Past Address

[boshetunmai]

My husband is applying for citizenship and we have a question about indicating a past address on the application.

Since my husband's arrival in Canada, from 2012-2013 we rented an apartment in a Northern Ontario town where I worked. My husband was not working during this time. We made frequent trips to my parents' house in Toronto, probably spending about 1/3 of our time there. Since we did not want anything being sent to the apartment, we kept our mailing address and ID documents all in Toronto. My question is, how should I indicate this on the application?

The reason I ask is that we are trying to be prepared in the case of an RQ in the future. All of the supporting documents would have the Toronto address on them, therefore I feel we should indicate that address on the application somehow even though we did not live there 2/3 of the time. Should we just add a note to explain this? Put both addresses for the same time period? Or should I omit the Northern Ontario address?

Do you guys have any advice?

 

[hoping_canadian]

My husband is applying for citizenship and we have a question about indicating a past address on the application.

Since my husband's arrival in Canada, from 2012-2013 we rented an apartment in a Northern Ontario town where I worked. My husband was not working during this time. We made frequent trips to my parents' house in Toronto, probably spending about 1/3 of our time there. Since we did not want anything being sent to the apartment, we kept our mailing address and ID documents all in Toronto. My question is, how should I indicate this on the application?

The reason I ask is that we are trying to be prepared in the case of an RQ in the future. All of the supporting documents would have the Toronto address on them, therefore I feel we should indicate that address on the application somehow even though we did not live there 2/3 of the time. Should we just add a note to explain this? Put both addresses for the same time period? Or should I omit the Northern Ontario address?

Do you guys have any advice?

Hello, which ever the address you provided for example heath card/driving license/banks/tax etc, This is your residence. I suggest use it so it wont be complicated on your side.

 

[dpenabill]

My husband is applying for citizenship and we have a question about indicating a past address on the application.

Since my husband's arrival in Canada, from 2012-2013 we rented an apartment in a Northern Ontario town where I worked. My husband was not working during this time. We made frequent trips to my parents' house in Toronto, probably spending about 1/3 of our time there. Since we did not want anything being sent to the apartment, we kept our mailing address and ID documents all in Toronto. My question is, how should I indicate this on the application?

The reason I ask is that we are trying to be prepared in the case of an RQ in the future. All of the supporting documents would have the Toronto address on them, therefore I feel we should indicate that address on the application somehow even though we did not live there 2/3 of the time. Should we just add a note to explain this? Put both addresses for the same time period? Or should I omit the Northern Ontario address?

Mostly I don't think you need to be very much concerned about this. That said, an explanation on a supplemental page (added sheet of paper) would easily explain and is probably a good idea. Just keep it very simple.

It probably does not matter much how you actually do it, which address you list in the address history boxes versus which one you leave out but explain on a supplement page (be sure to clearly identify the item the explanation is in reference to).

Overlapping address history in the address-history boxes might be confusing, so that might not be the best approach (despite the supplemental explanation).

Main thing is that if one way or the other both addresses are disclosed and the circumstances disclosed, CIC will almost certainly get it, understand, since this is a rather common scenario.

Even if you did not provide an explanation and list only one address (say as suggested by hoping_canadian), it is not something that is likely to raise a flag or be a problem. But sure, if there is RQ, some apparent incongruities or even inconsistencies might arise in your information and supporting documentation, so you would almost certainly be compelled to explain it then. But explaining it then (once given RQ) might give the wrong impression, so it is probably a good idea to do something in the application that acknowledges maintaining a residential address in one location while temporarily being located in another location. Again, CIC will get it.

Note: relatively few (less than one in five, probably less than one six, and these days perhaps even less than one in eight) applicants get RQ despite the number of RQ'd applicants seen in the forums.

 

[boshetunmai]

Thanks so much for the helpful replies. Much appreciated!

 

[cprak0]

My husband is applying for citizenship and we have a question about indicating a past address on the application.

Since my husband's arrival in Canada, from 2012-2013 we rented an apartment in a Northern Ontario town where I worked. My husband was not working during this time. We made frequent trips to my parents' house in Toronto, probably spending about 1/3 of our time there. Since we did not want anything being sent to the apartment, we kept our mailing address and ID documents all in Toronto. My question is, how should I indicate this on the application?

The reason I ask is that we are trying to be prepared in the case of an RQ in the future. All of the supporting documents would have the Toronto address on them, therefore I feel we should indicate that address on the application somehow even though we did not live there 2/3 of the time. Should we just add a note to explain this? Put both addresses for the same time period? Or should I omit the Northern Ontario address?

Do you guys have any advice?

I had a similar experience... I had family in Waterloo, while I was working in Ottawa. Rented a room in Ottawa and kept traveling to Waterloo every other weekend. So in the past addresses for those 6 months I had them both, and added a one line explanation of why there was an overlap, and how I managed to live in both places... but then I have no idea if this was ok. I felt this was the way and I had no doubts and went ahead with it... still waiting for the application to be returned or for the AOR, though...
cprak0

 

[NSBoy902]

Hello, which ever the address you provided for example heath card/driving license/banks/tax etc, This is your residence. I suggest use it so it wont be complicated on your side.

I agree