Apply for a Canadian citizenship certificate: How to apply

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About the process</a></li> <li class="col-md-4 col-sm-6"><a class="list-group-item hght-inhrt" href="/en/immigration-refugees-citizenship/services/canadian-citizenship/proof-citizenship/eligibility.html">2. Who can apply</a></li> <li class="col-md-4 col-sm-6"><a class="list-group-item hght-inhrt active">3. How to apply</a></li> <li class="col-md-4 col-sm-6"><a class="list-group-item hght-inhrt" href="/en/immigration-refugees-citizenship/services/canadian-citizenship/proof-citizenship/after-apply-next-steps.html">4. After you apply</a></li> </ul> </div> </div> </div> <div class="reference parbase section"><div class="cq-dd-paragraph"><div class="mwsgeneric_base_html mwsgeneric-base-html parbase"> <span data-incl-name="doc-2021-bc-flood-eng"></span>  </div> </div> </div> <div class="mwsgeneric-base-html parbase section"> <div class="alert alert-warning"> <p>Before you start, <a href="/en/immigration-refugees-citizenship/services/canadian-citizenship/proof-citizenship/eligibility.html">check if you can apply for a citizenship certificate</a>.</p> </div> </div> <div class="mwsgeneric-base-html parbase section"> <h2>On this page</h2> <ul> <li><a href="#apply-online">Apply online</a></li> <li><a href="#apply-paper">Apply on paper</a></li> </ul> <h2 id="apply-online">Apply online</h2> <div class="alert alert-warning"> <p>If you’ve already applied on paper, do <strong>not</strong> apply online for the same request. If you do, we <strong>won’t</strong> process your online application.</p> </div> <p>You <strong>may</strong> be able to apply online for a citizenship certificate (proof of citizenship). If you can’t or don’t want to apply online, you can <a href="#apply-paper">apply on paper</a>.</p> </div> <div class="mwsgeneric-base-html parbase section"> <div class="wb-frmvld hidden" id="ff" data-gc-analytics-formname="IRCC: Citizenship Certificate - Online application" data-gc-analytics-collect="[ { "value":"select", "emptyField": "Any" } ]"> <form> <div class="wb-fieldflow" data-wb-fieldflow="{ "noForm": true, "unhideelm": "#ff", "hideelm": ".rslt, .pe", "reset":{"action": "addClass", "source": ".rslt", "class": "hidden"} }"> <div class="wb-fieldflow-header"> <p>Answer a few questions to check if you can apply online.</p> <p class="wb-fieldflow-label">What would you like to do?</p> </div> <ul> <li>Get a citizenship certificate for the first time <div class="wb-fieldflow-sub" data-wb-fieldflow="{ "reset":{"action": "addClass", "source": ".rslt", "class": "hidden"} }"> <p>Who are you applying for?</p> <ul> <li>Myself (an adult 18 years of age or older) <div class="wb-fieldflow-sub" data-wb-fieldflow="{ "reset":{"action": "addClass", "source": ".rslt", "class": "hidden"} }"> <p>Where were you born?</p> <ul> <li data-wb-fieldflow="{"action":"removeClass", "source": "#paper", "class": "hidden"}">In Canada </li> <li>Outside Canada <div class="wb-fieldflow-sub" data-wb-fieldflow="{ "reset":{"action": "addClass", "source": ".rslt", "class": "hidden"} }"> <p>When were you born?</p> <ul> <li>On or before February 14, 1977 <div class="wb-fieldflow-sub" data-wb-fieldflow="{ "reset":{"action": "addClass", "source": ".rslt", "class": "hidden"} }"> <p>Were you adopted by a Canadian citizen?</p> <ul> <li data-wb-fieldflow="{"action":"removeClass", "source": "#adult-adopt-outside", "class": "hidden"}"> Yes</li> <li data-wb-fieldflow="{"action":"removeClass", "source": "#paper", "class": "hidden"}"> No</li> </ul> </div> </li> <li>On or after February 15, 1977 <div class="wb-fieldflow-sub" data-wb-fieldflow="{ "reset":{"action": "addClass", "source": ".rslt", "class": "hidden"} }"> <p>When you were born, was one of your parents a Canadian citizen?