I don’t think FD will be acceptable.
CIC expects liquid cash or funds that are readily accessible.
I believe you should also provide a letter from bank that it can be liquidated at any point of time.I took this letter from the bank.
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This is to certify that Mr.XXX is the customer of our branch and is maintaining a savings bank account and term deposits with us.These deposits are not having any loan or lien against them and can be liquidated at any point of time. The value of funds in Canadian dollars as on today ie Date: is around $ 1'4974.0071 approximately.
This Certificate is given on the specific request by the account holder.
S.No Account Number Account type Amount in Rs
1. XXXXXX Savings bank 3006/-
2 XXXXXX Term Deposit 5,00,000/-
3 XXXXXX Term Deposit 3,00,000/-
Total 803056/-
This Certificate is given on the specific request by the account holder.