Do I need to mention years lived (2013-2018) in the US in my citizenship application?

[montyspons]

Hello All,

This post is regarding the following question:
"Do you currently, or have you ever held immigration or citizenship status in a country or territory other than Canada (this includes your country of birth)?"

I'm not sure how to answer this, so I wanted to get everyone's thoughts on it. I have lived in the US as a student between the years of 2013 and 2015 and then as a worker (on OPT - similar to PGWP in Canada) from 2015 to 2018. I'm confused as to whether I need to mention this in my citizenship application?

Thanks in advance for your answers.

 

[Seym]

Well, of course you do. Have you EVER is crystal clear.
Put it as 2 separate entries, one for the student status, one for worker.

 

[sodapop123]

Hello All,

This post is regarding the following question:
"Do you currently, or have you ever held immigration or citizenship status in a country or territory other than Canada (this includes your country of birth)?"

I'm not sure how to answer this, so I wanted to get everyone's thoughts on it. I have lived in the US as a student between the years of 2013 and 2015 and then as a worker (on OPT - similar to PGWP in Canada) from 2015 to 2018. I'm confused as to whether I need to mention this in my citizenship application?

Thanks in advance for your answers.

I just got my citizenship recently and spent some time in the USA.


Yes, you must mention it, as recommended by @Seym above.
I added two separate entries for 'student status' (time spent in the USA on F1) and 'worker status' (time spent in the USA on H!b)


One thing though,
The time you were working on OPT is still considered as 'student status' from the US immigration perspective i.e. it's part of your F1 visa stay. So I included this time under the 'student' entry.
But my OPT back in the day was 1 year, not 3, until i got my h1 work permit and moved to 'worker status'.