees-citizenship/services/application/check-processing-times.html) (the publisher's own terms; quoted for reporting and comment)

## Cite or embed

- The Descent Claim Cost And Wait carries 6 published figures read from 4 sources' own pages, from 145 to 278 EUR, read 26 September 2026.
- 4 of the 14 named sources read in full publish a figure; 10 publish none, read 26 September 2026.
- Descent Claim Cost And Wait, route ireland-fbr-with-certificate-adult: median 270 EUR across 1 source, read 26 September 2026.
- Descent Claim Cost And Wait, route ireland-fbr-adult: median 278 EUR across 2 sources, read 26 September 2026.
- Descent Claim Cost And Wait, route ireland-fbr-with-certificate-child: median 145 EUR across 1 source, read 26 September 2026.
- Descent Claim Cost And Wait, route ireland-fbr-child: median 153 EUR across 2 sources, read 26 September 2026.
- Descent Claim Cost And Wait, route ireland-fbr-processing: median 12 month across 1 source, read 26 September 2026.
- Descent Claim Cost And Wait, route canada-proof-of-citizenship: median 75 CAD across 1 source, read 26 September 2026.
- Descent Claim Cost And Wait, route uk-adult-passport: median 192 GBP across 1 source, read 26 September 2026.
- The median is unchanged since 25 September 2026 (was 211.50 EUR across 6).

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