RESIDENCE OUTSIDE CANADA CIT0177

[dauaye]

I am applying for citizenship having accumulated more than 1095 days between July 2014 and Sept 2018. But within my eligibility period I stayed outside canada for 183 days that was from Oct 2014 to May 2015 for family problems and my parent health crisis. My permanent Residence wife was in Canada.

Please do I need to complete this form as part A and B do not apply to me because my wife did not accompany me and I wasn't working in the force and I am not claiming eligibility for this period.


RESIDENCE OUTSIDE CANADA CIT0177

FOR ADULT CITIZENSHIP APPLICANTS DECLARING RESIDENCE OUTSIDE CANADA AS A CROWN SERVANT OR WITH A CROWN SERVANT FAMILY MEMBER (SPOUSE, COMMON-LAW PARTNER OR PARENT)
SECTION A – CROWN SERVANT FAMILY MEMBER
Complete this section if you were residing outside Canada with your Canadian spouse or common-law partner, or your permanent resident spouse, common- law-partner, or parent, who was employed outside Canada in or with the Canadian Armed Forces, the federal public administration or the public service of a province or territory, otherwise than as a locally engaged person.
SECTION B – CROWN SERVANT APPLICANT Complete this section if you were employed outside Canada as a permanent resident in or with the Canadian Armed Forces, the federal public administration or the public service of a province or territory, otherwise than as a locally engaged person.
Please I would appreciate help. Who suppose to complete this form?
Does my present situations requires me to complete this form? My situation: 1. My PR wife did not accompany me 2. I was not working or in the force 3 I am not claiming eligibility for those months i was away.
Thanks

 

[dpenabill]

The best approach to making a citizenship application is to follow the instructions and answer all questions truthfully, as best you can understand the questions and how they apply to you.

If your answers in the application trigger an instruction to submit the CIT 0177 but no part of that form applies to you, entering N/A in key boxes is appropriate.

Some forum participants suggest checking "no" in response to the item that triggers the instruction to submit CIT 0177 (this is item 9.c. in the 10-2017 version of the application CIT 0002) even though they have in fact lived outside Canada during the eligibility period. Almost all indications suggest this is OK . . . and assuming the applicant has truthfully disclosed ALL address history for the eligibility period, and thus has disclosed actually living abroad for part of the eligibility period, this should not constitute any deliberate misrepresentation.

Personally (noting I am NOT an expert), the first principle governing how to make out an application suggests otherwise, that is, to follow the principle that the best approach to making a citizenship application is to follow the instructions and answer all questions truthfully, as best you can understand the questions and how they apply to you. And when the instructions say to include a form, to include it, even if doing so involves entering Not Applicable to virtually the entire form.

I am applying for citizenship having accumulated more than 1095 days between July 2014 and Sept 2018. But within my eligibility period I stayed outside canada for 183 days that was from Oct 2014 to May 2015 for family problems and my parent health crisis. My permanent Residence wife was in Canada.

Please do I need to complete this form as part A and B do not apply to me because my wife did not accompany me and I wasn't working in the force and I am not claiming eligibility for this period.


RESIDENCE OUTSIDE CANADA CIT0177

FOR ADULT CITIZENSHIP APPLICANTS DECLARING RESIDENCE OUTSIDE CANADA AS A CROWN SERVANT OR WITH A CROWN SERVANT FAMILY MEMBER (SPOUSE, COMMON-LAW PARTNER OR PARENT)
SECTION A – CROWN SERVANT FAMILY MEMBER
Complete this section if you were residing outside Canada with your Canadian spouse or common-law partner, or your permanent resident spouse, common- law-partner, or parent, who was employed outside Canada in or with the Canadian Armed Forces, the federal public administration or the public service of a province or territory, otherwise than as a locally engaged person.
SECTION B – CROWN SERVANT APPLICANT Complete this section if you were employed outside Canada as a permanent resident in or with the Canadian Armed Forces, the federal public administration or the public service of a province or territory, otherwise than as a locally engaged person.
Please I would appreciate help. Who suppose to complete this form?
Does my present situations requires me to complete this form? My situation: 1. My PR wife did not accompany me 2. I was not working or in the force 3 I am not claiming eligibility for those months i was away.
Thanks

 

[qorax]

Please do I need to complete this form as part A and B do not apply to me because my wife did not accompany me and I wasn't working in the force and I am not claiming eligibility for this period.

No you don't need to fill those sections. Those are N/A to you.

 

[dauaye]

No you don't need to fill those sections. Those are N/A to you.

Thanks for your feedback. So I will only complete item 2 part b stating the period I was out of canada and every other NA and then endorse?