September 2023 - Citizenship Applications
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Hey everyone,
I'm thinking of applying for citizenship, but my passport has expired. Can I still apply for citizenship? If yes, do I need to provide an explanation letter? Any example of the letter would be appreciated. Thanks.
I'm thinking of applying for citizenship, but my passport has expired. Can I still apply for citizenship? If yes, do I need to provide an explanation letter? Any example of the letter would be appreciated. Thanks.
Hi, You don't need a valid passeport to apply. You have your PR card and Driving license as ID. It's suffisant as ID. You have to provide details of yours passeports in the citizenship application and just explain in 2 or 3 sentences that your passeport has expired and you haven't renewed it because you don't plan any travel abroad. Others members of the forum could confirm or correct.
No need to provide a separate explanation letter. Just follow what @yass2020 explained in the previous comment. I did the same. Mine was expired and there was a placeholder for descriptions. Write the same thing that has mentioned above.
@krishtian @intlala, sharing your timeline through the November group may be more helpful to have an insight about your situation. You can create a Scarborough tracker there and ask SCR applicants to share their timeline.
https://www.canadavisa.com/canada-immigration-discussion-board/threads/november-2023-citizenship-applications.825968/
https://www.canadavisa.com/canada-immigration-discussion-board/threads/november-2023-citizenship-applications.825968/
HI Everyone, I have a question, I have my online ceremony tomorrow and per the instruction to download e-certificate ( as below) I need to create account in IRCC portal. My question is- I already have IRCC account where I have my PR application details, so do i have to create a new one or used the existing one.
IRCC Portal
• This is where you will download your e-Certificate.
• You must first create an account on the IRCC Portal using the email address you provided in
your Citizenship application. If you have previously used the IRCC Portal for a Temporary
Residence application you may log in using your existing account.
IRCC Portal
• This is where you will download your e-Certificate.
• You must first create an account on the IRCC Portal using the email address you provided in
your Citizenship application. If you have previously used the IRCC Portal for a Temporary
Residence application you may log in using your existing account.
Thanks for the reply.. Just to clarify.. it says temporary residence account, however the account i created was for permanent residence.. would i still be okay using my existing PR IRCC account?
Just login to your PR IRCC account and see if it's has the download e-certificate option. Something like the below -
Citizenship
Download Citizenship e-Certificate
If it does have it, you can use the same account to download the e-certificate after providing UCI, Application No and Date of birth.
Looks like i can't see the option that you mentioned
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No i am using https://onlineservices-servicesenligne.cic.gc.ca/mycic/home?&lang=en and i log in using GCkey. So if i make my new account it asks me to put my last name per my PR card but i don't have my last name and in my citizenship application i kept LNU ( last name unavailable) so now if i keep the same will my certificate and passport will have LNU as my last name? that i don't want.
Portal link I gave, if you create an account on it has no relation with your application. It's just a way to download the e-certificate by providing the details. The certificate will have the details specified in the citizenship application, nothing to do with the account you created to download the certificate.
Hi
I submitted the citizenship app for my son who is 6 along with mine. My wife's application was linked to mine. My and wife's LPP got completed today but my son's application is still in filed status. Is this normal?
My timelines are:
Application Submitted: Sep 8th
AOR: Oct 20th
Fingerprint Required: Nov 14th
Citizenship Test Update: Jan 5th
Citizenship Test Completed: Jan 12th
Fingerprint Received: Jan 31st
BG Completed: Feb 15th
LPP Completed: Feb 20th
I submitted the citizenship app for my son who is 6 along with mine. My wife's application was linked to mine. My and wife's LPP got completed today but my son's application is still in filed status. Is this normal?
My timelines are:
Application Submitted: Sep 8th
AOR: Oct 20th
Fingerprint Required: Nov 14th
Citizenship Test Update: Jan 5th
Citizenship Test Completed: Jan 12th
Fingerprint Received: Jan 31st
BG Completed: Feb 15th
LPP Completed: Feb 20th