Information requested for applying citizenship

[A_ali]

Hello I need some guidance as I plan to apply for citizenship soon.

I have been a Permanent Resident since 2010. Due to the nature of my job, which involves frequent travel, I was unable to maintain the required number of days for citizenship earlier. However, due to longer stays during the COVID period and in 2023/24, I have calculated my days using the CIC online tool, and I will meet the eligibility criteria to apply for citizenship in March 2025.
I would like to ask:
Can I start filling out the online application in February 2025, or should I wait until a few weeks before I become eligible?

Do I need to apply exactly on the date when I have met the required number of days? As when I make the sign in it shows I have 60 days to submit the application.

secondly as due to nature of my job Intravel some time for 37 days out of country and some time 70-90 days however I have never stay out if Canada in row fir 183 days in my scenario do I need a police certificate?

Your advice would be greatly appreciated.



Thank you in advance!

 

[abbas.pasha]

Hello I need some guidance as I plan to apply for citizenship soon.

I have been a Permanent Resident since 2010. Due to the nature of my job, which involves frequent travel, I was unable to maintain the required number of days for citizenship earlier. However, due to longer stays during the COVID period and in 2023/24, I have calculated my days using the CIC online tool, and I will meet the eligibility criteria to apply for citizenship in March 2025.
I would like to ask:
Can I start filling out the online application in February 2025, or should I wait until a few weeks before I become eligible?

Do I need to apply exactly on the date when I have met the required number of days? As when I make the sign in it shows I have 60 days to submit the application.

secondly as due to nature of my job Intravel some time for 37 days out of country and some time 70-90 days however I have never stay out if Canada in row fir 183 days in my scenario do I need a police certificate?

Your advice would be greatly appreciated.



Thank you in advance!

Can I start filling out the online application in February 2025 - Yes you can. Only submit when you meet all eligible criteria specially the 1,095 days (keep a buffer of a week or 2 on top of these days in order to avoid being under because of listing our missed travels/vacations outside of Canada)


Use this link as a guide to read about if PCC will be required in your case... This is link is for applicant who who apply on paper
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#Step4

• Police certificate(s)
  
  You needto 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
• 
  Indicate in the chart the name of each country and provide a police certificate.
  
  You don’t needto 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
• 
  If you can’t get a police certificate, tell us why in the explanation box.
  
  To be valid, the police certificate must be either issued
  • after the last time you were in that country, or
  • no more than 6 months before the date you sign your citizenship application
• 
  We may request a police certificate at any point during processing, even if you submitted a valid certificate with your application.
  
  Find out how to get a police certificate
  
  See the following examples to help you answer this question.
  
  Example 1
  
  You lived in France for one year (365 days) before you became a permanent resident 3 years ago. You did not travel to France after you became a permanent resident. You would answer “Yes” to the question and you would need to provide a police certificate from France if you did not provide one with your immigration application. If you provided a police certificate from France with your immigration application, tell us this in the box provided at Question 10b.
  
  Example 2
  
  You became a permanent resident 3 years and 9 months ago. In the past 4 years, you lived in Brazil for 3 months (90 days) before you became a permanent resident and you returned to Brazil to visit family for 4 months (120 days) after you became a permanent resident. You would answer “No” to the question and you would not need to provide a police certificate from Brazil because you did not spend 183 days or more in a row in Brazil.
  
  Example 3
  
  In the past 4 years, you took 10 trips to the United States of America (USA). Each trip lasted 3 weeks, for a total of 210 days. You would answer “No” to the question and you would not need to provide a police certificate from the USA because you did not spend 183 days or more in a row in the USA.
  
  Example 4
  
  In the past 4 years, you travelled to Singapore four times for work. The first trip was for 30 days; the second trip was for 200 days; the third trip was for 60 days; and the fourth trip was for 120 days. While in Singapore, you took a trip to Malaysia (10 days) and Thailand (10 days). You would answer “Yes” to the question and you would need to provide a police certificate from Singapore because your second trip was more than 183 days in a row. You would not need to provide police certificates from Malaysia or Thailand.
  
  Example 5
  
  In the past 4 years, you took 1 trip to Europe where you visited Portugal (5 days), Spain (7 days), France (10 days), Belgium (3 days), Netherlands (3 days), Germany (21 days), Switzerland (7 days) and Italy (21 days). You took a second trip to Europe where you visited Ireland (14 days), Scotland (14 days) and England (21 days). You went to Germany for a business trip that lasted 60 days. The total time you were outside of Canada was 186 days but you were not in a single country for 183 days or more in a row. You would answer “No” to the question and you would not need to provide police certificates from any of the countries.

 

[A_ali]

Thank you for quick response in my case I travelled to UAE in one year 5 times but each trip I never stayed there 183 days only 36-40 in each trip do I don’t think I have to provide the PCC

 

[Seym]

Do I need to apply exactly on the date when I have met the required number of days? As when I make the sign in it shows I have 60 days to submit the application.

Bad idea. Better to have a buffer in case you make a mistake entering the dates, forget a trip or anything that both causes additional scrunity from IRCC or even puts you under 1095 days.
If you can, apply in April or May 2025 instead of March.
Maybe it goes smoothly if you apply in the 1096th day, but we've seen "horror stories" in the forum...