REQUESTING MY SIN NUMBER

[marilugia]

Hi everybody
I obtained my Canadian citizenship and I'm studying in Canada, now. I would like to request my SIN number. Do I need my certificate of citizenship or I can use my Canadian passport as proof ?
Please help asap......

 

[marilugia]

NOBODY CAN HELP ME ???? PLEASE ....... :'(

 

[melissaida]

Hi everybody
I obtained my Canadian citizenship and I'm studying in Canada, now. I would like to request my SIN number. Do I need my certificate of citizenship or I can use my Canadian passport as proof ?
Please help asap......

Try this link from Service Canada: http://www.servicecanada.gc.ca/eng/sin/apply/how.shtml

 

[DAN11]

NOBODY CAN HELP ME ???? PLEASE ....... :'(

You need to call Service Ontario or whatever whichever Provence your located and they will tell you. Or visit one of their offices.

 

[alphazip]

Hi everybody
I obtained my Canadian citizenship and I'm studying in Canada, now. I would like to request my SIN number. Do I need my certificate of citizenship or I can use my Canadian passport as proof ?
Please help asap......

You need your certificate of citizenship. As I was told at a Service Canada office, a passport is a travel document, not proof of citizenship!

 

[era1521]

Hi everybody
I obtained my Canadian citizenship and I'm studying in Canada, now. I would like to request my SIN number. Do I need my certificate of citizenship or I can use my Canadian passport as proof ?
Please help asap......

How can you be a canadian citizen without a SIN number?

 

[alphazip]

How can you be a canadian citizen without a SIN number?

It would be unusual to be a Canadian citizen living in Canada and not have a SIN, though, I suppose if one never worked and never filed a tax return, there wouldn't be an absolute need for one. Canadian citizens by descent (most of whom don't even live in Canada) would likely not have SINs either.

 

[marilugia]

Sorry.....I didn't explain exactly...I'm Italian but I got my Canadian citizenship by descent...that's why I still don't have a SIN number......but now, I'm studying in Canada and I need it. I thought the Canadian passport was enough. Thank you for the answers.....

 

[jhjeppe]

Hi, the info here is wrong.

Please do the following:

1. Contact CIC on their call centre and request verification of status in Canada (there is a charge for this service)
2. After you receive this document, You should be able to go to service canada in order to get a SIN.
3. If Service Canada won't accept this document, you will have to request a Citizenship certificate from CIC, the call centre will be able to assist you with this.

 

[keesio]

You need your certificate of citizenship. As I was told at a Service Canada office, a passport is a travel document, not proof of citizenship!

I guess technically. Though you can't have a valid Canadian passport without being a citizen. In most cases a passport is accepted as proof of citizenship (OHIP does).