Application for Canadian Citizenship - A Comprehensive Guide

[thekingmaker]

Did you provide PCC during your PR? If Yes, you can answer the same for that question.

Yes I provided one during the PR process. However I don't have a copy of that PCC now.
So should I just answer to the question saying that I was in my country of origin prior to landing in Canada and I had already provided the PCC during the PR application?

 

[forw.jane]

Yes I provided one during the PR process. However I don't have a copy of that PCC now.
So should I just answer to the question saying that I was in my country of origin prior to landing in Canada and I had already provided the PCC during the PR application?

Yes you should do that. IRCC would still have that copy.

 

[Davidsonjava01]

"Hi everyone, Happy New Year to all! I have a question about applying for Canadian citizenship. I arrived in Canada in November 2019, received asylum approval in June 2021, and got my PR card in March 2023. Could someone help me calculate when I would be eligible to apply for citizenship? I’d really appreciate your assistance. Thanks!

 

[Seym]

"Hi everyone, Happy New Year to all! I have a question about applying for Canadian citizenship. I arrived in Canada in November 2019, received asylum approval in June 2021, and got my PR card in March 2023. Could someone help me calculate when I would be eligible to apply for citizenship? I’d really appreciate your assistance. Thanks!

You can only count the days from the asylum approval. So, from June 2021 to March 2023 * 50% (pre PR credit) + everything since March 2023.
You'll need to do the exact calculation yourself, but with 300+ days of pré PR credit, you should be eligible in a few months, by may or June or so.
Obviously, take any possible absence from Canada into account, use the official physical presence calculator to make sure you're eligible before applying, and leave some additional buffer.
https://eservices.cic.gc.ca/rescalc/resCalcStartNew.do?lang=en

 

[Wik.haider]

Hi everyone,
Looking for some guidance if someone can point me in the right direction, I would appreciate it . I am sure someone else would have asked it so please just guide me to where.

Situation: I am applying for citizenship (online) for my mom (65+). She does not have a drivers license but has an Ontario photo ID card. The online application portal has two settings only (see below).

I have a valid PR card, passport, foreign issued (valid id card in English),OHIP (just expired few days ago so I applied for a new one). What is the quickest way for me to make something work?

I was thinking foreign passport with foreign id card and attach Ontario Photo ID card and the PR card in extra documents. Please suggest .

System options:

1. Foreign passport with
   1. Drivers License
   2. Health Insurance Card
   3. Age of Majority Card
   4. Senior Citizen ID Card
   5. Other ID issued by a foreign govt
2. PR card (valid) with
   1. Drivers License
   2. Health Insurance Card
   3. Age of Majority Card
   4. Senior Citizen ID Card

TIA

 

[forw.jane]

Hi everyone,
Looking for some guidance if someone can point me in the right direction, I would appreciate it . I am sure someone else would have asked it so please just guide me to where.

Situation: I am applying for citizenship (online) for my mom (65+). She does not have a drivers license but has an Ontario photo ID card. The online application portal has two settings only (see below).

I have a valid PR card, passport, foreign issued (valid id card in English),OHIP (just expired few days ago so I applied for a new one). What is the quickest way for me to make something work?

I was thinking foreign passport with foreign id card and attach Ontario Photo ID card and the PR card in extra documents. Please suggest .

System options:

1. Foreign passport with
   1. Drivers License
   2. Health Insurance Card
   3. Age of Majority Card
   4. Senior Citizen ID Card
   5. Other ID issued by a foreign govt
2. PR card (valid) with
   1. Drivers License
   2. Health Insurance Card
   3. Age of Majority Card
   4. Senior Citizen ID Card

TIA

Foreign passport with Other ID issued by a foreign govt i.e. Ontario Photo ID card would be enough.

 

[Wik.haider]

Foreign passport with Other ID issued by a foreign govt i.e. Ontario Photo ID card would be enough.

Sorry I don't follow. So are you suggesting the Ontario Photo ID as a "Other ID issued by a foreign govt "?

 

[forw.jane]

Sorry I don't follow. So are you suggesting the Ontario Photo ID as a "Other ID issued by a foreign govt "?

No
"Other ID issued by a foreign govt " - Passport
And
Ontario Photo ID

 

[Rajangreen]

It will be a group application.
You can do for yourself and daughter from one account.
Wife will be a separate account and then you invite your wife to make it a group application.

Your daughter can be part of your or your wife's application.

So I started with my application, haven’t submitted though. Meantime I invited my wife a well. So do I need to first submit mine and then raise another using my account to raise my daughter as well???

 

[forw.jane]

So I started with my application, haven’t submitted though. Meantime I invited my wife a well. So do I need to first submit mine and then raise another using my account to raise my daughter as well???

Your account should have your daughter too within the same account.

 

[pt3]

Hello Everyone,

I’ve been in Canada for over three years and had three full-time jobs during this time. In 2023, I registered two businesses. I haven’t worked on one of them yet, but I plan to in the future. I worked on the other one a little last year, but neither has made any money. I also filed nil taxes for both. Should I include these businesses as ‘self-employment’ in my work history or leave them out?

 

[Seym]

Hello Everyone,

I’ve been in Canada for over three years and had three full-time jobs during this time. In 2023, I registered two businesses. I haven’t worked on one of them yet, but I plan to in the future. I worked on the other one a little last year, but neither has made any money. I also filed nil taxes for both. Should I include these businesses as ‘self-employment’ in my work history or leave them out?

Your work history doesn't depend on whether you made money or not, so, sure, do it, or at least list the one you actually worked on.

 

[pt3]

Thanks for the reply. If I list only one, wouldn't that be a misrepresentation?

 

[Seym]

Thanks for the reply. If I list only one, wouldn't that be a misrepresentation?

I highly doubt not listing a business you registered but didn't spend time on counts as misrepresentation in this case, but in case of doubt, better to be exhaustive.

 

[GeneralInquiry]

Hi all,
I need help filling the Residence & Tax section.
I renewed my India passport while in Canada. The new India passport shows Place of Issue as Toronto.
What should I fill in the Country or territory of issue? Will it be India or Canada?
Screenshot

Whatever the passport itself says!