</p> <ul> <li>Yes <div class="wb-fieldflow-sub" data-wb-fieldflow="{ "reset":{"action": "addClass", "source": ".rslt", "class": "hidden"} }"> <p>What is your relationship to your Canadian parent?</p> <ul> <li>They’re my biological parent <div class="wb-fieldflow-sub" data-wb-fieldflow="{ "reset":{"action": "addClass", "source": ".rslt", "class": "hidden"} }"> <p>Was your Canadian parent born in Canada?</p> <ul> <li>Yes <div class="wb-fieldflow-sub" data-wb-fieldflow="{ "reset":{"action": "addClass", "source": ".rslt", "class": "hidden"} }"> <p>When was your Canadian parent born?</p> <ul> <li data-wb-fieldflow="{"action":"removeClass", "source": "#paper", "class": "hidden"}"> On or before February 14, 1977</li> <li data-wb-fieldflow="{"action":"removeClass", "source": ".online", "class": "hidden"}"> On or after February 15, 1977</li> <li data-wb-fieldflow="{"action":"removeClass", "source": "#paper", "class": "hidden"}"> I don't know</li> </ul> </div> </li> <li>No <div class="wb-fieldflow-sub" data-wb-fieldflow="{ "reset":{"action": "addClass", "source": ".rslt", "class": "hidden"} }"> <p>When did your parent become a Canadian citizen?</p> <ul> <li data-wb-fieldflow="{"action":"removeClass", "source": "#paper", "class": "hidden"}"> On or before April 16, 2009</li> <li>On or after April 17, 2009 <div class="wb-fieldflow-sub" data-wb-fieldflow="{ "reset":{"action": "addClass", "source": ".rslt", "class": "hidden"} }"> <div class="wb-fieldflow-header"> <div class="wb-fieldflow-label"> <p>When your Canadian parent was born or adopted, was one of their parents (your grandparent) a Canadian citizen or crown servant?</p> <button type="button" class="btn btn-info wb-toggle" data-toggle="{"selector": ".btnHelpText1", "stateOn": "show", "stateOff": "hidden"}">Help</button> </div> <div class="clearfix"></div> <div class="alert alert-info hidden btnHelpText1 wb-toggle"> <p>A crown servant is a person employed in or with the</p> <ul> <li>Canadian Armed Forces</li> <li>federal public administration</li> <li>public service of a Canadian province or territory</li> </ul> <p>Crown servants <strong>don’t</strong> include locally engaged employees (foreign citizens hired in their own countries by the Canadian government to support Canadian offices abroad).</p> </div> </div> <ul> <li data-wb-fieldflow="{"action":"removeClass", "source": "#paper", "class": "hidden"}"> Yes, my grandparent was a Canadian citizen</li> <li data-wb-fieldflow="{"action":"removeClass", "source": "#paper", "class": "hidden"}"> Yes, my grandparent was a Canadian crown servant</li> <li data-wb-fieldflow="{"action":"removeClass", "source": ".online", "class": "hidden"}"> No</li> <li data-wb-fieldflow="{"action":"removeClass", "source": "#paper", "class": "hidden"}"> I don’t know</li> </ul> </div> </li> <li data-wb-fieldflow="{"action":"removeClass", "source": "#paper", "class": "hidden"}"> I don't know</li> </ul> </div> </li> <li data-wb-fieldflow="{"action":"removeClass", "source": "#paper", "class": "hidden"}"> I don’t know</li> </ul> </div> </li> <li>They’re my non-biological legal parent at birth <div class="wb-fieldflow-sub" data-wb-fieldflow="{ "reset":{"action": "addClass", "source": ".rslt", "class": "hidden"} }"> <div class="wb-fieldflow-header"> <p>Learn about <a href="/en/services/immigration-citizenship/helpcentre/glossary.html#legal-parent">legal parent at birth</a>.</p> <p class="wb-fieldflow-label">Was your Canadian parent born in Canada?</p> </div> <ul> <li>Yes <div class="wb-fieldflow-sub" data-wb-fieldflow="{ "reset":{"action": "addClass", "source": ".rslt", "class": "hidden"} }"> <p>When was your Canadian parent born?