Hi,
I am completing the citizenship application online. For the following question:
"Tell us if you have had immigration, permanent resident status, and/or citizenship in any other country outside of Canada (e.g. your country of birth)
- Check either yes or no.
- If you check yes, complete the chart.
- Tell us which countries you have held status in, and exactly what status you held or currently hold (student, employment/worker, refugee/protected person, permanent resident or citizen).
- Date you obtained each status(YYYY-MM-DD)
- End date if no longer valid, if applicable (YYYY-MM-DD). Leave blank if you currently hold this status"
I have the following two questions:
1. I traveled to several countries on visas. For the "date you obtained each status" and "end date", do I need to provide:
2. Do I only need to provide information about immigration status for:
- dates for which each visa was valid (for instance 5 years) OR
- exact dates during which I visited a country (10 days) although the visa is valid for 5 years
Do I need to provide scans of visas and entry/exit stamps as well?
- the 5-year eligibility period only OR
- for my entire life?
It'll be super helpful if you can clarify and reconfirm
For 1. - The visa start and end dates, your travel dates are anyways part of the citizenship calculations if those fall in last 5 years.
Scans and all might be an overkill for visas of other countries and / or if they've expired already.
For 2. - Can't say for all, but I provided details of all visa's I've had so far.
