Application to resume Canadian citizenship under subsection 11(1) (CIT 0301)

Table of Contents

• Overview
• Citizenship fees
• How to complete your application
• Where to send your application
• What happens next

Overview

This application is for a person who was previously a Canadian citizen, other than a person whose citizenship was revoked, and who wishes to resume citizenship under subsection 11(1) of the Citizenship Act. Do not use this application if you automatically acquired citizenship under amendments to the Citizenship Act that took effect April 17, 2009 or June 11, 2015.

• you lost British subject status prior to January 1, 1947 (or prior to April 1, 1949 in the case of a person born or naturalized in Newfoundland and Labrador) because you made a declaration of alienage, had your British subject status revoked or ceased to be a British subject as a consequence of the revocation of another person’s status as a British subject;

or

• you had your Canadian citizenship revoked.

In such cases, you must apply for Canadian citizenship using the Application for Canadian citizenship - Adults (CIT 0002), where you can obtain the instruction guide and forms.

Before you apply

Read the instructions carefully. They contain important information. Be sure you are eligible the day before you sign and date your application. There is no refund of the processing fee.

Who can apply to resume their Canadian citizenship?

To qualify to resume your Canadian citizenship you must:

• have been a Canadian citizen;
• have lost your Canadian citizenship by means other than revocation;
• not be under a removal order (asked by Canadian officials to leave Canada);
• have become a permanent resident of Canada after the loss of your Canadian citizenship;
• not have any unfulfilled immigration conditions linked to your permanent resident status;
• have been physically present in Canada as a permanent resident for at least 365 days during the two (2) years immediately before you apply;
• have met any applicable requirement under the Income Tax Act to file income taxes for the taxation year immediately before the year in which you are applying for citizenship; and
• not be subject to any prohibition under the Citizenship Act (see Section 9 of the application).

What you must send with your application

Documents

If this is your first citizenship application you must send original or certified true copies of all your documents. If the documents you are submitting are certified true copies, an authorized person must swear or affirm that the copies are true copies of the originals. An authorized person can be a commissioner of oaths, a notary public or a justice of the peace.

If you have made a citizenship application in the past, you may send a clear and legible photocopy of your documents.

You must send:

• proof that you were once a Canadian citizen (for example, a birth certificate or a Canadian citizenship certificate);
• proof that you ceased to be a Canadian citizen (for example, a foreign naturalization certificate or a written notification issued by the Canadian Citizenship authorities advising that you are no longer a Canadian citizen);
• Canadian immigration record (either your Record of Landing (IMM 1000) or your Confirmation of Permanent Residence (IMM 5292, IMM 5688 or IMM 5509) and both sides of your Permanent Resident Card (PRC) if you have one;
• at least two (2) pieces of personal identification, one of which must have your photo, such as a driver’s licence or a health insurance card;
• other documents, such as your marriage certificate and/or legal change of name certificate (if applicable).

Optional:

• Request form for a Change of Sex or Gender Identifier [IRM 0002] (PDF, 1.79 MB)

Citizenship fees

Your fees

Use the table below to calculate the total amount of fees to be paid. Fees must be included with this application.

Explanation of fees and refunds

This section describes the fees that are required and if they are refundable. All payment must be made in Canadian funds.

Processing Fee

Amount: $530 for each adult applicant and $100 for each minor

Non-refundable once processing has begun, regardless of the final decision.

How to complete your application

If you are applying for resumption of citizenship under subsection 11(1), before completing the application to resume Canadian citizenship, calculate your physical presence time to determine whether you qualify to apply now. You must be a permanent resident residing in Canada for at least 365 days during the two (2) years immediately before the date you sign your application. Time spent on probation, on parole, or in prison during this year may not qualify as physical presence time. If you have questions about your physical presence, contact the Call Centre.