</p> <ul> <li data-wb-fieldflow="{"action":"removeClass", "source": "#paper", "class": "hidden"}"> On or before February 14, 1977</li> <li data-wb-fieldflow="{"action":"removeClass", "source": ".online", "class": "hidden"}"> On or after February 15, 1977</li> <li data-wb-fieldflow="{"action":"removeClass", "source": "#paper", "class": "hidden"}"> I don't know</li> </ul> </div> </li> <li>No <div class="wb-fieldflow-sub" data-wb-fieldflow="{ "reset":{"action": "addClass", "source": ".rslt", "class": "hidden"} }"> <p>When did your parent become a Canadian citizen?</p> <ul> <li data-wb-fieldflow="{"action":"removeClass", "source": "#paper", "class": "hidden"}"> on or before April 16, 2009</li> <li>on or after April 17, 2009 <div class="wb-fieldflow-sub" data-wb-fieldflow="{ "reset":{"action": "addClass", "source": ".rslt", "class": "hidden"} }"> <div class="wb-fieldflow-header"> <div class="wb-fieldflow-label"> <p>When your Canadian parent was born or adopted, was one of their parents (your grandparent) a Canadian citizen or crown servant?</p> <button type="button" class="btn btn-info wb-toggle" data-toggle="{"selector": ".btnHelpText2", "stateOn": "show", "stateOff": "hidden"}">Help</button> </div> <div class="clearfix"></div> <div class="alert alert-info hidden btnHelpText2 wb-toggle"> <p>A crown servant is a person employed in or with the</p> <ul> <li>Canadian Armed Forces</li> <li>federal public administration</li> <li>public service of a Canadian province or territory</li> </ul> <p>Crown servants <strong>don’t</strong> include locally engaged employees (foreign citizens hired in their own countries by the Canadian government to support Canadian offices abroad).</p> </div> </div> <ul> <li data-wb-fieldflow="{"action":"removeClass", "source": "#paper", "class": "hidden"}"> Yes, my grandparent was a Canadian citizen</li> <li data-wb-fieldflow="{"action":"removeClass", "source": "#paper", "class": "hidden"}"> Yes, my grandparent was a Canadian crown servant</li> <li data-wb-fieldflow="{"action":"removeClass", "source": ".online", "class": "hidden"}"> No</li> <li data-wb-fieldflow="{"action":"removeClass", "source": "#paper", "class": "hidden"}"> I don't know</li> </ul> </div> </li> <li data-wb-fieldflow="{"action":"removeClass", "source": "#paper", "class": "hidden"}"> I don't know</li> </ul> </div> </li> <li data-wb-fieldflow="{"action":"removeClass", "source": "#paper", "class": "hidden"}"> I don't know</li> </ul> </div> </li> <li data-wb-fieldflow="{"action":"removeClass", "source": "#paper", "class": "hidden"}"> They’re a non-biological parent who became my legal parent after my birth</li> <li data-wb-fieldflow="{"action":"removeClass", "source": "#adult-adopt-outside", "class": "hidden"}"> They’re my adoptive parent</li> </ul> </div> </li> <li data-wb-fieldflow="{"action":"removeClass", "source": "#paper", "class": "hidden"}"> No</li> <li data-wb-fieldflow="{"action":"removeClass", "source": "#paper", "class": "hidden"}"> I don't know</li> </ul> </div> </li> </ul> </div> </li> </ul> </div> </li> <li>Myself (adult 18 years of age or older) and a minor (under 18) <div class="wb-fieldflow-sub" data-wb-fieldflow="{ "reset":{"action": "addClass", "source": ".rslt", "class": "hidden"} }"> <p>Is the minor an adopted child who was born outside Canada?