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Made Lots of Errors in Citizenship Application - Withdraw or Webform

alessainebuckley

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Apr 25, 2020
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AOR Received.
08-06-2020
Despite quadruple checking everything on my Canadian citizenship application before submitting it, I realized a few days later that I somehow misremembered / forgot to include a few pieces of information in the Work and Study History section. I put the wrong dates in one of my Work History entries and because of that I forgot to include a brief period of unemployment in 2020 (1 month in between jobs). I forgot to include freelance work I did in 2022, I did not mention part time studies that I took in 2023 (it was one course and I completely forgot I took it), and accidentally said “Yes” to filing taxes in 2024 when we can’t even file taxes for 2024 yet. Since I have made such a mess of things, do I bother updating using the webform or at this point should I just withdraw and start a new application? Especially since I don’t have AOR yet so I can likely get a refund. I am 500 days over my physical presence eligibility so I am good there, but I am now rightfully concerned about inconsistencies with CRA records as it is not going to match.

If I do withdraw, how soon can I reapply? Any thoughts would be helpful!
 

forw.jane

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Apr 29, 2019
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Despite quadruple checking everything on my Canadian citizenship application before submitting it, I realized a few days later that I somehow misremembered / forgot to include a few pieces of information in the Work and Study History section. I put the wrong dates in one of my Work History entries and because of that I forgot to include a brief period of unemployment in 2020 (1 month in between jobs). I forgot to include freelance work I did in 2022, I did not mention part time studies that I took in 2023 (it was one course and I completely forgot I took it), and accidentally said “Yes” to filing taxes in 2024 when we can’t even file taxes for 2024 yet. Since I have made such a mess of things, do I bother updating using the webform or at this point should I just withdraw and start a new application? Especially since I don’t have AOR yet so I can likely get a refund. I am 500 days over my physical presence eligibility so I am good there, but I am now rightfully concerned about inconsistencies with CRA records as it is not going to match.

If I do withdraw, how soon can I reapply? Any thoughts would be helpful!
The things you mentioned above does not make you ineligible for citizenship. Once you get your AOR via webform you can update IRCC about all the above discrepancies.