Application to Resume Canadian Citizenship (CIT 0301)

Section 1

You must indicate whether you would like service in English or French.

Section 2

You must indicate if you have any special needs. Special needs are described as:

• wheelchair access
• sign language interpretation
• personal assistance (for example, you will be accompanied by a care attendant, an interpreter, a seeing eye dog, a sighted guide, etc.)

Section 3

You must indicate if you have ever applied to resume Canadian citizenship before. Check “No” or “Yes”. If “Yes”, indicate when you last applied.

You must indicate if you have ever had a certificate of Canadian citizenship. Check “No” or “Yes”. If you check “Yes”, indicate the family name, given names, certificate number and the date the certificate was issued.

You must indicate whether you have previously returned the certificate of Canadian citizenship and/or the pink transmission copy of a certificate, or whether you are returning it with this application. If the certificate is not being returned, you must tell us if it was stolen, lost, or destroyed. Indicate if the theft or loss was reported to police and give the details, (e.g., a copy of the police report).

You must return any Canadian citizenship certificates in your possession. Failure to do so will result in delays in processing your application.

Section 4

A. Indicate your family name and given name(s), as they appear on your Record of Landing (IMM 1000), Permanent Resident Card (PRC) or Confirmation of Permanent Residence (IMM 5292, IMM 5688 or IMM 5509).

B. Write your current last name (surname/family name) and given name(s), if different from question 4A. Important information: You must provide supporting documents for any change in your name. See “Name change” in the Gather Documents section.

C. If you have used another name in the past, or are known by a name other than the one you listed above, indicate the name on the application form. (Other names can include your birth name, nicknames, community names, etc.)

Section 5

A. Enter your date of birth exactly as it appears on your Record of Landing (IMM 1000), your Confirmation of Permanent Residence (IMM 5292, IMM 5688 or IMM 5509) or Permanent Resident Card (PRC), or as it appears on your amendment made to these documents, if you have already obtained one. This is the date of birth that will appear on your citizenship certificate.

If the date of birth on the Record of Landing, Confirmation of Permanent Residence or Permanent Resident Card is not your correct date of birth, it may be possible to change the information in your immigration records. Your Record of Landing, Confirmation of Permanent Residence or Permanent Resident Card (PRC) will be changed only to correct mistakes made by Citizenship and Immigration Canada in recording the information you provided when you applied to come to Canada. You must obtain the correct version before submitting your application for citizenship. Do not apply for citizenship until you have received a response to your request. Include your new corrected Permanent Resident Card or the letter of amendment and your original Record of Landing or Confirmation of Permanent Residence with your citizenship application. You may not change your birth date during the processing of your application for citizenship.

This guide does not provide general information about amending your Record of Landing (IMM 1000), Confirmation of Permanent Residence (IMM 5292, IMM 5688 or IMM 5509) or Permanent Resident Card (PRC). For information on amending your Record of Landing or your Confirmation of Permanent Residence, refer to the guide Request to Amend the Record of Landing, Confirmation of Permanent Residence or Valid Temporary Resident Documents (IMM 5218). For information on amending your Permanent Resident Card, refer to the guide Application for a Permanent Resident Card (IMM 5445).

Indicate the place and country where you were born.

B. Indicate whether you are F Female, M Male or X Another gender, your height, and the colour of your eyes. We need this information for our records. Your eye colour, sex, and height will be shown on your citizenship certificate.

C. Indicate your legal marital status.

Section 6

A. Provide your current home address complete with postal code.

B. If your mailing address is different from your home address, include your mailing address, complete with postal code.

If the mailing address is that of a representative, you must indicate their mailing address in this section and complete the Use of a Representative Form (IMM 5476) (opens in new tab) .

C. List the phone number(s) where you can be reached.

Indicate your e-mail address using this format (if applicable): name@provider.net

If you provide your e-mail address, IRCC may correspond with you about your application via e-mail if necessary.

If the email address is that of a representative, you must indicate their e-mail address in this section and complete the IMM 5476 form (opens in new tab) .

D. Write how long you have lived at your current home address.

Section 7

In order for a citizenship officer and/or judge to make an assessment concerning your physical presence in Canada, complete Section 7 of the application in detail. You may be asked to provide original documentation to support the statements you make in Section 7.

A. List all countries of which you are a citizen. Indicate the dates and how you obtained this citizenship.

B. If your most recent certificate of Canadian citizenship was issued before February 15, 1977 or you have never had a certificate, list all absences from Canada for one (1) year or longer before 1977. List from the date you left Canada to the date you returned. Indicate in which country you were living and the reason for the absence.

C. Give the date when you became a permanent resident. Refer to box 45 of your Record of Landing (IMM 1000), box 46 of your Confirmation of Permanent Residence (IMM 5292, IMM 5688 or IMM 5509), or the back of your Permanent Resident Card (PRC).

