1.Can I visit my home country and USA for vacation after applying for canada Citizenship.
2.Do we need to notify CIC about our absense from canada(One month trip To home country or a week vacation to USA) after applying citizenship.
Background:
I applied for citizenship on Jan 2nd. I am planning to take a Month vacation in the month of March or april 2014 to visit my parents back home. so am wondering if i need to notice CIC about my trip and absense from canada.If so will this affect my file processing time?
1.Can I visit my home country and USA for vacation after applying for canada Citizenship.
2.Do we need to notify CIC about our absense from canada(One month trip To home country or a week vacation to USA) after applying citizenship.
Background:
I applied for citizenship on Jan 2nd. I am planning to take a Month vacation in the month of March or april 2014 to visit my parents back home. so am wondering if i need to notice CIC about my trip and absense from canada.If so will this affect my file processing time?
From my personal case, since you completed the residency requirements, you can travel without informing anyone and no one will ask you. Just keep checking the mail and application status in the cic website . Though I m not an expert
I do know that once we complete the residency requirements,we can travel without informing.(But CIC websites states, we need inform CIC if we are leaving Canada for more than 2 weeks in a row).
Question: CIC just want to keep a track of our history? or each time when there is an update on our file, a delay can be expected to regular processing time?
I do know that once we complete the residency requirements,we can travel without informing.(But CIC websites states, we need inform CIC if we are leaving Canada for more than 2 weeks in a row).
Question: CIC just want to keep a track of our history? or each time when there is an update on our file, a delay can be expected to regular processing time?
The website said you "should" call them if you are leaving for more than two weeks. It doesn't say "must." There is no law that says you must inform them that I am aware of. Of course, it is possible that if you go away, you could miss communication from CIC and suffer the consequences, but this could happen if you travel somewhere in Canada as well.