Additional documents

I have recived letter to give last 4 years addresses...I think I gave all the addresses in the application, any indication as to what is happening ??

Vancouver
Applied jan 2013
in process jan 2013
Additional documents July 2013


Edited by 123smike - 23 Jul 2013 at 2:43pm

Did you get the letter from CPC-Sydney or your local office?

Edited by SuperCan - 16 Jul 2013 at 1:43am

I just recieved the letter not sent anything

I have the cbsa 3 years information, it says how many exists I had..and it clearly shows my presence of 1100 days in Canada..I have all the rental agreements etc..

It is not clear from that discussion whether the request, in that instance, came from the local office or Sydney, but the timeline suggests it came from the local office. From your timeline I would have guessed similarly albeit with less confidence (over a year since app was "in process" in that case, compared to six months in yours).

It is clear, however, that the reason for the request in that case was the applicant's failure to provide addresses for the full four years prior to applying (as specifically instructed in the application), but rather that individual did not report address abroad prior to landing notwithstanding it was within the four year time frame.

In contrast, your query asserts you provided all addresses as instructed.

The other contrast is that in the other instance, the request for address information was very specific, clearly requesting information that applicant did not provide (I copy the post below for reference here). Your query indicates the request is for the "last four years."

If what underlies the request in your case is that, indeed, similar to the other case, you failed to include all address information for the full four years prior to the date of applying, that probably does explain why you got this request and, probably, it is not that big a deal (but for the impact relative to heightened scrutiny and some delay as I explain in my response to waleedhk).

That said, the contrasts remain, and if you did declare all addresses for the full four years prior to applying, that would indicate something else is going on.

Please keep us posted.




For reference and comparison:

waleedhk wrote: hi guys currently i have this status: We received your application for Canadian citizenship (grant of citizenship) on January 20, 2012. We sent you a letter acknowledging receipt of your application(s), and a study book called Discover Canada on January 20, 2012. Please consider delays in mail delivery before contacting us. We started processing your application on December 7, 2012. We sent you a letter on January 21, 2013. If you have not yet provided the information or the requested documents, please do so as soon as possible. Please wait until you receive the letter before sending us additional information, as the letter will outline all information that is required. Please consider delays in mail delivery before contacting us. -------------- the thing is I became a Permanent Resident on June 26th 2008. And in the letter i got on Jan 21, 2013 they say the addresses information you provided for the past 4 years is incomplete. And that they require information of my address period from Jan 2008 to Jun 2008. From what I think, this information should be irrelevant to CIC because i have completed my 3 years already and from jan-jun 08, i wasn't even a permanent residence. -------------- Should i just type it out if i mail them- like using microsoft word. Or is there some kind of special application i have to fill my addresses in?

123smike wrote: I have recived letter to give last 4 years addresses...I think I gave all the addresses in the application, any indication as to what is happening ?? Vancouver Applied june 2013 in process jan 2013 Additional documents July 2013

Note: in the other topic I thanked waleedhk for the post because, indeed, sometimes it is good to have such reminders about just how important it is to follow the instructions, and particularly to not second-guess what CIC wants -- waleedhk assumed that time prior to coming to Canada was NOT relevant so did not include it; CIC in contrast has explicitly stated that it considers any information requested to be relevant. At times I have been criticized for, in essence, approaching questions in a dumbing-down fashion, emphasizing the obvious, like emphasizing the need to follow the instructions. But, in following this stuff for years, and in my experience overall going back decades, the overall number one source of problems in bureaucratic processes is the extent to which many, many people fail to follow the instructions. From what I have observed the admonition to follow the instructions is something that cannot be repeated too often, that cannot be overemphasized.