D. Give the date you returned to Canada to live if different from C.

E. Write if you are a permanent resident (or the equivalent) of any other country other than Canada. If yes, list the country (countries) and the date you obtained this status for each country.

F. If you left Canada in the last two (2) years immediately before the date of your application or since you became a Permanent Resident, whichever is most recent (including vacations and all trips to the United States), indicate yes and give details of all the time you spent away from Canada. If you have not travelled outside Canada in the past two (2) years, check no and move to section (G).

G. List all of your Canadian and overseas addresses for the last two (2) years, including the postal codes.

H. Answer all of the questions by checking yes or no. If you checked yes for any of the questions, you must complete the Residence Outside Canada form (CIT 0177), and submit any supporting documents requested in that form.

Note that the only eligible employers are the Canadian Armed Forces, the federal public administration or the public service of a province. Employment as a locally engaged person is not included.

Section 8

Under the Income Tax Act, you may need to file your taxes for the tax year before you apply for citizenship.

Check the box in A or B to indicate if you have a social insurance number (SIN), a temporary tax number (TTN) or an individual tax number (ITN).

If you check box A

• Please provide the most recent number that you used to file your income taxes (SIN, TTN or ITN).
• Write down the tax year before the year you apply for citizenship under “Taxation year.”
• Under Required to file column
  • check “Yes” if you needed to file your income tax that year
  • check “No” if you didn’t need to file a tax return that year
• Under Taxes filed column
  • check “Yes” if you filed a tax return that year
  • check “No” if you didn’t file a tax return that year

With your consent, we’ll

• share your income tax filing information with CRA
• use this information to check if you meet the income tax filing and physical presence requirements of the Citizenship Act

If you don’t provide your consent, we’ll return your application to you without processing it.

If you check box B

You’re declaring that you

• don’t have a SIN, TTN or ITN, and
• weren’t required to file personal income tax for the taxation year before the year you apply for citizenship

To check your personal tax information, you may refer to the CRA’s My Account.

Section 9

Certain conditions outlined in the Citizenship Act may affect your application to resume citizenship. If any of the questions in Section 9 of the application apply to you, you must provide details and if applicable, attach court documents.

We check with the Royal Canadian Mounted Police and the Canadian Security Intelligence Service, IRCC officials and/or Canada Border Services Agency officials to find out if there are any criminal, security or immigration reasons that could prevent you from resuming Canadian citizenship or if there are any removal orders against you. Also, your entry to Canada and your status will be verified with Immigration officials.

You may be required to provide fingerprints or court documents to ensure that you are not prohibited under the Citizenship Act.

Police certificate(s)

You need to provide an original police certificate from each country other than Canada if you were there

• for 6 months or more in a row, and
• within 2 years immediately before the date of your application

To be valid, the police certificate must be either issued

• after the last time you were in that country, or
• no more than 6 months before the date you sign your citizenship application

We may request a police certificate at any point during the application process, even if you submitted a valid certificate with your application.

Find out how to get a police certificate

Section 10

Check the box to indicate if you have ever lived in Canada. If yes, indicate either since birth or the date you first entered Canada to live.

Section 11

Answer all questions regarding your parents as applicable:

• Indicate the relationship of your parents to you by indicating Natural or Adoptive.
• Indicate your parents’ family name, given name(s), date of birth and place/country of birth.
• Indicate where your parents were married (if applicable) and the date of the marriage.
• Indicate how your parents obtained Canadian citizenship.
• Indicate if your parents left Canada for more than one (1) year before 1977. If yes, indicate the dates they were away and the country they were in.
• Indicate if your parents are or were a citizen of a country other than Canada. If yes, indicate the details showing the country, date and how the citizenship was obtained.
• Indicate if your parents were employed in Canada by a foreign government or international agency. If yes, provide details.
• If your parents were born in Canada, indicate if one of your grandparents was employed by a foreign government or international agency. If yes, provide details.

Section 12

If you are a woman and married before January 1, 1947:

• Indicate your spouse’s family name, given name(s), country and date of birth.
• Indicate the country you were married in and the date of your marriage.
• Indicate if your spouse is a Canadian citizen, and if your spouse is, provide the details.
• Indicate the number from your spouse’s citizenship certificate, if your spouse has one, and the date they acquired citizenship.

Provide the above information for each marriage before January 1, 1947.

Section 13

New citizens are issued a citizenship certificate as proof of citizenship. Citizenship certificates come in either paper or electronic (printable PDF) format. Citizens can have only one type of certificate but are allowed to print a copy of their electronic certificate.

Check the box next to the type of citizenship certificate you would like to receive, either paper or electronic Citizenship Certificate.

Unless you have requested a paper certificate, you must provide an email address in the application form to receive your e-certificate.

