gmix said:
hi to all
i just passed my written test in april for citizenship 20/20 during the interview i was given this form to provide extra doc and the ones im having problems providing are the rental agreements which i dont have, and cant get them...
i dont know what to do??
should i withdraw my application and try later on or is any way else??
plsss help
Why you cannot probably makes a difference.
If it is just a matter of not having such records, explain the circumstances and why there are no rental agreements, and state what you are including in lieu of the rental agreements.
Provide any documentation you can which shows where you were living in Canada, and be sure to cover all months. You could provide letters from the owner/landlord plus any receipts for rent. You could provide utility bills for the places you lived. You could provide letters or statements from room mates, house mates, any one else who can attest to sharing a particular place of abode with you. Be sure these cover the dates involved and again, be sure all months are covered by the dates. Also be sure that any statements describe the person making the statement, what their interest in the address was for that time period, and how they know you and the fact you were living there. Stick to concrete facts, specific details. No opinions. No generalizations.
Depending on what you are able to submit, and whether or not that satisfies whatever questions CIC has, that may either suffice or CIC could issue you a Residence Questionnaire, which would require the submission of far more documentation to support your claims about the time you were resident in Canada.
Here again, in responding to RQ if you get RQ'd, if you do not have the specific documentation requested, you could provide alternative evidence. Here again, the effect depends on whether what you submit satisfies CIC or not.
Probably no need to consider withdrawing the application unless for some reason you simply have no way of documenting where you lived and otherwise have a paucity of records to support your case. For example, if you have strong
objective proof showing that you were working at a job site in Canada most weeks for all the time you declared you were in Canada, that is strong evidence of your presence and that may be enough even though you are light on how much you can objectively document your interest in the place of abode you have listed as your places of residence.
Doubt the following applies to you (given your work history in Canada), but just in case:
If, by chance, you cannot document where you lived because your address history in the application was in part not true (for various reasons, some somewhat legitimate some not so legitimate, some people use a friend's or family member's address for example, while they actually lived elsewhere), sure that is problematic. Withdrawing the application or simply not responding to the CIT 0520 request (thus abandoning the application) may avoid being prosecuted for misrepresentation, or may not, and probably will not avoid running into credibility issues later if you apply again.
Obviously, if you were not actually living in Canada all the time declared, probably best to withdraw. Probably a good idea to talk to a lawyer.
