Hello all, below is the email that I got today. Can anyone advise me on this? did anyone get this type of email.
In order to continue processing your application for Canadian citizenship, we require the following documents and/or information:
PASSPORT GAP
There is a gap in the validity period of the passport covering the (5) years immediately before the date of the application.
Please provide an explanation why the passport does not cover the entire period of time – 2015/12/18 through 2016/05/04, and whether you traveled outside Canada during that period. Please provide a scan of any travel documents you held during the relevant period.
Please send the requested information, and a copy of this email, to the address at the bottom of this email.
You must submit the documents and/or information requested within 60 days from the date of this email. It is important to be aware that the Citizenship Act contains provisions to treat your application as abandoned if you do not contact Citizenship and Immigration Canada (CIC) with a reasonable explanation for not providing the information requested within the deadline established for any item(s) required. It is therefore very important that you contact CIC if you cannot gather the required information within this timeframe.
Please note: Any document that is not in English or French must be accompanied by the English or French translation; and an affidavit from the person who completed the translation.
· An affidavit is a document on which the translator has sworn, in the presence of a commissioner authorized to administer oaths in the country in which the translator is living, that the contents of their translation are a true translation and representation of the contents of the original document.
· Translators who are certified members in good standing of one of the provincial or territorial organizations of translators and interpreters of Canada do not need to supply an affidavit.
· Translations by family members are not acceptable. Family member is defined as being a: parent, guardian, sibling, spouse, grandparent, child, aunt, uncle, niece, nephew and first cousin.
The requirement to provide additional information or evidence when requested can be found in section 23.1 of the Citizenship Act.
If you have any questions regarding the processing of your citizenship application, or if you will not be able to provide the information within 60 days of this notice, please contact the CIC Call Centre at 1-888-242-2100.
Thank you,
Citizenship Official
J MacLeod
Citizenship Program (Grants)
Case Processing Centre - Sydney
P.O. Box 12000
Sydney NS B1P 7C2