consider yourself lucky that they did not send your application back instead. Sending a letter explaining why your daughter's passport did not cover the eligibility period should be fine and sending a copy of your old passport to cover the rest of your eligibility period should be fine too.
Hi Das67,
Thank you very much for your comments. Yes, consider lucky as CIC didn’t send back me and my daughter's citizenship application.
For my application, now I know, after I checked back my scan copy CITIZENSHIP application under Q14, I choose YES and in table A, I wrote both current and expired passport, but I forgot to put a photocopy of my expired passport.
But for my daughter under minor citizenship application, under 9C, I should provide an explanation in the box. But CIC wrote,
"You must include photocopies of the biographical pages of any passports and/or travel documents that cover the five (5) years immediately before the date of the minor’s application, or since the date, the minor became a permanent resident, whichever date is more recent" that means whichever is more recent and for my child case, she only receives her PR on 28-Sept-2015 and now CIC asks me to provide 5 years eligibility from 05-May-2015 which is earlier than my child PR date 28-SEPT-2015. NOT SO CLEAR. Anyway, I already provide an explanation. I hope they will accept it.
Yes, I already send a copy of my old expired passport and an explanation letter for my daughter why not cover 5 years period, I hope they can accept.
I sent to them by email, by upload all documents to a web form, send by fed-ex to PO address, and send by fed ex to Dorchester street address also as I do not want to delay the whole application process for both me and my daughter.
Update on this
Physical Presence - 1124 days
Location: Toronto
Individual application (1 adult)
Application sent: April 27 2020
Delivered: May 1 2020
AOR: September 21 2020
Started Processing: December 4th 2020
FP Request: TBD
Test Invite: TBD
Test Date: Jan TBD
Decision Made: TBD
Oath invite: TBD
Hi all, both me and my child status changed to In Process on Dec 8. Admin, please update spreadsheet.
Does that mean that our files move to local office? And what is the next steps. Seniors, please confirm. Thank you very much.
Citizenship
We received your application for Canadian citizenship (grant of citizenship) on May 14, 2020.
We sent you correspondence acknowledging receipt of your application(s), and a study book called Discover Canada on September 29, 2020.
We started processing your application on December 8, 2020.
We sent you correspondence on December 8, 2020. If you have not yet provided the information or the requested documents, please do so as soon as possible. Please wait until you receive the correspondence before sending us additional information, as the correspondence will outline all information that is required.
Hi all, both me and my child status changed to In Process on Dec 8. Admin, please update spreadsheet.
Does that mean that our files move to local office? And what is the next steps. Seniors, please confirm. Thank you very much.
Citizenship
We received your application for Canadian citizenship (grant of citizenship) on May 14, 2020.
We sent you correspondence acknowledging receipt of your application(s), and a study book called Discover Canada on September 29, 2020.
We started processing your application on December 8, 2020.
We sent you correspondence on December 8, 2020. If you have not yet provided the information or the requested documents, please do so as soon as possible. Please wait until you receive the correspondence before sending us additional information, as the correspondence will outline all information that is required.
Hi rafzy,
Under point 4, actually for me they asked a photo copy of my expire passport and for my child, they need explanation between 05-May-2015 (5 years eligibility start period date) and 11-June-2015 (passport issue date), why it is the gap and they need explanation or old expire passport which my child does not have as she only has 1 passport. Yesterday, I already send (fed-ex) to then and replied email. Looks like they accept my reply email And today moved to in process.