</p> <ul> <li data-wb-fieldflow="{"action":"removeClass", "source": "#apply-together-outside", "class": "hidden"}"> Yes</li> <li data-wb-fieldflow="{"action":"removeClass", "source": "#paper", "class": "hidden"}">No</li> </ul> </div> </li> <li>My child (under 18 years old) <div class="wb-fieldflow-sub" data-wb-fieldflow="{ "reset":{"action": "addClass", "source": ".rslt", "class": "hidden"} }"> <div class="wb-fieldflow-header"> <p>The parent applying <strong>must</strong> be the child’s</p> <ul> <li>biological parent, or</li> <li>legal parent at birth if it’s a non-biological parent <button type="button" class="btn btn-info wb-toggle" data-toggle="{"selector": ".btnHelpText3", "stateOn": "show", "stateOff": "hidden"}">Help</button> </li> </ul> <div class="alert alert-info hidden btnHelpText3 wb-toggle"> <p>The parent is listed on the <strong>original</strong> birth certificate or birth record of a child (the birth certificate or record issued at the time of birth).</p> <p>This does <strong>not</strong> include</p> <ul> <li>parents who adopted the child after they were born</li> <li>legal guardians</li> </ul> </div> <p class="wb-fieldflow-label">Is your child a permanent resident of Canada?</p> </div> <ul> <li data-wb-fieldflow="{"action":"removeClass", "source": "#pr-child-outside", "class": "hidden"}"> Yes</li> <li>No <div class="wb-fieldflow-sub" data-wb-fieldflow="{ "reset":{"action": "addClass", "source": ".rslt", "class": "hidden"} }"> <p>How many children are you applying for?</p> <ul> <li>1 child <div class="wb-fieldflow-sub" data-wb-fieldflow="{ "reset":{"action": "addClass", "source": ".rslt", "class": "hidden"} }"> <p>Where was your child born?</p> <ul> <li data-wb-fieldflow="{"action":"removeClass", "source": "#paper", "class": "hidden"}"> In Canada</li> <li>Outside Canada <div class="wb-fieldflow-sub" data-wb-fieldflow="{ "reset":{"action": "addClass", "source": ".rslt", "class": "hidden"} }"> <p>When your child was born, was one of their parents a Canadian citizen?</p> <ul> <li>Yes <div class="wb-fieldflow-sub" data-wb-fieldflow="{ "reset":{"action": "addClass", "source": ".rslt", "class": "hidden"} }"> <p>Was the Canadian parent born in Canada?</p> <ul> <li>Yes <div class="wb-fieldflow-sub" data-wb-fieldflow="{ "reset":{"action": "addClass", "source": ".rslt", "class": "hidden"} }"> <p>When was the Canadian parent born?</p> <ul> <li data-wb-fieldflow="{"action":"removeClass", "source": "#paper", "class": "hidden"}"> On or before February 14, 1977</li> <li data-wb-fieldflow="{"action":"removeClass", "source": ".online", "class": "hidden"}"> On or after February 15, 1977</li> <li data-wb-fieldflow="{"action":"removeClass", "source": "#paper", "class": "hidden"}"> I don’t know</li> </ul> </div> </li> <li>No <div class="wb-fieldflow-sub" data-wb-fieldflow="{ "reset":{"action": "addClass", "source": ".rslt", "class": "hidden"} }"> <p>When did the parent become a Canadian citizen?</p> <ul> <li data-wb-fieldflow="{"action":"removeClass", "source": "#paper", "class": "hidden"}"> On or before April 16, 2009</li> <li>On or after April 17, 2009 <div class="wb-fieldflow-sub" data-wb-fieldflow="{ "reset":{"action": "addClass", "source": ".rslt", "class": "hidden"} }"> <div class="wb-fieldflow-header"> <div class="wb-fieldflow-label"> <p>When the Canadian parent was born or adopted, was one of their parents (your grandparent) a Canadian citizen or crown servant?</p> <button type="button" class="btn btn-info wb-toggle" data-toggle="{"selector": ".btnHelpText4", "stateOn": "show", "stateOff": "hidden"}">Help</button> </div> <div class="clearfix"></div> <div class="alert alert-info hidden btnHelpText4 wb-toggle"> <p>A crown servant is a person employed in or with the</p> <ul> <li>Canadian Armed Forces</li> <li>federal public administration</li> <li>public service of a Canadian province or territory</li> </ul> <p>Crown servants <strong>don’t</strong> include locally engaged employees (foreign citizens hired in their own countries by the Canadian government to support Canadian offices abroad).