Application for Canadian Citizenship - A Comprehensive Guide

[@Canada]

Hello all.

I am going to apply for my citizenship but I have a question. Would appreciate your feedback.

I did a part time work but honestly forgot to mention in pr application. As I got an invitation by the time so in order to gather all documents it slipped out of my mind.

Now I am wondering if I include my part time works in citizenship that I forgot to mention what will happen?.

 

[cic86]

Hi. I was unemployed for a few months when I was between jobs so during this period I did Ubereats for some weeks and worked at a restaurant for three days (20 hours) which no longer exists. I've already submitted my citizenship application. Did I make a mistake by not declaring these? If yes, how do I correct it and will IRCC flag my application? Thanks.

Anyone, please?

 

[@Canada]

What I assume is they are only looking for physical presence and paid taxes on time. Now if you have declared other part time jobs and not this and if it is in your CRA records then. They might ask for an explanation based on the gap you have.

This is just my assumption.

 

[rev2025]

Hi everyone,
Would the citizenship photos be taken by commercial photographers/studios or be flexible as long as they meet the photo specifications?
For example, an experienced friend with a professional camera.
Great to learn from your experience.
Thank you.

I went to this place to get my passport photos for citizenship. They also took my fingerprints for IRCC.

https://easyfingerprint.ca/passport-photos/

You can see their resourceful blog to they show how the citizenship fingerprinting process works:

https://easyfingerprint.ca/how-to-submit-citizenship-fingerprints/

 

[Huangxyqjy]

Hi all, I am a little bit confused on the police certificate. My son go to Netherland as exchange student last sept and the exchange ends on Jan 31st. Then he spend Feb and Mar travelling in many different countries in Europe, and finally get back to Canada in April. Does he need the police certificate from Netherland? He entered Netherland last sept and left in April (at least from the passport stamp). However he actually did not live in Netherland over 6 months. Can anyone help to answer? Thank you so much!

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[Seym]

Hi all, I am a little bit confused on the police certificate. My son go to Netherland as exchange student last sept and the exchange ends on Jan 31st. Then he spend Feb and Mar travelling in many different countries in Europe, and finally get back to Canada in April. Does he need the police certificate from Netherland? He entered Netherland last sept and left in April (at least from the passport stamp). However he actually did not live in Netherland over 6 months. Can anyone help to answer? Thank you so much!

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Well, for a complete application, no, he doesn't. In the physical presence part, make sure to specify that part of the trip was spent elsewhere (in the single Netherlands entry).
However, IRCC can ask for it afterwards if they think they need one.

 

[Huangxyqjy]

Well, for a complete application, no, he doesn't. In the physical presence part, make sure to specify that part of the trip was spent elsewhere (in the single Netherlands entry).
However, IRCC can ask for it afterwards if they think they need one.

thanks for your reply. currently in "physical presence" I can see the system calculate his stay on Netherland as 239 days, although I have explained in the "description". however how should he write in "residence and tax" portion? he has travelled so much during Feb and March, eg, he travelled Feb 2-10 to iceland and back to Netherland for 3 days and then go to Polland etc. should he write all the hotels and travels? thanks for your advice!

 

[Seym]

thanks for your reply. currently in "physical presence" I can see the system calculate his stay on Netherland as 239 days, although I have explained in the "description". however how should he write in "residence and tax" portion? he has travelled so much during Feb and March, eg, he travelled Feb 2-10 to iceland and back to Netherland for 3 days and then go to Polland etc. should he write all the hotels and travels? thanks for your advice!

The physical presence and the PCC section are completely separate and IRCC is aware that people can visit many countries at once when they leave Canada, although they ask to only list the first country in the physical presence. As for residence, people usually only list the main addresses there, so stick to that, no need for hotels.
My advice would be to do the above, and add an explanation letter saying that, during the long stay in Netherlands, your son went to this country from day a to day b, then that country from day c to day d and so on, totalling X days in Netherlands, Y days in other countries...
Will IRCC skip the PCC after such explanation letter, maybe, maybe not, we can't say, and if it's easy to get, either do so in advance or apply without it (since you don't need it for a complete application!) and have it ready if they ask for it.

 

[Huangxyqjy]

The physical presence and the PCC section are completely separate and IRCC is aware that people can visit many countries at once when they leave Canada, although they ask to only list the first country in the physical presence. As for residence, people usually only list the main addresses there, so stick to that, no need for hotels.
My advice would be to do the above, and add an explanation letter saying that, during the long stay in Netherlands, your son went to this country from day a to day b, then that country from day c to day d and so on, totalling X days in Netherlands, Y days in other countries...
Will IRCC skip the PCC after such explanation letter, maybe, maybe not, we can't say, and if it's easy to get, either do so in advance or apply without it (since you don't need it for a complete application!) and have it ready if they ask for it.

thank you so much! will the IRCC ask him to prove those trips? most of the times he just travel to one country, maybe lived in hotel, maybe lived in friend's home or air B&B. it is too hard to collect 10+ countries information, some maybe only 2-3 days stay!

 

[Seym]

thank you so much! will the IRCC ask him to prove those trips? most of the times he just travel to one country, maybe lived in hotel, maybe lived in friend's home or air B&B. it is too hard to collect 10+ countries information, some maybe only 2-3 days stay!

Probably not. IRCC mostly cares about establishing physical presence in Canada. They may feel that the couple days in Germany or Czech Republic while leaving in Netherlands potentially ask for a Dutch PCC, and maybe not, but I highly doubt they'll put much scrunity over something as common as an exchange student taking the opportunity to visit Europe

 

[armoured]

Probably not. IRCC mostly cares about establishing physical presence in Canada. They may feel that the couple days in Germany or Czech Republic while leaving in Netherlands potentially ask for a Dutch PCC, and maybe not, but I highly doubt they'll put much scrunity over something as common as an exchange student taking the opportunity to visit Europe

I'd just add that while it's not an area there's a lot of public info about, there is a fair bit of info-sharing on criminal/security measures within the EU and with eg NATO partners.

This doesn't mean they won't ask for a PCC, but my guess is they will be more comfortable with the info they get 'direct' (at least for the important stuff.)

I'm saying 'they' in a fairly vague way because IRCC uses combos of other agencies - CBSA, RCMP, CSIS - for these parts of the background/prohibitions, as well as (I'm sure) their own risk assessments.