Why do they need medicals for RQ?

[flybest1]

Why do they need medicals for RQ? how do them impact the application? eye exams etc?thanks

 

[Msafiri]

Its proof you were physically present in Canada. I asked in one of your multiple threads how many days you declared at application...did you have 1095 physical days?

 

[flybest1]

yes, but i forgot to declare a 4 day visit to USA, though they had copy of my passport indicating the visit, so i had nothing so hide whatsoever...

 

[Msafiri]

yes, but i forgot to declare a 4 day visit to USA, though they had copy of my passport indicating the visit, so i had nothing so hide whatsoever...

This may very well be the trigger for the RQ i.e data mismatch between what you declared and what CBSA has on file...is this absence in the qualifying 4 year window?

 

[flybest1]

what do you mean by 4 years? I applied for citizenship after 3 years of being in canada (1095 day). so in total i have been here 5 consecutive years. why do people say 4 years? thanks

 

[Msafiri]

what do you mean by 4 years? I applied for citizenship after 3 years of being in canada (1095 day). so in total i have been here 5 consecutive years. why do people say 4 years? thanks

Citizenship Act

5. (1) The Minister shall grant citizenship to any person who

(a) makes application for citizenship;


(b) is eighteen years of age or over;


(c) is a permanent resident within the meaning of subsection 2(1) of the Immigration and Refugee Protection Act, and has, within the four years immediately preceding the date of his or her application, accumulated at least three years of residence in Canada calculated in the following manner:

(i) for every day during which the person was resident in Canada before his lawful admission to Canada for permanent residence the person shall be deemed to have accumulated one-half of a day of residence, and


(ii) for every day during which the person was resident in Canada after his lawful admission to Canada for permanent residence the person shall be deemed to have accumulated one day of residence;



(d) has an adequate knowledge of one of the official languages of Canada;


(e) has an adequate knowledge of Canada and of the responsibilities and privileges of citizenship; and


(f) is not under a removal order and is not the subject of a declaration by the Governor in Council made pursuant to section 20.



Marginal note:Residence

(1.1) Any day during which an applicant for citizenship resided with the applicant’s spouse who at the time was a Canadian citizen and was employed outside of Canada in or with the Canadian armed forces or the federal public administration or the public service of a province, otherwise than as a locally engaged person, shall be treated as equivalent to one day of residence in Canada for the purposes of paragraph (1)(c) and subsection 11(1).

 

[flybest1]

it makes sense now, thanks so much