Find out if you have a Canadian passport hiding in your family tree.
A new Canadian law removed the generational limit on citizenship by descent. If a parent, grandparent, or great-grandparent was Canadian, you may have a path that didn’t exist a year ago. The AI Citizenship Assistant tells you whether you do — and exactly what to gather to prove it.
One-time. No subscription. Yours forever.
The Opportunity
December 15, 2025 — Canada removed the first-generation cutoff on citizenship by descent. For the first time, great-grandparents and further-back ancestors can carry a citizenship line. Most Americans with Canadian ancestry don’t know this happened.
What you walk away with
A real read on whether this applies to you.
Most “does-this-apply-to-me” quizzes are guess-style yes/no. The Assistant traces your actual ancestry chain generation by generation, scores each link by confidence, and tells you where the gaps are. No vague green checkmarks.
A document plan you can act on Monday morning.
You’ll know which vital records you need, which provincial offices issue them, what each one costs, and what order to request them in. This is the part most people get stuck on for months — it’s the part the Assistant solves.
A lawyer-grade answer at a non-lawyer price.
A Canadian immigration lawyer charges $3,000–$8,000 just to assess your case. The Assistant gives you the same diagnostic clarity for $149, without the consult fee — so when you do hire counsel, you arrive prepared instead of paying them to figure out what we already mapped.
What the Assistant does, specifically
You answer a few questions about your family. Escape Hatch does the rest.
Within a session, it will:
- Map your descent chain generation by generation, based on what you tell it (parents → grandparents → and further back if relevant).
- Identify each vital record you need (birth certificate, marriage certificate, naturalization records, etc.) to prove the line under Bill C-3.
- Tell you which Canadian provincial offices to contact, in what order, with what they typically need from you.
- Flag the links most likely to be hard to document — and how genealogists usually handle those gaps.
- Answer follow-ups about your specific case for as long as you keep the conversation open.
What it doesn’t do: file applications for you, talk to any government on your behalf, or guarantee an outcome. We help you figure out your case. That’s the whole product.
Three steps. About an hour of your time.
Start your research.
$149, one-time. You get instant access to your research dashboard. No account to create beyond email.
Answer a few questions about your family.
The intake walks you through what we need — parents, grandparents, what you know and what you don’t.
Get your results.
You get a chain, a document plan, and request letters ready to send.
Your real options, side by side
| Criteria | AI Citizenship Assistant | Immigration lawyer | DIY genealogy | Do nothing |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Cost | $149 one-time | $3,000–$8,000 typical | Free–$200 in subs | $0 |
| Time to a clear plan | About 1 hour | 2–6 weeks of consults | 3–12 months | |
| Tells you which records to gather | Maybe | |||
| Drafts the request letters | Sometimes | No | ||
| Updates when the law changes | Rebillable | You’re on your own | ||
| Outcome guarantee | No (no honest one exists) | No | No |
AI Citizenship Assistant
- Cost
- $149 one-time
- Time to a clear plan
- About 1 hour
- Tells you which records to gather
- Yes
- Drafts the request letters
- Yes
- Updates when the law changes
- Yes
- Outcome guarantee
- No (no honest one exists)
Immigration lawyer
- Cost
- $3,000–$8,000 typical
- Time to a clear plan
- 2–6 weeks of consults
- Tells you which records to gather
- Yes
- Drafts the request letters
- Sometimes
- Updates when the law changes
- Rebillable
- Outcome guarantee
- No
DIY genealogy
- Cost
- Free–$200 in subs
- Time to a clear plan
- 3–12 months
- Tells you which records to gather
- Maybe
- Drafts the request letters
- No
- Updates when the law changes
- You’re on your own
- Outcome guarantee
- No
Do nothing
- Cost
- $0
- Time to a clear plan
- Tells you which records to gather
- Drafts the request letters
- Updates when the law changes
- Outcome guarantee
The honest version: a good immigration lawyer is the right call for complex cases or when you’re ready to file. The Assistant exists for the step before that — figuring out whether you have a case worth a lawyer’s time.
Quick gut check
This is for you if:
- You’re an American who’s been thinking about a backup option since the news started getting weird.
- You have a parent, grandparent, or great-grandparent born in Canada (or you suspect you might).
- You want a clear answer and a plan, not “you should consult a lawyer.”
- You’re willing to gather some documents — that’s the work, no software replaces it.
This isn’t for you if:
- You already know your case is solid and you’re ready to file. Hire a lawyer.
- You have zero Canadian ancestry that you know of and zero suspicion of any. The Assistant can’t manufacture a chain that isn’t there.
- You want someone to do the document-gathering for you. We don’t do that — yet.
Get the Assistant
AI Citizenship Assistant
$149 · One-time · Yours forever
- Full research dashboard access — yours forever
- Step-by-step research walkthrough
- Document templates and request letter library
- Email support if you get stuck
Pay once. No subscription. No hidden fees.
No path? No charge.
Run the Assistant with your real family information. If it determines you don’t appear to have a path under Bill C-3 — email us within 14 days and we’ll refund the full $149. You keep the file either way.
The thinking: this product earns its keep by giving you a real answer. “No path here” is still a useful answer — but you shouldn’t have to pay for confirmation that something doesn’t apply to you.
Two ways this goes from here.
One: you close this page, and six months from now you’re still wondering whether you have a path or not. Same uncertainty, same news cycle, same itch.
Two: you spend an hour with the Assistant tonight and you know. Either you have a real chain worth pursuing — or you don’t, and you can stop wondering. Both answers are worth $149.
Bill C-3 is permanent. The window of “almost no Americans know about this yet” is not. The earlier you start gathering vital records, the faster the provincial offices process them — backlogs grow as awareness spreads.
Refund if no path · One-time $149 · Built for Bill C-3
Real questions, straight answers
Escape Hatch is a genealogical research and educational tool. We are not immigration lawyers and do not provide legal advice. For official guidance, consult a qualified immigration lawyer or IRCC.