</p> </div> </div> <ul> <li data-wb-fieldflow="{"action":"removeClass", "source": "#paper", "class": "hidden"}"> Yes, my child’s grandparent was a Canadian citizen</li> <li data-wb-fieldflow="{"action":"removeClass", "source": "#paper", "class": "hidden"}"> Yes, my child’s grandparent was a Canadian crown servant</li> <li data-wb-fieldflow="{"action":"removeClass", "source": ".online", "class": "hidden"}"> No</li> <li data-wb-fieldflow="{"action":"removeClass", "source": "#paper", "class": "hidden"}"> I don’t know</li> </ul> </div> </li> <li data-wb-fieldflow="{"action":"removeClass", "source": "#paper", "class": "hidden"}"> I don’t know</li> </ul> </div> </li> <li data-wb-fieldflow="{"action":"removeClass", "source": "#paper", "class": "hidden"}"> I don’t know</li> </ul> </div> </li> <li data-wb-fieldflow="{"action":"removeClass", "source": "#paper", "class": "hidden"}"> No</li> <li data-wb-fieldflow="{"action":"removeClass", "source": "#paper", "class": "hidden"}"> I don’t know</li> </ul> </div> </li> </ul> </div> </li> <li>2 to 3 children <div class="wb-fieldflow-sub" data-wb-fieldflow="{ "reset":{"action": "addClass", "source": ".rslt", "class": "hidden"} }"> <p>Where were your children born?</p> <ul> <li>All were born outside Canada <div class="wb-fieldflow-sub" data-wb-fieldflow="{ "reset":{"action": "addClass", "source": ".rslt", "class": "hidden"} }"> <p>When your children were born, was one of their parents a Canadian citizen?</p> <ul> <li>Yes <div class="wb-fieldflow-sub" data-wb-fieldflow="{ "reset":{"action": "addClass", "source": ".rslt", "class": "hidden"} }"> <p>Was the Canadian parent born in Canada?</p> <ul> <li>Yes <div class="wb-fieldflow-sub" data-wb-fieldflow="{ "reset":{"action": "addClass", "source": ".rslt", "class": "hidden"} }"> <p>When was the Canadian parent born?</p> <ul> <li data-wb-fieldflow="{"action":"removeClass", "source": "#paper", "class": "hidden"}"> On or before February 14, 1977</li> <li data-wb-fieldflow="{"action":"removeClass", "source": ".online", "class": "hidden"}"> On or after February 15, 1977</li> <li data-wb-fieldflow="{"action":"removeClass", "source": "#paper", "class": "hidden"}"> I don’t know</li> </ul> </div> </li> <li>No <div class="wb-fieldflow-sub" data-wb-fieldflow="{ "reset":{"action": "addClass", "source": ".rslt", "class": "hidden"} }"> <p>When did the parent become a Canadian citizen?</p> <ul> <li data-wb-fieldflow="{"action":"removeClass", "source": "#paper", "class": "hidden"}"> On or before April 16, 2009</li> <li>On or after April 17, 2009 <div class="wb-fieldflow-sub" data-wb-fieldflow="{ "reset":{"action": "addClass", "source": ".rslt", "class": "hidden"} }"> <div class="wb-fieldflow-header"> <div class="wb-fieldflow-label"> <p>When the Canadian parent was born or adopted, was one of their parents (your grandparent) a Canadian citizen or crown servant?</p> <button type="button" class="btn btn-info wb-toggle" data-toggle="{"selector": ".btnHelpText5", "stateOn": "show", "stateOff": "hidden"}">Help</button> </div> <div class="clearfix"></div> <div class="alert alert-info hidden btnHelpText5 wb-toggle"> <p>A crown servant is a person employed in or with the</p> <ul> <li>Canadian Armed Forces</li> <li>federal public administration</li> <li>public service of a Canadian province or territory</li> </ul> <p>Crown servants <strong>don’t</strong> include locally engaged employees (foreign citizens hired in their own countries by the Canadian government to support Canadian offices abroad).