Follow the instructions carefully. An application will not be accepted for processing if all of the necessary documents have not been submitted. If you need more space to answer any questions use an extra sheet of paper and indicate the number and/or letter of the question you are answering.

Warning: The information you provide on your application and supporting documents may be subject to verification. Throughout the application process, if you or someone on your behalf provides any misleading or fraudulent information, or withhold any information that could cause an error in the administration of the Citizenship Act, you could be charged with an offence under the Citizenship Act, your application to resume citizenship could be refused, and you could be prohibited from reapplying for citizenship for five (5) years.

Follow these step-by-step instructions

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).

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, CIC 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.

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

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

Section 14

Congratulatory letter

If you check the “yes” box:

• you authorize CIC 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:

• CIC 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 CIC 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, CIC 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, CIC 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 CIC 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):

• CIC 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 CIC to the Chief Electoral Officer may only be used for election purposes. The computer systems of CIC and those of the Chief Electoral Officer of Québec are not linked. CIC 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 CIC, 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 CIC. By selecting Yes you are also authorizing CIC 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 CIC. By selecting Yes you are also authorizing CIC 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). Note that once you appoint a representative, all correspondence from CIC regarding your application will be directed to them and not to you.

For instructions on completing the Use of a Representative form (IMM 5476), see: Guide 5561 – Instructions – Use of a Representative.

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).

Note: 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) 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 who 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.

Where to send your application

On the envelope to mail your application, print:

What happens next

Once your application is received at the Case Processing Centre (CPC) in Sydney, Nova Scotia, it will be reviewed and processing will begin.

Some applications may encounter delays and require more time for processing. In these cases, you will be contacted for more information, or asked to supply additional documents. You may be asked to appear in person before a citizenship officer and/or judge.

If you meet the requirements to resume citizenship and you are in Canada, your local citizenship office will let you know when and where to go to take the oath of citizenship before a citizenship judge. If you meet the requirements to resume citizenship and you are outside Canada, CIC will let you know when and where to go to take the oath of citizenship before a foreign service officer. If you would like to take the oath in Canada, please let CIC know.

After you take the oath, you will receive your citizenship certificate.

Checking application status on line

You can check the status of your application on-line by doing the following:

1. Go to Check application status on the CIC website.
2. Follow the instructions provided.

To obtain details on how to remove your application status information from the Internet, visit the Help Centre section.

If you reside in Canada:

You may Contact Us for more information.

Protecting your information

Your personal information:

• is available to CIC and CBSA employees who need to see it in order to provide the services to you,
• may be shared, with your consent, with the Canada Revenue Agency (CRA) for the purposes of validating your tax filing and residence information, and
• is not disclosed to anyone else except as permitted under the provisions of the Privacy Act and Citizenship Regulations.

Note: The legal authority for CIC to collect income tax information, including filing history and the Social Insurance Number (SIN) is provided for in subsection 11(1) of the Citizenship Act, section 26.6 of the Citizenship Regulations and paragraph 12(1)(e) of the Citizenship Regulations, No 2. The CRA’s legal authority to disclose income tax information including filing history upon applicant consent is provided for in paragraph 241(5)(b) of the Income Tax Act. Income tax information including filing history provided by the CRA to CIC may be used to verify a citizenship applicant’s income tax information including filing history for the purpose of assessing their citizenship application against the tax filing and physical presence requirements of paragraph 11(1)(d) of the Citizenship Act. CIC may, on occasion, send information pertaining to a citizenship application to the CRA in respect of any relevant information related to any discrepancies between the information obtained from the applicant and that provided by the CRA if there are reasonable grounds to believe that the discrepancy is a result of false representation, fraud or concealment of material circumstances made in the course of an application, as well as any personal information, including the SIN, of an applicant that the CRA is authorized to collect for the purpose of the administration of the Income Tax Act. CIC will not use this information for any other purpose or share it with any other third party.

For more information. You can obtain additional information on the protection of your data by visiting the Help Centre on our website.

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