Certificate of Indian Status

CERTIFICATE OF INDIAN STATUS CARDS – AANDC ID REQUIREMENTS

This is to advise that Aboriginal Affairs and Northern Canada has implemented new ID requirements for status card applications. This policy must be followed even if the issuing officer personally knows the applicant. If an issuing officer fails to follow these new requirements, they may lose the authority to issue status cards. Click on the link for the one page outline of the ID requirements,
 

SECURE CERTIFICATE OF INDIAN STATUS CARD (SCIS)

AANDC will have two formats of the new Secure Certificate of Indian Status. All SCIS applications will be received at a receiving offices and will be processed by mail to a card printing center and issued by INAC only.

 AANDC and Service Canada Implementation - BC Region tentative starting 2012. And the bands/FN will be designated to Implement in the BC Region tentatively by December 2012.

The formats of the new cards are: 

ALL FIRST TIME SCIS APPLICANTS WILL REQUIRE THEIR ORIGINAL BIRTH CERTIFICATE AND VALID PICTURE ID TO APPLY FOR BOTH FORMATS OF NEW CARD.

AGE 15 & UNDER WILL REQUIRE ORIGINAL BIRTH CERTIFICATE THAT STATES PARENTS NAMES AND PARENTS MUST HAVE VALID PICTURE ID.

For more information go to the Aboriginal Affairs and Northern Development, website.