</p> </div> </div> <ul> <li data-wb-fieldflow="{"action":"removeClass", "source": "#paper", "class": "hidden"}"> Yes, all of my children have a grandparent who was a Canadian citizen </li> <li data-wb-fieldflow="{"action":"removeClass", "source": "#paper", "class": "hidden"}"> Yes, all of my children have a grandparent who was a Canadian crown servant</li> <li data-wb-fieldflow="{"action":"removeClass", "source": "#paper", "class": "hidden"}"> Yes, some of my children have a grandparent who was a Canadian citizen</li> <li data-wb-fieldflow="{"action":"removeClass", "source": "#paper", "class": "hidden"}"> Yes, some of my children have a grandparent who was a Canadian crown servant</li> <li data-wb-fieldflow="{"action":"removeClass", "source": ".online", "class": "hidden"}"> No, none of my children have Canadian grandparents (citizen or crown servant)</li> <li data-wb-fieldflow="{"action":"removeClass", "source": "#paper", "class": "hidden"}"> I don’t know</li> </ul> </div> </li> <li data-wb-fieldflow="{"action":"removeClass", "source": "#paper", "class": "hidden"}"> I don’t know</li> </ul> </div> </li> <li data-wb-fieldflow="{"action":"removeClass", "source": "#paper", "class": "hidden"}"> I don’t know</li> </ul> </div> </li> <li data-wb-fieldflow="{"action":"removeClass", "source": "#paper", "class": "hidden"}"> No</li> <li data-wb-fieldflow="{"action":"removeClass", "source": "#paper", "class": "hidden"}"> I don’t know</li> </ul> </div> </li> <li data-wb-fieldflow="{"action":"removeClass", "source": "#paper", "class": "hidden"}"> All were born in Canada</li> <li data-wb-fieldflow="{"action":"removeClass", "source": "#paper", "class": "hidden"}"> Inside and outside Canada</li> </ul> </div> </li> <li data-wb-fieldflow="{"action":"removeClass", "source": "#paper", "class": "hidden"}">4 or more children</li> </ul> </div> </li> </ul> </div> </li> <li data-wb-fieldflow="{"action":"removeClass", "source": "#child-adopt-outside", "class": "hidden"}">My adopted child (under 18) who was born outside Canada</li> <li data-wb-fieldflow="{"action":"removeClass", "source": "#paper", "class": "hidden"}">My adopted child (under 18) who was born in Canada</li> <li data-wb-fieldflow="{"action":"removeClass", "source": "#paper", "class": "hidden"}">My non-biological child (under 18) for whom I’m the legal parent after their birth</li> <li>A minor (under 18) for whom I’m the legal guardian <div class="wb-fieldflow-sub" data-wb-fieldflow="{ "reset":{"action": "addClass", "source": ".rslt", "class": "hidden"} }"> <p>Is the minor a permanent resident of Canada?</p> <ul> <li data-wb-fieldflow="{"action":"removeClass", "source": "#pr-child-outside", "class": "hidden"}"> Yes</li> <li data-wb-fieldflow="{"action":"removeClass", "source": "#paper", "class": "hidden"}">No</li> </ul> </div> </li> </ul> </div> </li> <li>Replace a citizenship certificate or card (if it’s lost, stolen or destroyed) <div class="wb-fieldflow-sub" data-wb-fieldflow="{ "reset":{"action": "addClass", "source": ".rslt", "class": "hidden"} }"> <div class="wb-fieldflow-header"> <p>If you’re replacing a citizenship card, we</p> <ul> <li>have stopped issuing the cards</li> <li>will replace the card with a certificate (<strong>if</strong> we approve your application)</li> </ul> <p class="wb-fieldflow-label">Do you also need to update the certificate (change the name, date of birth, country of birth or gender)?</p> </div> <ul> <li data-wb-fieldflow="{"action":"removeClass", "source": "#paper", "class": "hidden"}">Yes</li> <li>No <div class="wb-fieldflow-sub" data-wb-fieldflow="{ "reset":{"action": "addClass", "source": ".rslt", "class": "hidden"} }"> <p>Who are you applying for?</p> <ul> <li>Myself (an adult 18 years of age or older) <div class="wb-fieldflow-sub" data-wb-fieldflow="{ "reset":{"action": "addClass", "source": ".rslt", "class": "hidden"} }"> <p>Where were you born?</p> <ul> <li data-wb-fieldflow="{"action":"removeClass", "source": "#paper", "class": "hidden"}">In Canada</li> <li>Outside Canada <div class="wb-fieldflow-sub" data-wb-fieldflow="{ "reset":{"action": "addClass", "source": ".rslt", "class": "hidden"} }"> <p>When were you born?