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Points to remember when applying for Citizenship

exactly that what my point is too "Evidence"...which alot of ppl are lacking on
 
After the application is submitted. CIC sends letters and mails to the mailing address or residential address???

I read somewhere in this forum that CIC always sends mails to the residential address and ignore the mailing address. Is that true?

Anyone who used DIFFERENT Mailing and Residential addresses please share your experience. Thanks
 
EasyRider said:
7) Don't rely on mailing address. If you have different mailing and home addresses on application, good to know that CIC practices sending important communication such as RQ's, test/oath invitations to home address, ignoring mailing address completely.


is that TRUE ?
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kaps said:
After the application is submitted. CIC sends letters and mails to the mailing address or residential address???

I read somewhere in this forum that CIC always sends mails to the residential address and ignore the mailing address. Is that true?

Anyone who used DIFFERENT Mailing and Residential addresses please share your experience. Thanks
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Yes, it is, don't try to update anything with CIC, they don't do anything.
 
I would think an exception would be in the case of an applicant with a legal representative. That applicant's mailing address is likely to be the lawyer's office address - I believe in that case, CIC will send mails to the lawyer's office.

If you have both a residential and mailing address, I suppose you can write them in your application as applicable. However, ensure you check both regularly in case CIC decides to use either for mails.

kaps said:
After the application is submitted. CIC sends letters and mails to the mailing address or residential address???

I read somewhere in this forum that CIC always sends mails to the residential address and ignore the mailing address. Is that true?

Anyone who used DIFFERENT Mailing and Residential addresses please share your experience. Thanks
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kaps said:
EasyRider said:
7) Don't rely on mailing address. If you have different mailing and home addresses on application, good to know that CIC practices sending important communication such as RQ's, test/oath invitations to home address, ignoring mailing address completely.
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That's very much a real issue, I've seen several reports involving RQ's and test invitation letters being sent to residential address despite applicant having a separate mailing address on file. I can't find them all (and don't have time for this), but here's an example:

https://secure.immigration.ca/forum/forum_posts.asp?TID=9176&PID=199254&title=2012-applicants-here#199254

[quote author=mero1984]I did not move permanently there but just to get a degree. My family still lives in canada and thats my home address (where they sent the notice).. interestingly, they sent the notice to my home address and not my mailing address (i had my mailing address as my relative's one because my family travels all the time to Quebec and i was afraid they would mail me the notice and my family would be visiting Montreal). well to my great surprise they sent the invitation to test to the Home address rather than mailing address (despite that i received the acknowledgment letter and the book on the mailing address). can anyone explain [/quote]

I don't know why CIC doing this, is it a mistake or done on purpose, and not saying that if one has a mailing address CIC won't necessarily send communication there, but this thing happens. What bothering me is I can't really remember of anyone reporting having a mailing address and receiving communication (RQ, test or oath letter) to a mailing address.
 
I suspect they have a reason for sending to a residential address - probably to know for sure if you really live there, which if you do, the letter should not be undeliverable, right?

OKK said:
So in other words its best to have same address as mailing/residential
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SenoritaBella said:
I suspect they have a reason for sending to a residential address - probably to know for sure if you really live there, which if you do, the letter should not be undeliverable, right?
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Exactly that they do that on purpose
 
Hi Guys.. :D

I just have 1 (dumb) question: Before applying for citizenship, should you wait for 4 years after you landed as an immigrant (which is also the first day that you entered Canada)? Or should the 3 straight years of residency be enough?

Thanks! :)
 
Looking back 4 years from the date you signed your citizenship application, you should have accumulated atleast 3 years (or 1095 days) of clearly established or demonstrated physical presence in Canada.
 
CIC should start the system of both entry and exit stamps. I think this will help a lot in eliminating RQ's. CIC should consider time between the stamps as time spent in Canada. This can be further supported by other documents as well.
 
All,

Are there specific points to remember for folks who have spent a year or so of their time here as "home makers"?

Please let me know - it would be interesting to see how people have approached this.

Many thanks!
 
OKK said:
That is not true as i can speak from my own experience the time i sent off my application my health card was only a month old.
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OKK, check out this post. C1 RQ trigger (ID renewed with last 3 months) was revised sometime before Nov. 2012 according to new ATIP release. Looks like you may have had some good timing!
 
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