Missing 11 days in the 5 years timeline - Can I apply for citizenship?

[garry9488]

Hello everyone,

My wife entered Canada as a PR in Oct 2017. So if we were to calculate the number of days that she's physically present in Canada until Oct 2022, then she's missing 11 days from the required 1095 days of citizenship requirement.

As per the physical presence tracker (where I entered all the days she missed from Canada, which is a lot as she lived in India for a good amount of time after childbirth and in 2020 she couldn't catch a flight back on time due to the covid situation) her 1095 days now finish in 2024.

Can we still apply for her citizenship in October 2022 and give COVID as the reason for missing those 11 days? Will IRCC accept this and overlook the missing 11 days? Or do we have to wait till 2024 to apply for her citizenship?

Thanks in advance.

Garry

 

[navid2014]

Hello everyone,

My wife entered Canada as a PR in Oct 2017. So if we were to calculate the number of days that she's physically present in Canada until Oct 2022, then she's missing 11 days from the required 1095 days of citizenship requirement.

As per the physical presence tracker (where I entered all the days she missed from Canada, which is a lot as she lived in India for a good amount of time after childbirth and in 2020 she couldn't catch a flight back on time due to the covid situation) her 1095 days now finish in 2024.

Can we still apply for her citizenship in October 2022 and give COVID as the reason for missing those 11 days? Will IRCC accept this and overlook the missing 11 days? Or do we have to wait till 2024 to apply for her citizenship?

Thanks in advance.

Garry

Unfortunately we would need to blindly follow the Physical Presence requirement which is 1095 days.

 

[CaBeaver]

Hello everyone,

My wife entered Canada as a PR in Oct 2017. So if we were to calculate the number of days that she's physically present in Canada until Oct 2022, then she's missing 11 days from the required 1095 days of citizenship requirement.

As per the physical presence tracker (where I entered all the days she missed from Canada, which is a lot as she lived in India for a good amount of time after childbirth and in 2020 she couldn't catch a flight back on time due to the covid situation) her 1095 days now finish in 2024.

Can we still apply for her citizenship in October 2022 and give COVID as the reason for missing those 11 days? Will IRCC accept this and overlook the missing 11 days? Or do we have to wait till 2024 to apply for her citizenship?

Thanks in advance.

Garry

Why don't you wait and apply in Nov 2022. These are requirements you have to meet, not to justify why you didn't meet.

 

[navinball]

You need to have 1095 days in a 5 yr rolling window, you can apply in Nov 2022.

 

[garry9488]

You need to have 1095 days in a 5 yr rolling window, you can apply in Nov 2022.

Yes but in Nov 2022 the 5 year period is Nov 2017 to Nov 2022. So Oct 2017 days are gone from the number of days that you are present in Canada.

 

[scylla]

Hello everyone,

My wife entered Canada as a PR in Oct 2017. So if we were to calculate the number of days that she's physically present in Canada until Oct 2022, then she's missing 11 days from the required 1095 days of citizenship requirement.

As per the physical presence tracker (where I entered all the days she missed from Canada, which is a lot as she lived in India for a good amount of time after childbirth and in 2020 she couldn't catch a flight back on time due to the covid situation) her 1095 days now finish in 2024.

Can we still apply for her citizenship in October 2022 and give COVID as the reason for missing those 11 days? Will IRCC accept this and overlook the missing 11 days? Or do we have to wait till 2024 to apply for her citizenship?

Thanks in advance.

Garry

The missing 11 days will not be overlooked. Refusal is guaranteed. There is no point in applying until she fully meets the requirements.

 

[scylla]

Yes but in Nov 2022 the 5 year period is Nov 2017 to Nov 2022. So Oct 2017 days are gone from the number of days that you are present in Canada.

That's right. You'll need to wait until 2024.

 

[garry9488]

The missing 11 days will not be overlooked. Refusal is guaranteed. There is no point in applying until she fully meets the requirements.

thanks for clarifying.

 

[maheshbhoi_it]

Hello All, My application status Updated today including my Wife, but my son application only prohibitions section completed, can someone guide what does this mean? why it can be pending? IS it because he is minor?