Application for Canadian Citizenship - A Comprehensive Guide

[bond7890]

Hi! I applied for my citizenship on Nov 23, 2025. No AOR yet. Today while checking the application pdf, I realized I mentioned my place of birth city only [Lucknow]. On my passport and ecopr, I can see my place of birth as City + State [Lucknow, Uttar Pradesh]. Previously on my PR application as well, I mentioned only city [Lucknow] which did not cause any issue. Country is mentioned correctly. Do you think this is an issue? Thanks!

 

[armoured]

Hi! I applied for my citizenship on Nov 23, 2025. No AOR yet. Today while checking the application pdf, I realized I mentioned my place of birth city only [Lucknow]. On my passport and ecopr, I can see my place of birth as City + State [Lucknow, Uttar Pradesh]. Previously on my PR application as well, I mentioned only city [Lucknow] which did not cause any issue. Country is mentioned correctly. Do you think this is an issue? Thanks!

A non-issue.

 

[bond7890]

A non-issue.

thank you!

 

[quanta]

I recently applied for my citizenship and yet to receive my AOR.

My question: After I downloaded my submitted application to review, I realized that I made a minor mistake of 1 day in mentioning my date of arrival to Canada from a trip to my home country. However, this trip was from the period when I was a temporary foreign worker. Given maximum allowed credits for physical presence in Canada as a temporary resident is capped at 365 days (considering the 0.5 factor), I'm significantly above that. Also, on the day of submission my total number of days as per the calculator was more than 1100 days. Thus, any addition or subtraction of a day from this trip shouldn't impact my eligibility from PHYSICAL PRESENCE IN CANADA standpoint. So, can someone please help me understand the seriousness/impact of this mistake, and how can/should I fix it, if necessary?

 

[bond7890]

I recently applied for my citizenship and yet to receive my AOR.

My question: After I downloaded my submitted application to review, I realized that I made a minor mistake of 1 day in mentioning my date of arrival to Canada from a trip to my home country. However, this trip was from the period when I was a temporary foreign worker. Given maximum allowed credits for physical presence in Canada as a temporary resident is capped at 365 days (considering the 0.5 factor), I'm significantly above that. Also, on the day of submission my total number of days as per the calculator was more than 1100 days. Thus, any addition or subtraction of a day from this trip shouldn't impact my eligibility from PHYSICAL PRESENCE IN CANADA standpoint. So, can someone please help me understand the seriousness/impact of this mistake, and how can/should I fix it, if necessary?

It’s always worth triple‑checking everything before hitting submit. In most cases, IRCC may still issue an AOR and your application might continue normally, but they could later ask for an interview to clarify the mismatch. If the mistake is stressing you out, you can contact IRCC, withdraw the application, and re‑apply once it’s officially closed.

This isn’t legal advice. If you’re feeling unsure, consider speaking with an immigration lawyer.

 

[quanta]

It’s always worth triple‑checking everything before hitting submit. In most cases, IRCC may still issue an AOR and your application might continue normally, but they could later ask for an interview to clarify the mismatch. If the mistake is stressing you out, you can contact IRCC, withdraw the application, and re‑apply once it’s officially closed.

This isn’t legal advice. If you’re feeling unsure, consider speaking with an immigration lawyer.

Will it be wise to simply raise a webform providing a simple explanation of this with a pdf copy of the passport showing the CBSA stamp & date?

 

[manishsap21]

Hi everyone,
I’m preparing to submit a family application for Canadian citizenship and would appreciate a clear step‑by‑step outline from anyone who has recently gone through the process.

• We live in Toronto.
• Three applicants: myself, my spouse, and our kid under 14.
• All three of us became permanent residents in 2022 and as of now, each of us has completed more than 1,095 days of physical presence in Canada.
• We all meet the basic eligibility requirements (PR status, taxes filed, no prohibitions).
• We want to apply together as a family as online application.

Could someone provide a detailed, step‑by‑step guide for filing a family citizenship application?
What all things to keep in mind and any help will be much appreciated.

 

[armoured]

What all things to keep in mind and any help will be much appreciated.

I'm not going to discourage anyone from applying as a family (because of course it's nice to do the ceremony together).

BUT: by the way it works, it means that the citizenship for all three can only go as quickly as the slowest application. If one of them gets held up for any reason, the others are held up, too. It also seems very difficult - assume impossible - to separate them later if one is held up.

There are cases of one spouse's application being held up for, well, 'reasons' (security/prohibitions being most common), and the others are held up, too.

If you're fine with that - great, no issue.