Immigration in Canada for new refugees, citizens, and other aspirants has been going on for now. With the help of immigration, non-residents of Canada will be able to apply for permanent residence, citizenship or sponsor your family member with a Canada visa. There are many benefits of this procedure. With successful immigration, the outsiders will be able to stay in Canada as permanent residents. They will also get all the facilities and benefits that are entitled to the permanent residents of Canada.
However, the process of application for citizenship & of Canada was not very simple. To make things easier for the applicants, the citizenship applications for Canada can now be made online. From 11th August 2021 onwards, the online application for Canadian citizenship can opt. The IRCC or the Immigration, Refugees, and Citizenship Canada came up with launching a website such that online citizenship applications can be taken. As a result, many people will avoid visiting different places during the Covid-19 pandemic and complete the process online.
Applicants mainly apply to travel, study, work, do business, or immigrate to Canada. To make things simpler, this new tool has already been tested a lot of times. IRCC took care of the development of the website as a part of the initiative for modernizing the application process for Canadian citizenship. Additionally, this online procedure has also made this process hugely efficient.
The new online application for citizenship is user-friendly in all possible ways. If the applicants need to do some other work without filling the application, they can save the progress. Even if the application is completed only partially, the filled-out part can be saved. The rest of the application form can be continued to be filled as and when the applicant wants.
Resuming the application at a later time gives more ease in completing the form. Also, applicants will be able to upload the supporting documents needed for the application online. Applicants will also be provided with payment proof, and they can get a receipt as confirmation or print it in PDF form.
It is to be duly noted that the applicants who have applied for Canada Visa and citizenship in the offline format should refrain from making an online application again. Doing so will only create complications in the application procedure.
The platform’s capacity has already been tested by IRCC, as they gave the beta version during the last months of 2020. Now, the testing phase is complete, and they have launched the online application procedure to increase the number of applicants.
At present, the online application for being a citizen of Canada is open. However, it can be availed by persons with the following criteria-
- 18 years of age or above as of 11th August 2021
- Individual applications and not group or family applications
- No representatives are present
- No declaration of being a Crown servant resident or being part of a Crown servant family outside Canada
Within 2021, the online application will be made open to the following-
- Application in groups or family
- Age below 18 years or minors
From 2022 onwards, the online citizenship application will be expanded even further to-.
- Applicants with representatives, where the representatives need to apply
- Applicants who have a declaration of being a Crown servant resident or being part of a Crown servant family outside Canada
Problems may arise while filling up the online application form. In such cases, having the opinion of an immigration consultant can be very useful. To know more about the application procedure in detail, contact Overseas Haven to get all your queries answered!