January 2022 - Citizenship Applications

[ryalla]

Hi All, good luck to everyone who applied or will apply soon. Quick question. Do we have to attach colour photocopies pages from your passport/travel document into the application when we are sending application or they will ask that copies in following steps? Is anyone faced with this question?
Thanks

I attached every single page of passport in color

 

[melito]

Visas granted for tourism, pursuing education, or for temporary worker status (e.g. H1-B) are classified as non-immigrant visas. Having any of them for a country does not count as holding immigration status for that country. Immigration status is held for a country if you hold a green card, permanent residence, refugee or asylum status for a country. Here is a link from the international office of UC Berkeley explaining it for USA visas. The exact question in online application is "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)?" Based on this I don't think we need to provide details of any temporary visas that you might have held. I didn't. OTOH if you did hold an immigration status ever in your life, you have to provide that. For most people this means you have to provide details of your citizenship which is usually your country of birth too (for most people).

Tourist/worker visas are still immigration status even though they are temporary immigration status. When you APPLY ONLINE and add immigration details, it will show a dropdown list for you to select the type of immigration, visitor, worker, citizen.

This is from the guide:

Question 13. Tell us if you have had immigration, permanent resident status and/or citizenship in any other country outside of Canada (e.g. your country of birth)

• Check either yes or no.
• If you check yes, complete the chart.
• Tell us which countries you have held status in, and exactly what status you held or currently hold (student, employment/worker, refugee/protected person, permanent resident or citizen).
• Date you obtained each status(YYYY-MM-DD)
• End date if no longer valid, if applicable (YYYY-MM-DD). Leave blank if you currently hold this status

I believe their intention is for applicants to list any status that was beyond just being a tourist. But in certain countries, it might be that a tourist visa allows you to study there, and if that's what you did, you would list that. In any case, I believe they are not asking to list every single country you've ever had a tourist visa for. My 2 cents.

 

[motocrosstar]

Hello,

I submitted the citizenship application yesterday! Could someone please add me to the tracker? Thanks!

Details below:

Application Type: Online
Location: Toronto
Physical Presence Days: 1,113
No of Applicants: Single
Application sent: January 15, 2022
Application delivered: January 15, 2022

Received my AOR today . Please update the tracker, thanks!

 

[mapleee]

Hi guys, I have a question on the photos. For citizenship application photo, my photo was taken on November 11, 2021, what if I submit the application on March 11th, 2022. Does this still meet the 6-month requirement? The photo gets expired when I am receiving the AOR.

 

[pvarma]

Hi guys, I have a question on the photos. For citizenship application photo, my photo was taken on November 11, 2021, what if I submit the application on March 11th, 2022. Does this still meet the 6-month requirement? The photo gets expired when I am receiving the AOR.

Everything is based on the date you submit the application

 

[die4sky]

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App. Type: Paper
Location: Markham, ON
Physical presence: 1750
Application: Family (3)
Application sent: January 3, 2022
Application received: January 10, 2022
AOR Received: March 02, 2022
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Received my AOR today

 

[amplua]

Hi guys, I have a question on the photos. For citizenship application photo, my photo was taken on November 11, 2021, what if I submit the application on March 11th, 2022. Does this still meet the 6-month requirement? The photo gets expired when I am receiving the AOR.

Why not to count how many month between Nov 11, 2021 and March 11, 22? And then you will get the right answer.

 

[PF]

AOR received today

 

[sammoe]

I received my AOR today.
citizenship app submitted: 2022-01-12
AOR: 2022-03-01

After waiting for 24 hours, I created a tracker account to check the status. And the status is "In Progress."

 

[skner2022]

I have just seen this forum, please find enclosed the details of my application:
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Name: skner2022
App. Type: Online
Location: Edmonton, AB
Physical presence: 1100
Application: Single
Application sent: January 17, 2022
Application received: January 17, 2022
AOR Received: March 02, 2022
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I believe the following is the AOR?
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UCI: xxxxxxxx
Application No.: C00xxxxxxx
Quote these numbers when corresponding with our office.

This is an automated message. Please DO NOT RESPOND to this message.

Dear ***,

Please find information concerning your application for citizenship in the attached document.

Sincerely,

Citizenship Official
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[PF]

AOR received.

 

[hello-world]

Was able to create an account to check the status today.
https://cst-ssc.apps.cic.gc.ca/en/login

Application Type: Online
Location: Winnipeg
Physical Presence Days: 1,103
No of Applicants: Single
Application sent: January 11, 2022
Application delivered: January 11, 2022
AOR: March 1, 2022
In Progress: March 2, 2022

 

[die4sky]

In the application, did the Jan applicant said "NO" to tax filed for 2021 and "YES" to had to file for 2021? Also, what is $630 is the correct fee for single applicant?

yes for both the questions

 

[anandz]

Application Type: Paper
Location: Kitchener
Physical Presence Days: 1,400
No of Applicants: Family(3)
Application sent: March 2, 2022
Application delivered: -

 

[jhez2007]

Hello all, received my AOR today. Applied on Jan 2, 2022. Got the application number in the PDF as well. Has anyone been able to link their applications to GC Key a/c?

There is a new tracker for Citizenship application. https://cst-ssc.apps.cic.gc.ca/