Hi. When filling out my wife's citizenship application we missed a short 3 month employment in her history. It was at the very start of the eligibility period. However here's the thing: she already took her oath a few days ago and now we are just awaiting the electronic citizenship certificate.
The other that never happened is the AOR. She just got to the citizenship exam and then the oath. She has honestly filed her taxes though for those 3 months.
I'm freaking out though because I'm afraid it could be considered misrepresentation if someone reviews it down the line and they might revoke the citizenship. Has this happened to anyone? Thanks.
Not sure what you mean by "
missed a short 3 month employment in her history." Generally IRCC will return applications which have gaps in address or work history.
I presume this question is about a mistake made in the application work history, either an omission by failing to include information about employment she had during that three month period of time, or erroneously listing some other employment during that period of time, or erroneously reporting some other activity (including non-activity, such as reporting "unemployed" when actually employed).
Odds are there is no problem as long as she met the requirements for a grant of citizenship, and her application was mostly accurate (except for minor mistakes), and as long as she was actually physically present in Canada during those periods of time she reported being in Canada, in the travel history part of the physical presence calculation.
We all make mistakes. Those who are certain they made no mistakes are clearly mistaken. IRCC is well familiar with this and is not at all in the
gotcha game, allowing for minor mistakes that do not directly affect a requirement.
So, probably nothing to worry about.
That said, you can probably easily figure out for yourselves whether a more significant discrepancy in facts is involved here.
If, for example, she was employed in a military role, and left that information out, or in the employ of some entity related to known terrorist organizations, yeah that could be serious. I sense this is not the case.
If, for another example, she was employed outside Canada and this was during a period of time she reported being IN Canada, that could raise issues. But here again what likely matters most is that (1) she was actually IN Canada during those periods of time she reported being IN Canada, and (2), even if she was outside Canada more than she reported, whether she still met the presence requirement anyway.
So, again, probably nothing to worry about. If this was just an incidental, makes no difference kind of mistake, and unless the real facts means she should not have been granted citizenship, there is probably no need to worry or do anything about it. Again, non-consequential mistakes are common and not a big deal. If worried you could consult with an immigration lawyer about this.
If, however, there is something here which might have made a difference in the outcome, even just in terms of whether it is the sort of thing that could trigger non-routine processing, in that situation it would be better to go to a lawyer to get advice.
Odds are IRCC never revisits this. So many would likely choose to proceed without doing anything about it. And that will most likely be OK. This remains likely even if the discrepancy is significant and could affect eligibility, meaning even in this situation the odds are high the individual will, so to say, get-away-with-it. But the better course to follow, if the discrepancy is significant and could affect eligibility, would be to at least see a lawyer to go over how to best handle the situation.