Section 14

Congratulatory letter

If you check the “yes” box:

• you authorize IRCC to provide your name, address and preferred official language to your federal Member of Parliament so that they can send you a letter of congratulations once your Canadian citizenship is resumed.

If you check the “no” box:

• IRCC will not forward your information to your Member of Parliament.

Section 15

(a) National Register of Electors – Authorization

Check either the Yes box or the No box to indicate whether or not you authorize IRCC to provide your name, address, gender and date of birth to Elections Canada to be added to the National Register of Electors (the Register). When you become a Canadian citizen and are 18 years of age or older, you have the right to vote in federal elections and referendums. Elections Canada maintains the Register and uses it during a federal election or referendum to produce voters lists and to communicate with eligible voters.

If you check the Yes box, IRCC will provide your name, address, gender and date of birth to Elections Canada to be added to the Register, but only after you become a Canadian citizen. If you check the No box, IRCC will not provide your information to Elections Canada. You will still have the right to vote in federal elections and referendums, but you will have to take the necessary steps to be added to the list.

More information about the Register and its uses is available at www.elections.ca. You can also call Elections Canada at 1-800-463-6868.

(b) Québec’s Permanent List of Electors - Authorization

For Québec residents only.

When you resume your Canadian citizenship, you will have the right to vote. As soon as you become a Canadian citizen, you may want to have your name entered on Québec’s Permanent List of Electors.

What is Québec’s Permanent List of Electors?

The Permanent List of Electors is the registry of persons who are entitled to vote during elections and referendums in Québec. Those persons whose names appear on this list have the right to vote in provincial, municipal and school elections. The Chief Electoral Officer of Québec is responsible for drawing up and updating the Permanent List of Electors.

If you check the “yes” box in Section 15 (b):

• You authorize IRCC to provide your name, address, gender and date of birth to the Chief Electoral Officer of Québec so that your name can be added to the Permanent List of Electors if you become a Canadian citizen;

If you check the “no” box in Section 15 (b):

• IRCC will not give your information to the Chief Electoral Officer of Québec;
• To be able to vote in a provincial, municipal or school election, you will have to go to the revision office and present two supporting documents to register your name on the list of electors.

Your personal information is protected.

Under the Election Act of Québec, the information provided by IRCC to the Chief Electoral Officer may only be used for election purposes. The computer systems of IRCC and those of the Chief Electoral Officer of Québec are not linked. IRCC will not disclose to the Chief Electoral Officer of Québec the information needed to register you on the Permanent List of Electors without your consent.

For more information, call toll-free: 1-888-ELECTION (1-888-353-2846) or visit the Chief Electoral Officer of Québec.

(c) Canada Revenue Agency

Subsection 8(1) of the Privacy Act and paragraph 241(5)(b) of the Income Tax Act allows the CRA to provide personal information to IRCC, with the consent of the relevant individuals.

This consent is required under paragraph 12(1)(f) of the Citizenship Regulations No. 2.

1. Check Yes box to authorize the Canada Revenue Agency (CRA) to provide details of your tax filing information to IRCC.  By selecting Yes you are also authorizing IRCC to collect your tax filing information from the CRA in order to determine whether you meet the income tax filing requirement for citizenship.
2. Check Yes box to authorize the Canada Revenue Agency (CRA) to provide details of your tax filing information (including income, benefit, and physical presence information) to IRCC.  By selecting Yes you are also authorizing IRCC to collect your tax filing information from the CRA in order to help determine whether you meet the physical presence requirement for citizenship.

Section 16

If you appoint an individual, firm or organization as your representative, you must complete the Use of a Representative Form (IMM 5476) (opens in new tab) . Note that once you appoint a representative, all correspondence from IRCC regarding your application will be directed to them and not to you.

Section 17

You must sign the application with the signature you currently use on other official documents. Indicate where and when (date and place) you signed your application. Make sure you are eligible to resume citizenship before that date because the application fee is not refundable.

The application must be signed and dated before it is sent for processing. Citizenship and Immigration Canada will use the date you sign your application for the purpose of determining whether you meet the applicable criteria. If your application is not signed and dated, it will be returned to you. Your application will also be returned to you if it is stale-dated (we receive an application signed more than three (3) months ago) or if it is post-dated (we receive an application dated into the future).

Your application will be returned to you if:

• You have appointed an individual, firm or organization as your representative and you did not submit the Use of a Representative form (IMM 5476) (opens in new tab)  with your application or the Use of a Representative form you submitted is incomplete.
• You appoint a compensated representative who is not:
  • a member of the designated body (consultants who is in good standing of the College of Immigration and Citizenship Consultants (CICC);
  • a lawyer or paralegal who is member in good standing of a Canadian provincial or territorial law society or a student-at-law under their supervision; or
  • a notary who is a member in good standing of the Chambre des notaires du Québec or a student-at-law under their supervision.