June 2025 Citizenship Applications Time Line

[jacko1995]

Hi all!

• Type: Online application
• Location: Quebec
• Physical Presence Days: 1117
• Application Type: Online
• Application sent: June 21st, 2025
• Delivered: June 21st, 2025

 

[eusebio1]

Hello i have a question regarding work,school and activities in citizenship application should i be declare the the month and date in the same time when my wife was under maternity leave while working part time in a short period of time thanks

• eusebio1
• Post #350
• 13 minutes ago
• Forum: Citizenship

 

[armoured]

Hello i have a question regarding work,school and activities in citizenship application should i be declare the the month and date in the same time when my wife was under maternity leave while working part time in a short period of time thanks

Just use your best judgment. If it's short-term part-time employment, probably not critical.

 

[eusebio1]

Just use your best judgment. If it's short-term part-time employment, probably not critical.

Thanks

 

[cz999]

Hello i have a question regarding work,school and activities in citizenship application should i be declare the the month and date in the same time when my wife was under maternity leave while working part time in a short period of time thanks

• eusebio1
• Post #350
• 13 minutes ago
• Forum: Citizenship

You can just write work part-time during maternity leave? Just be accurate I don’t see any issue with that

 

[rcincanada2019]

I have more than the maximum temporary residency because of my PGWP. First PGWP was issued for only one year due to passport expiry. Got the two years extension after renewing my passport.

First PGWP was issued September 2020 and expiration on September 2021. Extension was approved May 2021 with expiration on September 2023. First quarter of 2023, there was a temporary public policy to extend PGWP’s expiring that year. I applied in April 2023 (anticipating my non-EE OINP Federal application will extend beyond my PGWP expiration). This extension was approved and new WP expiration was October 2024.

My PR application was approved in May 2023 and I did not even received my “extension” WP (IRCC messed up with a lot of WP that time, incorrect details on a number of WP).

Now here’s my problem, I am doing an online citizenship application. For the temporary residency, my first and second PGWP have more that enough to give me the 1yr residency as temporary worker. However, there’s a question if I extended that WP. I can’t recall the exact date I applied for that temporary public policy, and the online application is asking for the exact date... And I can no longer access my gckey because 2FA (which I did not set up) is preventing me to access my old records. Sent a webform for technical issues but is advising me to create a new gckey.

TL/DR: How do I go about this? I intend to provide all information accurately. However, since I no longer have access to my old gckey, can I still recover the info if I create a new gckey account?

TIA!

 

[cz999]

I have more than the maximum temporary residency because of my PGWP. First PGWP was issued for only one year due to passport expiry. Got the two years extension after renewing my passport.

First PGWP was issued September 2020 and expiration on September 2021. Extension was approved May 2021 with expiration on September 2023. First quarter of 2023, there was a temporary public policy to extend PGWP’s expiring that year. I applied in April 2023 (anticipating my non-EE OINP Federal application will extend beyond my PGWP expiration). This extension was approved and new WP expiration was October 2024.

My PR application was approved in May 2023 and I did not even received my “extension” WP (IRCC messed up with a lot of WP that time, incorrect details on a number of WP).

Now here’s my problem, I am doing an online citizenship application. For the temporary residency, my first and second PGWP have more that enough to give me the 1yr residency as temporary worker. However, there’s a question if I extended that WP. I can’t recall the exact date I applied for that temporary public policy, and the online application is asking for the exact date... And I can no longer access my gckey because 2FA (which I did not set up) is preventing me to access my old records. Sent a webform for technical issues but is advising me to create a new gckey.

TL/DR: How do I go about this? I intend to provide all information accurately. However, since I no longer have access to my old gckey, can I still recover the info if I create a new gckey account?

TIA!

Can you search for your email record? Usually when you submit an application there will be an email from IRCC. Alternatively you can try your best to give an accurate date, attach an LOE saying the date is to the best of your recollection and may not be accurate. And say you’d have way more than enough to get the max 365 days credit without it. I don’t think it would be an issue.

 

[rcincanada2019]

Can you search for your email record? Usually when you submit an application there will be an email from IRCC. Alternatively you can try your best to give an accurate date, attach an LOE saying the date is to the best of your recollection and may not be accurate. And say you’d have way more than enough to get the max 365 days credit without it. I don’t think it would be an issue.

Thanks mate! Yeah, searched my emails but did not find any. I'd just go with the LoE.

 

[eusebio1]

Hello everyone just a humble question about my application should be include the back of my photo when uploading because it does'nt mention back and front. So how they know that my photo when was taken thanks

 

[cz999]

Hello everyone just a humble question about my application should be include the back of my photo when uploading because it does'nt mention back and front. So how they know that my photo when was taken thanks

There is a field for the date you photo was taken

 

[rcincanada2019]

For those applying online, the IRCC requirement is 4MB max. However, most digital photos, especially from professional photographers, are always more than 4MB. How did you resized the photo without altering the dimensions?

Reference from the online application:

Upload your photo​

The photo must have a

• maximum file size of 4 MB
• minimum image size of 420 x 540 pixels
• file format of JPG, JPEG, TIF, TIFF, PNG or PDF

Do not change the digital photo in any way (except to follow the file size and format requirements above).

 

[cz999]

For those applying online, the IRCC requirement is 4MB max. However, most digital photos, especially from professional photographers, are always more than 4MB. How did you resized the photo without altering the dimensions?

Reference from the online application:

There are many online tools that can compress photos. You can also adjust how many pixels per mm directly in the properties. But the easiest is to go to a photographer that specializes in citizenship/visa photos they will take care of the rest. Most big cities will have at least a few of them.

I went to a photographer in Calgary with my partner who needs a photo for his Chinese visa, the photographer knew both photo specs super well and we didn’t need to do adjustments.

 

[rcincanada2019]

There are many online tools that can compress photos. You can also adjust how many pixels per mm directly in the properties. But the easiest is to go to a photographer that specializes in citizenship/visa photos they will take care of the rest. Most big cities will have at least a few of them.

I went to a photographer in Calgary with my partner who needs a photo for his Chinese visa, the photographer knew both photo specs super well and we didn’t need to do adjustments.

Thanks! I usually go to Shoppers Drugmart. Will just ask them if they can give me a max 4MB file size.