residency questionnaire

[muzmil]

Hello All, In residency questionnaire do they only asks for last 4 years or they can ask for information since arrival to canada ?

 

[EasyRider]

We don't know exactly, since nobody has shared an updated RQ form yet (CIT 0171 (10-2013) E/F or later).

All is known is this:

"It is exactly similar to the old version except needs information only in the relevant time window."

What they really ask for in all of the form sections (information and supporting documents) is not known.

Previous version (no longer in use) is here: http://residencequestionnaire.files.wordpress.com/2013/05/cit_0171e_09_2012-e.pdf

 

[Randypandy]

hey Muzmil

Yes you will be asked to provide the in / outs of canada from the day your first landing in canada.

I submitted the same a month ago.

randy

 

[EasyRider]

Yes you will be asked to provide the in / outs of canada from the day your first landing in canada.

I submitted the same a month ago.

You most likely had a previous version of the form. They narrowed a window for requested info and/or documents since that.

They have started to send out an updated RQ form somewhere in November.

 

[muzmil]

hey Muzmil

Yes you will be asked to provide the in / outs of canada from the day your first landing in canada.

I submitted the same a month ago.

randy

I came on a work permit and then i got PR so you mean since that day i need to provide proof ? or only the proof from last 4 years ?

 

[FL1040]

I came on a work permit and then i got PR so you mean since that day i need to provide proof ? or only the proof from last 4 years ?

You have to provide documents since the moment you "landed" and became a PR...before that date doesn't count because as a temporary worker you were not eligible for citizenship...from the time you landed until the day you sent the application

 

[canmanottawa]

Hey FL0140

I just read ur reply here

i came to canada in Nov 2008 as a refugee claimant.
I became a PR in NOV 2011

just sent my application
SO if they send me an RQ does that mean I have to show documents since 2011?

 

[canmanottawa]

does anyone have a link to UPDATED version of RQ??

 

[FL1040]

Hey FL0140

I just read ur reply here

i came to canada in Nov 2008 as a refugee claimant.
I became a PR in NOV 2011

just sent my application
SO if they send me an RQ does that mean I have to show documents since 2011?

In that case you should call CIC and ask....being a refugee claimant might be different because it is a special migratory status, wait for the RQ to arrive, in any case, make photocopies of all the passports you have used for the last 4 years, get school certificates, transcripts, copies of the leases, tax returns, letters of references, letters of employment, medical records, etc, if you get the RQ you'll only have 45 days to reply...get copies of anything that proves you have been living permanently here in Canada...

 

[muzmil]

does anyone have a link to UPDATED version of RQ??

Here is the new version :

http://residencequestionnaire.files.wordpress.com/2013/03/cit_520-e.pdf

 

[canmanottawa]

hey
thanks for your link


Can I ask is it only two pages now???


What are the reference letters? like from who?

 

[canmanottawa]

Another question

I see that they are not asking now from all the time since you arrived to Canada. they specify the period of time they want

Is that right? Also when they are for entry and exit records , does that mean that we should contact CBSA??? they already have consent to contact them in the application itself

 

[EasyRider]

Here is the new version :

http://residencequestionnaire.files.wordpress.com/2013/03/cit_520-e.pdf

It's not the new version of RQ, it's a different type of request for supporting documents.

 

[canmanottawa]

Oh ok
so lately they have been sending this new one more?

 

[FL1040]

hey

What are the reference letters? like from who?

Those are letters people who know you could write to CIC, saying that they know you, that you are a decent person, that you respect the laws of Canada and you have adapted to Canadian culture, to the way Canadians live, that you are a respectable individual etc, you can get them from your neighbours, clergy who know you, your boss, coworkers, teachers etc...you can find models on the net and they have to be recent and addressed to the CIC office where you send the RQ (in case you get one), you send those letters with all the other papers.