Queries regarding citizenship application- Urgent

[techie12]

Hi,
I am filling out the citizenship application and have some queries.

1. I did a soft landing in early 2020 and left Canada the next day. However, I moved back to Canada permanently a few years later.
In the citizenship application under the Physical Presence section, it's asking for history from the past 5 years. I’m not sure if I should include my actual 2020 entry and exit, since it was a little more than 5 years ago from today's date.

When I try to add it in the old physical presence calculator, it gives an error saying to only enter dates within the 5-year window. What’s the correct approach here?

2. I also worked remotely for a company where the entire team is virtual and there is no physical office as such. But on the tax form, they have a registered address. So, should I enter my home address or the company address in the tax form?

3. I worked for a few months, and after that, I became a full-time homemaker (focused on parenting). During this period, I also did some volunteer work.
For the citizenship application, should I write a letter of explanation for this gap in employment? And is it okay to list "homemaker" as my occupation during that time?

 

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1. You don't need to include it and you can't count it. It's a rolling five year window, so physical presence before the five years doesn't count.
2. Either way is fine. Since this is for verifying your physical presence, I think it's typical to list the home address and note that one worked remotely from home.
3. My guess is that you wouldn't fill in anything in the employment section since you weren't employed by an employer. But see also the advice given in https://www.canadavisa.com/canada-i...oard/threads/about-q-11-for-homemaker.524984/ and https://www.canadavisa.com/canada-i...ads/citizenship-application-homemaker.267608/