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  1. Seym

    Physical presence for minor with a Canadian parent

    The child only needs to fulfill the physical presence requirement if he applies separately or has no citizen parent. So, yup, if the kid lives outside Canada, you'll need to wait for your own citizenship before you apply for his, unless he's a PR by the time you send your application, in which...
  2. Seym

    Difference in COPR became PR on date and PR Since Date on PR Card

    In case of doubt, pick either, make sure you're eligible and have accumulated enough days regardless of the choice (aka, don't apply without a buffer above 1095 days!) and add a letter of explanation telling the situation. IRCC will figure it out.
  3. Seym

    2026 Online Citizenship Application – Passport Upload: Bio Page Only or All Pages?

    Trust what the online application asks for, and as you can tell, it only asks for the bio page. Some people like to send the whole passport as an additional document, but that's overkill for the vast majority of applicants. The reason why OP saw theses discussions : the whole passport...
  4. Seym

    Airport transit for travel history?

    You get credit for a day in Canada even if you're only partially present in Canada for that day, so both departure and arrival dates are included, which leaves 0 days of absence for these consecutive days.
  5. Seym

    Application for Canadian Citizenship - A Comprehensive Guide

    @blueshark if the application doesn't allow you to keep that return date blank, and I believe it doesn't, put today's date, and add an explanation letter saying that you did so to be able to complete filing the application but are still outside the country and don't claim that final day of...
  6. Seym

    Filling out physical presence section

    Trust yourself and follow the requirement. If a question is specifically about a certain timeframe, what makes you think that you'd need to mention anything outside that timeframe? Only list stuff outside the eligibility period if the question doesn't explicitly list the eligibility period.
  7. Seym

    Received Interview Request for Canada Citizenship

    Nothing much to expect. For the vast majority of people, it's a 10-15 minutes casual conversation about the applicant's life, and a check of IDs, either a very quick one, or a bit more in depth passport check in some cases where IRCC also needs a copy of all (translated!) stamps. I believe IRCC...
  8. Seym

    In-Person Citizenship Interview: Should I Translate Old Passports from Before the 5-Year Eligibility Period?

    There is no "failing" here. If IRCC asks for something during the interview and OP can't provide it, they'll be able to do so via webform at a later date. As @armoured said, YMMV. But, speaking of experience : the agent barely looked at my current passport during my own interview , and didn't...
  9. Seym

    Should I apply for Citizenship, PP expiring in 5 months

    Read what you wrote again : "passports you held during the eligibility period" doesn't not mean "passport currently valid". It just means "any passport that was valid at any point in the past 5 years". IRCC doesn't care if your passport is expired before you apply, and doesn't care either if it...
  10. Seym

    Do we need to upload all the pages of the passport for citizenship application?

    IRCC only checks whether you filed tax for the years you specified in your application, nothing more. It doesn't matter if the address where you went to work doesn't match your T4. The only thing that really matters is that your answer is truthful, and both addresses here would be truthful and...
  11. Seym

    Citizenship Application Withdrawal Inquiry

    1) you only need to file this, which includes uploading the document you listed. No other step. https://secure.cic.gc.ca/ClientContact/en/Application/Form/74 2) it should not. Everything "affects" a citizenship since IRCC will take note of your previous withdrawal, but it should probably stop...
  12. Seym

    Do we need to upload all the pages of the passport for citizenship application?

    The job title doesn't matter much, but in case of doubt, just go with a complete yet truthful answer, something like "independant contactor data analyst at Company X". For the address, it probably also doesn't matter muchaas long as the info is truthful(and verifiable!), but I'd say that IRCC is...
  13. Seym

    Do we need to upload all the pages of the passport for citizenship application?

    What's confusing about what you wrote in bold? They litterally ask you about the page they want and they don't ask about any other page beside the bio one. IRCC may ask you about additional stuff at a later point (including the whole passport potentially!) but it is not the case for the vast...
  14. Seym

    Margins and Shadows in uploaded ID documents

    It doesn't matter. IRCC isn't Vogue, as long as a picture is readable, they don't care.
  15. Seym

    Application for Canadian Citizenship - A Comprehensive Guide

    Every single day of physical presence needs to be entered, so yes.
  16. Seym

    Address, Travel and Work History details

    They just have to match reality as closely as possible. Go with when the address or work actually started or finished, not when you updated your ID with a new address or details with CRA. It's normal for these updates to take time, but IRCC doesn't care about these, they only asked about when...
  17. Seym

    Citizenship Ceremony for Seniors

    +1 for the above. Spam is not necessary. As for the request itself, the official answer regarding accommodation : https://www.canada.ca/en/immigration-refugees-citizenship/services/canadian-citizenship/become-canadian-citizen/apply/accommodation.html It's always a good idea to contact IRCC for...
  18. Seym

    Citizenship

    The answer to every single "has someone else faced this" is : yeah, plenty of people. Thousands every year. It's nothing to worry about, especially if you applied less than a year ago. You're getting there. Every day, the chance you get the oath invitation goes up. It will happen soon. You just...
  19. Seym

    confusion with ‘Did you apply to extend your status?’

    Your red answers make sense, go with those. IRCC knows that you got PR while waiting for the work permit extension., and it's a common situation they encounter all the time. In case of doubt, add a letter of explanation detailing the situation along with these answers. If anything, it will give...
  20. Seym

    Security check for more than years. PR card about to expire

    Thousands of people renew their PR card when the citizenship application is in process. These are separate and don't affect each other. You can travel as you wish, as long as you make sure you are in Canada for oath ceremony. As for how long security check takes, well, for most people stuck...