Citizenship denied, under paragraph 5(1)(c)

[jonjosh43]

Here is a bit of my timeline, and I will explain what has happened after:

- I entered Canada on June 15th, 2005. As of then, I have resided in both Quebec and Ontario.
- I applied for Canadian Citizenship during January of 2009
- I left Canada in February of 2009, and was out of the country for about 6 months (this is the only time I have left the country).
- I returned to Canada during June of 2009, and have resided in Quebec since.
- I appeared in front of a judge during May of 2011 and passed the citizenship test.

Today, I received a letter stating that I did not meet the requirements of paragraph 5(1)(c), and my application had been denied. The letter states that I did not provide satisfactory evidence that I had resided in Canada during that four year period (for at least 3 years). At the hearing, I provided the following evidence:

- Papers from my college to prove I was a fulltime student at College
- Addresses of where I had resided from 2005 till present
- A paper from present tenant stating that I was living here

Aside from this, I do not recall what else I may have provided, as it has been quite a while.

Any idea why the application was denied? Any advice on what to do at this point?

Thank you for all your help in advance.

 

[newcomer]

Here is a bit of my timeline, and I will explain what has happened after:

- I entered Canada on June 15th, 2005. As of then, I have resided in both Quebec and Ontario.
- I applied for Canadian Citizenship during January of 2009
- I left Canada in February of 2009, and was out of the country for about 6 months (this is the only time I have left the country).
- I returned to Canada during June of 2009, and have resided in Quebec since.
- I appeared in front of a judge during May of 2011 and passed the citizenship test.

Today, I received a letter stating that I did not meet the requirements of paragraph 5(1)(c), and my application had been denied. The letter states that I did not provide satisfactory evidence that I had resided in Canada during that four year period (for at least 3 years). At the hearing, I provided the following evidence:

- Papers from my college to prove I was a fulltime student at College
- Addresses of where I had resided from 2005 till present
- A paper from present tenant stating that I was living here

Aside from this, I do not recall what else I may have provided, as it has been quite a while.

Any idea why the application was denied? Any advice on what to do at this point?

Thank you for all your help in advance.

Hi,

Very sorry to hear about your case.Though you have not mentioned but it appears that you were granted an RQ and the CO was doubtful about your 1095 days presence in Canada.I believe that the response furnished by you for the RQ was not effective enough to convince the CO.

One option is to appeal but it might take upto 24 months or so its better for you to re apply if you have completed 1095 days in the last 4 years ,in that case your case could be decided in much shorter time.

Here is a case which was also declined but he re applied and got citizenship successfully so please visit:

http://www.immigration.ca/forum/forum_posts.asp?TID=9927&PN=2&title=declined

Good Luck!

 

[ajslp]

It seems like CJ is not satisfied with your evidence of physical presence. The college transcripts are usually strong evidence. But nowadays there so many college offering online courses, it may not be complete evidence depending on the type of college and courses. The other two evidences are a nice supplementary evidence, but is not a strong credible primary evidence.

Submit your paystubs or T4s for any full-time or part-time jobs you held while in Canada. Any records related government or any other reputable organization which is unlikely to create a fake information like Personal Claim History from Ontario Health Ministry.

Request traveler records from CBSA, US CBP and other countries that you have been. These record may miss some of the record. But it contains most of the records along with passport stamps.

Credit card statements, bank statements, utililites, phone bills etc can be provided as supporting evidence.

If possible, get a notarized letter from your Professors, that you were physically present in his class during the semester period.

I highly doubt, they would reject if you could provide most of the above mentioned.

 

[ZYXWVU98]

why you don't provide your bank statements or credit card statements? if you have a vehicle, you can also provide your vehicle insurance documents, registration documents, also your notice of tax assessment. if you are full time student, i would think you must have some professors can say that you were a student in their class without any absences. didn't you not do any part time job while being a student? did you not visit doctors for illness or any injury? there are plenty of things you could provide to prove your residence. but unfortunately, if you go to court, you may be barred from providing additional evidence. you probably can only argue whatever evidence you provided before.

 

[cocosyr]

why you don't provide your bank statements or credit card statements? if you have a vehicle, you can also provide your vehicle insurance documents, registration documents, also your notice of tax assessment. if you are full time student, i would think you must have some professors can say that you were a student in their class without any absences. didn't you not do any part time job while being a student? did you not visit doctors for illness or any injury? there are plenty of things you could provide to prove your residence. but unfortunately, if you go to court, you may be barred from providing additional evidence. you probably can only argue whatever evidence you provided before.

It's a BIG NO-NO to leave Canada and live abroad for a long period of time. Six months? Are you kidding me? Your residency clock starts again when you return home to Canada after the 6 mo stay abroad.