Eligiblity period for Citizenship if application is returned for additional documentation

[amar_scorpio]

Hello Folks,

If the citizenship paper based application is returned before AOR asking for additional documentation, will the physical presence calculator need to be run again when we are resubmitting it with re-submission date. Basically, will they check 3 yrs period form the original date when we submitted the application, or the date when we are resubmitting with additional documentation they requested. Assuming we haven;t received the AOR yet.

Thanks and appreciate you response.
AS

 

[dpenabill]

Hello Folks,

If the citizenship paper based application is returned before AOR asking for additional documentation, will the physical presence calculator need to be run again when we are resubmitting it with re-submission date. Basically, will they check 3 yrs period form the original date when we submitted the application, or the date when we are resubmitting with additional documentation they requested. Assuming we haven;t received the AOR yet.

Thanks and appreciate you response.
AS

The eligibility period used to calculate the applicant's presence in Canada is five years (during which three years total of actual physical presence in Canada is required).

That five year eligibility period is based on the date the application is made, which is the date it is signed.

When an application is returned to a PR-applicant as incomplete, usually the applicant can provide whatever else is needed to make the application complete and resubmit THAT particular application. If this is what the applicant does, that does not affect or change the eligibility period. It remains the same. (Caveat: not all applications returned as incomplete can be fixed and resubmitted; it depends on why the application was returned as incomplete.)

Alternatively, the PR-applicant can prepare and send a new application, signed on a new date, so establishing a different and more recent five year eligibility period. I believe, but I am not certain, the fees paid can be applied to this new application. For many the advantage of doing this is that this will allow them to add additional days-in-Canada to the presence calculation, giving them a bigger buffer over the minimum, which is generally good. Does not work for everyone (not for someone who left Canada right after applying for example).

Note: processing timeline will largely depend on date of AOR, so how long the process will take will be the same either way.

 

[amar_scorpio]

Thanks buddy, this is really helpful.