Application for Canadian Citizenship - A Comprehensive Guide

[rajkamalmohanram]

I have been a PR for 3 years and I am planning to apply for citizenship next month. I had moved to Canada from the US to become a PR. During the last 4 years, I had spent more than 183 days in the US before becoming a PR. I had provided the PCC for US during the PR application.

I visited US a few times after becoming PR (total of less than 2 weeks). Do I need to get a new PCC for US? Please advise.

If US was your country of origin (country where you were "living" or "residing" in) immediately before you established Permanent Residence AND you've provided a PCC for US with your PR application, IMO, you don't have to provide a PCC for the US for your citizenship application.

Please note that this is only my opinion.

Good luck!

 

[Samoinp]

If US was your country of origin (country where you were "living" or "residing" in) immediately before you established Permanent Residence AND you've provided a PCC for US with your PR application, IMO, you don't have to provide a PCC for the US for your citizenship application.

Please note that this is only my opinion.

Good luck!

Yeah, guide says the same

https://www.canada.ca/en/immigration-refugees-citizenship/services/application/application-forms-guides/guide-0002-application-canadian-citizenship-under-subsection-5-1-adults-18-years-older.html

You don’t need to provide a police certificate if

• you were in your country of origin immediately prior to becoming a permanent resident and landing in Canada, and
• this time falls within the past 4 years

 

[funloving]

Hi All,

I need a help on Question number 13. I have held US visas student and work. None of these are for immigration purposes, do I still lists those on the Questions 13?

Thanks for your help.

VJ

 

[Shore1]

In the question related to Employment and Education history, should I put any volunteer work?

 

[rajkamalmohanram]

In the question related to Employment and Education history, should I put any volunteer work?

Yeah, you can if you want to.

 

[rajkamalmohanram]

Hi All,

I need a help on Question number 13. I have held US visas student and work. None of these are for immigration purposes, do I still lists those on the Questions 13?

Thanks for your help.

VJ

Yes. I strongly recommend that you enter all your visas and statuses for Q13.

 

[ramgop]

Hi
Need a clarification. For Point No 11 Employment details, if we work from home for the company, we need to give home address or address of the company we worked.

 

[wink]

Hi
Need a clarification. For Point No 11 Employment details, if we work from home for the company, we need to give home address or address of the company we worked.

Company address.

 

[numberone]

Hi,
I am in the process of filling the citizenship application for my family. I have a question about the police certificate. Should the police certificate for Canada be with fingerprints? or a simple background check (without fingerprints) will suffice. Thanks

 

[8494193]

Hi,
I am in the process of filling the citizenship application for my family. I have a question about the police certificate. Should the police certificate for Canada be with fingerprints? or a simple background check (without fingerprints) will suffice. Thanks

Why would you need a PCC for Canada? we need to only supply (as applicable) PCCs for countries other than Canada (Source - Q10b).

You need to provide a police certificate from each country, other than Canada, if you were there

• in the past 4 years
• for 183 days or more in a row
• since the age of 18

...
You don’t need to provide a police certificate if

• you were in your country of origin immediately prior to becoming a permanent resident and landing in Canada, and
• this time falls within the past 4 years

 

[numberone]

Thank you so so much. One more question just to make sure:
We were living in the U.S. before we became permanent residents 3 years ago. We haven't been there since then. During our PR application process, we had provided a PCC for our stay in the U.S. According to the Example 1 on Source- Q10b, if we had submitted a PCC during our immigration process, we only need to explain it on our citizenship application form. We don't need to submit a new PCC for our stay in the U.S prior to becoming permanent residents. Is it right?
I just want to make sure as the closest fingerprinting agency is 7 hours away from us.
Thank you

 

[8494193]

Thank you so so much. One more question just to make sure:
We were living in the U.S. before we became permanent residents 3 years ago. We haven't been there since then. During our PR application process, we had provided a PCC for our stay in the U.S. According to the Example 1 on Source- Q10b, if we had submitted a PCC during our immigration process, we only need to explain it on our citizenship application form. We don't need to submit a new PCC for our stay in the U.S prior to becoming permanent residents. Is it right?
I just want to make sure as the closest fingerprinting agency is 7 hours away from us.
Thank you

Exactly - If the US was your country of origin (i.e. country of residence immediately before you landed in Canada), you wouldn't need to provide a PCC, even if you spent more than 183 days in the US during the eligibility period. I have the same scenario - I just explained this in the application.

(Source - Q10b)
You don’t need to provide a police certificate if

• you were in your country of origin immediately prior to becoming a permanent resident and landing in Canada, and
• this time falls within the past 4 years

 

[8494193]

(Original Post: https://www.canadavisa.com/canada-immigration-discussion-board/threads/mega-thread-2020-2021-online-applications.731109/post-9680817)

TL; DR - (I applied online, timeline in signature) I just realized I submitted degree certificates which are in English (and they were conducted in English) but the certificates don't explicitly mention a "medium of instruction" being English. Now I'm worried that my application may get returned. Is it necessary for the certificate to call out the medium of instruction?

 

[wink]

(Original Post: https://www.canadavisa.com/canada-immigration-discussion-board/threads/mega-thread-2020-2021-online-applications.731109/post-9680817)

TL; DR - (I applied online, timeline in signature) I just realized I submitted degree certificates which are in English (and they were conducted in English) but the certificates don't explicitly mention a "medium of instruction" being English. Now I'm worried that my application may get returned. Is it necessary for the certificate to call out the medium of instruction?

Yes, it should say you studied in English:

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• You attended or are currently attending a secondary or post-secondary education program in English or French, either in Canada or abroad, including:
  1. A degree, diploma, certificate or official transcripts from a secondary or post-secondary education program showing you studied in English or French, in Canada or abroad.
  2. If the original document is in a different language, include:
     • a letter from the school showing that the language of instruction was in English or French along with (including an official translation of the original document, if needed)
     • the address and contact information (phone number) of the education institution

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[8494193]

Yes, it should say you studied in English:

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• You attended or are currently attending a secondary or post-secondary education program in English or French, either in Canada or abroad, including:
  1. A degree, diploma, certificate or official transcripts from a secondary or post-secondary education program showing you studied in English or French, in Canada or abroad.
  2. If the original document is in a different language, include:
     • a letter from the school showing that the language of instruction was in English or French along with (including an official translation of the original document, if needed)
     • the address and contact information (phone number) of the education institution

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Dang. Ok. I will mentally prepare for an application return (Silver lining: since its online, re-applying is easier/cheaper than a paper one )

That said, what is confusing is:

1. A degree, diploma, certificate or official transcripts from a secondary or post-secondary education program showing you studied in English or French, in Canada or abroad.

What does showing mean? Most degree certificates don't call out the medium, but are in English themselves. Does being in English count as showing?

What's even funnier is that attaching a letter from the institute only applies If the original document is in a different language (which mine isn't - it's in English, so the bullet point doesn't apply.)

And: many posts in this forum have mixed feedback on this topic - many folks had zero issues when submitting degree certificates in English that didn't mention the medium and I also found cases where some folks got their applications returned.