Residence and Work/School Sections in Online Citizenship Applicatiion

[Arryl77]

Hi everyone

Hello everyone,

I have two questions regarding the online Canadian citizenship application, and I want to make sure I complete these sections correctly to avoid any mistakes or delays in processing.

Situation 1. An adult applicant has been living on their own while attending university. During one summer, they stayed with their parents (in another city) for about 3.5 months while working a summer job between university terms. During this time, they kept their apartment in their university town and returned there after the summer job ended.

Question: Should the applicant list these 3.5 months at their parents’ address as a separate residence in the application, or can they keep their university address as continuous since they maintained the apartment?


Situation 2. The applicant has been a full-time university student from September 2021 to the present and has had various jobs (part-time during study and full-time during summer breaks) of different durations during this period (ex. started a full-time job in July 2022 for three months, then a part-time in Jan 2023 for 6 months, etc)

Question:

• Should the applicant list themselves as “Unemployed” for the periods when they were a full-time student but not working (e.g., Sept 2021 to July 2022 etc.)?
• Or is it sufficient to list “Full-time student” from Sept 2021 to present (including summer breaks) and then separately list each job with its start and end dates?

Your advice is greatly appreciated!
Thank you!

 

[Seym]

1) Doesn't really matter, but if I had to pick something, it would be the precise answer, the parents address for that summer.
2) Students are not unemployed. 1 single entry for the whole period spent in university (or more than one if, say, bachelor and master, or master and PhD...), and separate entries for the jobs done as a student.

 

[Arryl77]

Thank you very much for your help!

 

[Arryl77]

When we recently applied for the PR card renewal, the student applicant was not able to save their residence, school, and work history from that application. There is a chance that there may be minor discrepancies between the dates provided in that application and this current citizenship application.
Should the applicant include an optional document with a brief note explaining this situation?

Thank you!

 

[Seym]

Keep it simple and avoid unnecessary documents, including LOE for mundane stuff. IRCC's only goal with work history is to assess physical presence. Minor discrepancies (with an application they probably won't cross-check) are fine as long as your physical presence is both precise and with sufficiently large buffer.

 

[Arryl77]

Thank you! Your help is much appreciated!

 

[Arryl77]

Forgot to ask:
Should we include the time spent on an online English course taken under LINC in the School/Work section? We will be providing the LINC certificate as proof of knowledge of English, so we’re not sure if it’s necessary to also indicate the course period in that section. The training was completed entirely online in two sessions, lasting six months and three months, during 2023–2025, and during this time, the applicant was physically in Canada. Also, when we recently applied for PR renewal, we did not include this activity.

Thank you!

 

[Arryl77]

Just following up on my this last question. Would really appreciate an advice.

 

[armoured]

Forgot to ask:
Should we include the time spent on an online English course taken under LINC in the School/Work section? We will be providing the LINC certificate as proof of knowledge of English, so we’re not sure if it’s necessary to also indicate the course period in that section. The training was completed entirely online in two sessions, lasting six months and three months, during 2023–2025, and during this time, the applicant was physically in Canada. Also, when we recently applied for PR renewal, we did not include this activity.

It really is up to you. The activities you list are primarily used as narrative support - which they can confirm if needed - for your presence.

 

[Arryl77]

Thank you for your advice!