Letter from CIC after passing citizenship exam

[geets]

Hi,

Me and my husband gave and passed our citizenship exam on May 08 2014. Our application was a non routine so we called them after 36 months to find the status. Now both of us have received a letter each asking for all below documents for the period from 2007 -2011. We came to Canada in 2007 from the U.S.

Passport copies, pay stubs and record of employment which we will provide.

Rental agreement for the first 6 months in 2007. We had rented a basement and we're paying cash. We wrote that we were guests in the initial app. How do we show that now?

Our son's school attendance records. He was born in 2006 in the US. He is now in grade 3. Will the school give the attendance records?

Personal banking records. It is not mentioned for what time period. But on the first page it does say period 2007 to 2011 unless otherwise stated. Do we need to get the statements from 07-11. We don't have them, will the bank give us all the statements. Would they have them from 07-11?

Family and social activity in Canada. What does that mean? We have our son's various swimming, skating bills from community centres. Will those work? How else can we show family and social activity?

Option c forms, again not clear for what years, no date specified , so is it 07-11? On the cic automated phone they only say for 11-13. Where do we get for older years?

Financial and investments statements: we only have RESP's and RRSP's for all of us. We have TFSA's as well. We don't have any other. Is that what they need? For what years?

Insurance documents we will provide for home, auto, life, critical, and term. Is that good? Recent is good or from 07-11? We were covered in those years too but don't have documents for home and auto.

Some of my wife's pay stubs photocopies are missing, but we will provide NOA and option c for the years they have asked 07-12, then are we Ok? I wonder how to get option c for prior years than 2011.

They have given us 30 days time to send everything back. The letter was dated dec16. With the holidays in between, is their a way to get the deadline extended?

We have registered for my account on cic, but haven't received any info because of the holidays. Once we get that access will we be able to see/ print option c's for all years and NOA?

Also health records which we have mailed the forms for, but again due to holidays we are in a tight timeframe.

Please advise

Thank you,

 

[thecoolguysam]

I suppose you have a received a Residence Questionairre. If yes there would be a similar form like this correct:

http://residencequestionnaire.files.wordpress.com/2013/03/cit-0171-10-2013.pdf

If yes, you need to provide everything that you have available within the 45 day timeframe. Try to send whatever you have available.

Also send a cover letter explaining the situation.

 

[geets]

Hi thecoolguysam,

This is not the form we have received.

On the top it does say notice to applicant- request for documentary evidence of your residence in Canada. First and 2nd page is documentation requested and page 3 is history of Entries to Canada. It is the yes no form for CBSA, which we will mark YES.

They have given us 30 days from the date of this notice.

For the personal banking records, just spoke with TD and they will mail us the records within 5 business days and there is no charge for it.

Please advise for our other queries.

Thank you.

 

[eileenf]

Rental agreement for the first 6 months in 2007. We had rented a basement and we're paying cash. We wrote that we were guests in the initial app. How do we show that now?

Contact the landlord and have them write a letter and go to a notary public or commissioner of oaths to get it certified. Have the letter list the dates you were staying there and the rent you paid. Of course, you should pay for the notarizing. If you can't convince them to go to the notary, a non-notarized letter is better than nothing. If you can't contact them at all, try to find any other documentation you have from that address. Also, you can also highlight cash withdrawal that correspond with these payments on your banking records if you like.

Our son's school attendance records. He was born in 2006 in the US. He is now in grade 3. Will the school give the attendance records?

Yes. They will. You can use report cards if they include the attendance #s as well. The attendance is what's important though, not the grades or how well your son plays with others.

Personal banking records. It is not mentioned for what time period. But on the first page it does say period 2007 to 2011 unless otherwise stated. Do we need to get the statements from 07-11. We don't have them, will the bank give us all the statements. Would they have them from 07-11?

Yes, 2007-2011.

Family and social activity in Canada. What does that mean? We have our son's various swimming, skating bills from community centres. Will those work? How else can we show family and social activity?

That is good. Anything where you showed up regularly and where people saw you. Traffic tickets even work (a police officer pulled you over afterall and verified your identity and noted your obvious presence in Canada).

Option c forms, again not clear for what years, no date specified , so is it 07-11? On the cic automated phone they only say for 11-13. Where do we get for older years?

What are option C forms? If this is tax related, of course you need to contact CRA.

Financial and investments statements: we only have RESP's and RRSP's for all of us. We have TFSA's as well. We don't have any other. Is that what they need? For what years?

Same years as all the rest. 2007-2011. Yes, that's fine. You're not obligated to have investments and citizenship is not rewarded for those who invest well. They just want to see that you met with a banker and that you represented yourself as someone living in Canada and that they send things to your address once in awhile. It's all about residency.

Insurance documents we will provide for home, auto, life, critical, and term. Is that good? Recent is good or from 07-11? We were covered in those years too but don't have documents for home and auto.

Whatever you have. The relevant period is 2007-2011. They don't care about more recent stuff.

Some of my wife's pay stubs photocopies are missing, but we will provide NOA and option c for the years they have asked 07-12, then are we Ok? I wonder how to get option c for prior years than 2011.

You can't provide a document which doesn't exist. Do your due diligence to see if you can get copies from her work if you want, but NOAs are probably fine.

They have given us 30 days time to send everything back. The letter was dated dec16. With the holidays in between, is their a way to get the deadline extended?

You need to send something by the deadline. You won't be able to send everything. And that's not your fault. You can't control OHIP or CRA or the banking archive access timelines. You won't be punished for that as long as you get something in. Include a cover letter where you list outstanding documents and when you expect them. Show that you're doing your due diligence. That's the best you can do.

We have registered for my account on cic, but haven't received any info because of the holidays. Once we get that access will we be able to see/ print option c's for all years and NOA?

Do you mean CRA? I don't know why CIC would have those...

Also health records which we have mailed the forms for, but again due to holidays we are in a tight timeframe.

See above info regarding cover letter. I found RAMQ was fast, but OHIP was slow. You can call service Ontario to hurry them up once the estimated timeline is reached.

Good luck.

 

[moti]

send the documents that you have with a cover letter within 30 days. in cover letter mention the reason for the documents that you do not have.and also tell cic that you ll send the rest of the documents when you ll receive them Like OHIP record.send these documents afterwards with cover letter.

 

[thecoolguysam]

I suppose you have got:

http://residencequestionnaire.files.wordpress.com/2013/03/cit_520-e.pdf


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