applying citizenship need help
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What i meant is have you claimed the money you were earning with those cash jobs? Were you doing something else while you were doing cash jobs like going to school or something? Do you have a mortgage rental agreement for the past 4 years?
Some people have reported that being self-employed makes a person more likely to receive an RQ, but that doesn't mean that you're certain to get one. What good is it to worry about it? If you were self-employed, that's what you have to report. I'm sure you have other evidence that you've been living in Canada, if called upon to provide it.T.J said:
CIC is NOT CRA, ok?
My wife and I both applied as self-employed and no questions asked (my wife got RQed because her absence not her job, and she will go to the oath later this month).
First thing, information you submit should be true and as accurate as possible;
Secondly, if anything seems may cause "suspicion", try to get around it (I'm not telling you to cheat. If there is something you could not even convince yourself, don't submit it. You may want to go through everything to find out which ones before your application submission, just try to lower the risk to the minimum)
Finally, gather and bring as much as supporting documents when you go to the interview. The point is again, CIC is NOT CRA. They don't really want to know what your job is and how much you earn. Your legal presence in Canada is the only thing they care about, you have a "job" is just one of the things could prove it.
Some hints of supporting docs (which I returned to CIC with my wife's RQ) :
Bills (home phone/cell phone/internet/TV/utilities/other municipal charges/property tax, even dog license) yes, they do help the most.
Your auto/residential insurance, vehicle purchase/lease records and registration, home alarm contract, medical records, children school records...etc.
I didn't submit our bank statements because, again, they are NOT CRA, our financial status is none of their business (you may provide them if you think differently). However, I do provided our credit card and mortgage statements instead which I think should be much more convincible.
Please remember NO PANIC and BE PATIENT even if something happens.True, CIC is lazy and slow, but they are still reasonable people. There is always a way you can explain as long as you are telling them the truth. Hope this will help and good luck with your application~~
My wife and I both applied as self-employed and no questions asked (my wife got RQed because her absence not her job, and she will go to the oath later this month).
First thing, information you submit should be true and as accurate as possible;
Secondly, if anything seems may cause "suspicion", try to get around it (I'm not telling you to cheat. If there is something you could not even convince yourself, don't submit it. You may want to go through everything to find out which ones before your application submission, just try to lower the risk to the minimum)
Finally, gather and bring as much as supporting documents when you go to the interview. The point is again, CIC is NOT CRA. They don't really want to know what your job is and how much you earn. Your legal presence in Canada is the only thing they care about, you have a "job" is just one of the things could prove it.
Some hints of supporting docs (which I returned to CIC with my wife's RQ) :
Bills (home phone/cell phone/internet/TV/utilities/other municipal charges/property tax, even dog license) yes, they do help the most.
Your auto/residential insurance, vehicle purchase/lease records and registration, home alarm contract, medical records, children school records...etc.
I didn't submit our bank statements because, again, they are NOT CRA, our financial status is none of their business (you may provide them if you think differently). However, I do provided our credit card and mortgage statements instead which I think should be much more convincible.
Please remember NO PANIC and BE PATIENT even if something happens.True, CIC is lazy and slow, but they are still reasonable people. There is always a way you can explain as long as you are telling them the truth. Hope this will help and good luck with your application~~
