And not from the city where our mailing/residential address is?
For Eg If I live in Burlington can I mail it from Niagara?
For Eg If I live in Burlington can I mail it from Niagara?
Is it okay to mail the package from a different city in Canada?
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Just a question guys... I lived and worked in calgary for 3 years... now apply my citizenship in may. Can I apply and give my residence address in Toronto? I heard the file gets processed quickly in Ontario. Is it safe to do so?
Your application will be processed by the closest office to your home address. If you now live in Toronto, it will be processed in Toronto regardless you have been living in other province before.malimm0a75 said:
So is not about safe or not, because is not your choice.
Frankly, I find the OP query perplexing.
Now, Burlington and Niagara (assuming OP meant "Niagara Falls") are close enough, for this example the difference is probably insignificant. But my sense is the query is alluding to a larger distance than that.
In particular, there is this comment:
This is tecnically correct. There is no qualifying factor based on where in Canada the application for citizenship is mailed from.
But we know that CIC preserves the packaging, as part of the citizenship application file, and I would bet good loonies that someone compares the place of mailing with the applicant's residential address.
Is that a big deal? More particularly, might that be a big deal if there is a significant distance between the applicant's place of residence and the place of mailing reflected on the packaging?
Which leads to this query:
As era1521 stated, there is no question about whether "it is safe" to use this or that address, the applicant's actual home address determines which local office processes the application.
But, to be clear, it is NOT safe to play games with what the applicant reports is his or her actual home address.
Back to the OP, and mailing the application from elsewhere, say, Windsor, by an applicant who lives in the North York part of Toronto, and whose employment is in Toronto: Again, the question is why? A total stranger bureaucrat in the massive bureaucracy we so affectionately refer to as CIC might look at the mailing location, the applicant's address in Toronto, the applicant's employment in Toronto, and likewise ask why? And what might come to mind is a more particular question, like is this individual actually living in the U.S. and driving across the river into Windsor to mail the application from within Canada?
I am not certain a total stranger bureaucrat in CIC will wonder about this. But again I am certain that they keep the packaging the application arrives in at Sydney.
A mailing from Niagara Falls by a PR who lives in Burlington, probably does not get noticed let alone any attention. But I would not bet that it does not matter where in Canada the application is mailed from.
That is, why do this?tiarachel85 said:
Now, Burlington and Niagara (assuming OP meant "Niagara Falls") are close enough, for this example the difference is probably insignificant. But my sense is the query is alluding to a larger distance than that.
In particular, there is this comment:
. . . in essence affirmed by DAN11.alphazip said:
This is tecnically correct. There is no qualifying factor based on where in Canada the application for citizenship is mailed from.
But we know that CIC preserves the packaging, as part of the citizenship application file, and I would bet good loonies that someone compares the place of mailing with the applicant's residential address.
Is that a big deal? More particularly, might that be a big deal if there is a significant distance between the applicant's place of residence and the place of mailing reflected on the packaging?
Which leads to this query:
Let us be clear: the applicant is obligated to declare his or her current, actual address of residence, the place where the applicant actually lives in the application. A failure to do so can be grounds for denying the application (well, at least one Federal Court has ruled that it is). This is not like keeping a bank account using a brother's address. Not even like keeping one's driver's license at a more stable address while working in another location. CIC is asking where the applicant currently lives. Fudge this at one's peril.malimm0a75 said:
As era1521 stated, there is no question about whether "it is safe" to use this or that address, the applicant's actual home address determines which local office processes the application.
But, to be clear, it is NOT safe to play games with what the applicant reports is his or her actual home address.
Back to the OP, and mailing the application from elsewhere, say, Windsor, by an applicant who lives in the North York part of Toronto, and whose employment is in Toronto: Again, the question is why? A total stranger bureaucrat in the massive bureaucracy we so affectionately refer to as CIC might look at the mailing location, the applicant's address in Toronto, the applicant's employment in Toronto, and likewise ask why? And what might come to mind is a more particular question, like is this individual actually living in the U.S. and driving across the river into Windsor to mail the application from within Canada?
I am not certain a total stranger bureaucrat in CIC will wonder about this. But again I am certain that they keep the packaging the application arrives in at Sydney.
A mailing from Niagara Falls by a PR who lives in Burlington, probably does not get noticed let alone any attention. But I would not bet that it does not matter where in Canada the application is mailed from.
I think tiarachel85 just gave burlington, niagara as an example. It could be any cities - Ottawa, Montreal;dpenabill said:
Montreal, Toronto;
Montreal, Quebec city; any cities
I personally feel that there is nothing wrong as a person could be visiting any cities and if that time she/he completes 1095 days; she/he can decide to send the application; rather than taking risk of c-24.
And ofcourse CIC can surely verify from CBSA if and when a person travels to USA or abroad.
So I feel it should be okay
Precisely. Of course it is technically OK. But of course there is a significant risk, if not probability that a stranger bureaucrat will compare the mailing location with the applicant's home and work location, and ask precisely this question why; why was this mailed from a place so far from where the applicant lives or works?.asaif said:
And it is generally not a good idea to tickle CIC's curiosity buttons.
dpenabill said:
I still believe its completely okay. CIC people are also humans and I'm sure they will understand that every person's situation is different. Someone could be travelling because of work or for some other urgent matter.
I feel there is greater risk in waiting (to return home) as c-24 can come up at any time.