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What will happen if my physical presence is insufficient by one day?

powerssdd

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Aug 4, 2019
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I am regretting that I may have submitted my citizenship application in haste that my physical presence could be short by one day to the 1095 days requirement.

Now I have paid the fee, and I wonder what will happen if it is indeed the case.

Will I be given a chance to retify it?

Will the application be rejected directly? Will I get a refund?

What if I fill a webform now to withdraw the application? In this case, will I get a full refund?

I submitted it just yesterday, so I haven't received the AOR yet.

I saw some ppl's applications were returned, and they got to resubmit it.
How does this "return" work? Is the "resubmit" free? Or do I have to pay another $530?

Thanks for any help!
 
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forw.jane

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Apr 29, 2019
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I am regretting that I may have submitted my citizenship application in haste that my physical presence could be short by one day to the 1095 days requirement.

Now I have paid the fee, and I wonder what will happen if it is indeed the case.

Will I be given a chance to retify it?

Will the application be rejected directly? Will I get a refund?

What if I fill a webform now to withdraw the application? In this case, will I a full refund?

I submitted it just yesterday, so I haven't received the AOR yet.

I saw some ppl's applications were returned, and they got to resubmit it.
How does this "return" work? Is the "resubmit" fee? Or do I have to pay another $530?

Thanks for any help!
If you withdraw your application before processing begins, you will receive a full refund. However, once processing starts, you will only get $100 back. Your application will be rejected if you fall short of the required 1,095 days. It's best to apply with a buffer, as applications submitted with exactly 1,095 days often undergo extensive scrutiny, leading to delays of several months that could otherwise be avoided.
 

powerssdd

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Aug 4, 2019
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If you withdraw your application before processing begins, you will receive a full refund. However, once processing starts, you will only get $100 back. Your application will be rejected if you fall short of the required 1,095 days. It's best to apply with a buffer, as applications submitted with exactly 1,095 days often undergo extensive scrutiny, leading to delays of several months that could otherwise be avoided.
The following post says his application was "returned" for the same reason, and he had to resubmit it in 60 days.
It seems that "returned" is different from "rejected", is that correct?
"Returned" happens before AOR, while "rejected" happens after AOR.

https://www.reddit.com/r/ImmigrationCanada/comments/16znda1
 

forw.jane

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The following post says his application was "returned" for the same reason, and he had to resubmit it in 60 days.
It seems that "returned" is different from "rejected", is that correct?
"Returned" happens before AOR, while "rejected" happens after AOR.

https://www.reddit.com/r/ImmigrationCanada/comments/16znda1
If they understand your physical presence is lower then 1095 before AOR it will get returned. But if processing moves ahead and during LPP stage where language, physical presence and Prohibition is validated if they come to know about it, application will be rejected/citizenship denied.
 

powerssdd

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Aug 4, 2019
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If they understand your physical presence is lower then 1095 before AOR it will get returned. But if processing moves ahead and during LPP stage where language, physical presence and Prohibition is validated if they come to know about it, application will be rejected/citizenship denied.
May I know in what situation will they NOT understand it before AOR?

My situation is that I travelled aboard for 3 or 4 days. I thought it was 3 days when filling the application, but now I realized it could be 4 days.
That is it.

Do you think they will understand it before AOR or not?