Application for Canadian Citizenship - A Comprehensive Guide

[Tubiti]

Hello everyone,

I have a question regarding the Canadian citizenship application form.
If someone entered Canada on a visitor visa in November 2021, and later became a Permanent Resident(spousal immigration category) in January 2022.
In the citizenship application, there’s a question that asks:

The available options are YES or NO.
Could someone please confirm what the correct answer should be in this situation?

of course the answer is yes. between nov 2021 and jan 2022 s/he was a temporary resident. and what a lucky person s/he is!! in 2 months became a PR!!! no hassle, no blood and tears and coming to a settled home, no need to start from 0! look for a job etc. i envy that person!

 

[iamawac99]

Guys what is checked in Background step? And how is it different from Prohibitions?

 

[Seym]

Guys what is checked in Background step? And how is it different from Prohibitions?

No need to post this in many threads. People read most of them you know.

That being said, yeah, IRCC is hella confusing wen clicking Background Check and Prohibitions sections in the tracker lead to the same link : https://www.canada.ca/en/immigratio...gibility/situtations-prevent-citizenship.html

But in practice, and I wouldn't be able to be very specific to be honest, background check is a combination of both a criminality check, conducted by RCMP and focusing on criminal activity in Canada, and a security check, done by CSIS and CBSA, and focusing on background outside Canada, which may take years due to challenges getting information from some countries. Prohibitions, as the name suggests, would just be anything that prohibits an applicant from becoming a citizen, and that means any citizenship requirement not being met. In addition to the above link, which pretty much means "failing the background check", it could be having an issue with physical presence, not demonstrating the language requirement, failing the citizenship test... It usually gets cleared quickly once all other checks are, or for many applicants at the same time as the latest between Language, Physical presence (both come often together) or background check.