Hey Guys, i am a January citizenship applicant. I hope someone can guide me on my issue.
We requested a name change on my wife's citizenship application, basically just changing her surname after our wedding. The instructions on the application only asked for a Marriage Certificate in case only surname is changed after Wedding. We attached a foreign Marriage certificate, but now we received a letter from CIC asking for a piece of ID from Canada with the new Name and foreign passport with the new name. BOTH documents displaying the new name, which we do not have. We were hoping they will change the name in citizenship certificate on the basis of Marriage Certificate.
We have 60 days to reply, and I have two options.
1. Legally change the name in passport and Drivers License (both have a processing time of at least 8 weeks or more)
2. Ask CIC to not do a name change right now.
Do you think they will accept my request to not do a name change right now, or will they ask me to send another application. I tried calling them but was on hold for a very long time, will try again tomorrow.
We requested a name change on my wife's citizenship application, basically just changing her surname after our wedding. The instructions on the application only asked for a Marriage Certificate in case only surname is changed after Wedding. We attached a foreign Marriage certificate, but now we received a letter from CIC asking for a piece of ID from Canada with the new Name and foreign passport with the new name. BOTH documents displaying the new name, which we do not have. We were hoping they will change the name in citizenship certificate on the basis of Marriage Certificate.
We have 60 days to reply, and I have two options.
1. Legally change the name in passport and Drivers License (both have a processing time of at least 8 weeks or more)
2. Ask CIC to not do a name change right now.
Do you think they will accept my request to not do a name change right now, or will they ask me to send another application. I tried calling them but was on hold for a very long time, will try again tomorrow.