</p> <ul> <li data-wb-fieldflow="{"action":"removeClass", "source": "#paper", "class": "hidden"}"> On or before February 14, 1977</li> <li>On or after February 15, 1977 <div class="wb-fieldflow-sub" data-wb-fieldflow="{ "reset":{"action": "addClass", "source": ".rslt", "class": "hidden"} }"> <div class="wb-fieldflow-header"> <div class="wb-fieldflow-label"> Are you a naturalized Canadian citizen? <button type="button" class="btn btn-info wb-toggle" data-toggle="{"selector": ".btnHelpText6", "stateOn": "show", "stateOff": "hidden"}">Help</button> </div> <div class="clearfix"></div> <div class="alert alert-info hidden btnHelpText6 wb-toggle"> <p>Naturalization is the formal process by which a person who is not a Canadian citizen can become a Canadian citizen.</p> <p>Most people usually</p> <ul> <li>become a permanent resident first</li> <li>get their citizenship certificate during or after their citizenship ceremony</li> </ul> <p>This also includes people who become a Canadian citizen as an adopted person. </p> </div> </div> <ul> <li>Yes <div class="wb-fieldflow-sub" data-wb-fieldflow="{ "reset":{"action": "addClass", "source": ".rslt", "class": "hidden"} }"> <p>When did you become a Canadian citizen?</p> <ul> <li data-wb-fieldflow="{"action":"removeClass", "source": "#paper", "class": "hidden"}"> On or before April 16, 2009</li> <li>On or after April 17, 2009 <div class="wb-fieldflow-sub" data-wb-fieldflow="{ "reset":{"action": "addClass", "source": ".rslt", "class": "hidden"} }"> <p>Do you have a Canadian parent who was born outside Canada?</p> <ul> <li>Yes <div class="wb-fieldflow-sub" data-wb-fieldflow="{ "reset":{"action": "addClass", "source": ".rslt", "class": "hidden"} }"> <div class="wb-fieldflow-header"> <div class="wb-fieldflow-label"> <p>When your Canadian parent was born or adopted, was one of their parents (your grandparent) a Canadian citizen or crown servant?</p> <button type="button" class="btn btn-info wb-toggle" data-toggle="{"selector": ".btnHelpText7", "stateOn": "show", "stateOff": "hidden"}">Help</button> </div> <div class="clearfix"></div> <div class="alert alert-info hidden btnHelpText7 wb-toggle"> <p>A crown servant is a person employed in or with the</p> <ul> <li>Canadian Armed Forces</li> <li>federal public administration</li> <li>public service of a Canadian province or territory</li> </ul> <p>Crown servants <strong>don’t</strong> include locally engaged employees (foreign citizens hired in their own countries by the Canadian government to support Canadian offices abroad).</p> </div> </div> <ul> <li data-wb-fieldflow="{"action":"removeClass", "source": "#paper", "class": "hidden"}"> Yes, my grandparent was a Canadian citizen</li> <li data-wb-fieldflow="{"action":"removeClass", "source": "#paper", "class": "hidden"}"> Yes, my grandparent was a Canadian crown servant</li> <li data-wb-fieldflow="{"action":"removeClass", "source": ".online", "class": "hidden"}"> No</li> <li data-wb-fieldflow="{"action":"removeClass", "source": "#paper", "class": "hidden"}"> I don’t know</li> </ul> </div> </li> <li data-wb-fieldflow="{"action":"removeClass", "source": ".online", "class": "hidden"}"> No</li> <li data-wb-fieldflow="{"action":"removeClass", "source": "#paper", "class": "hidden"}"> I don’t know</li> </ul> </div> </li> </ul> </div> </li> <li>No <div class="wb-fieldflow-sub" data-wb-fieldflow="{ "reset":{"action": "addClass", "source": ".rslt", "class": "hidden"} }"> <p>When you were born, was one of your parents a Canadian citizen?</p> <ul> <li>Yes <div class="wb-fieldflow-sub" data-wb-fieldflow="{ "reset":{"action": "addClass", "source": ".rslt", "class": "hidden"} }"> <p>Was your Canadian parent born in Canada?</p> <ul> <li>Yes <div class="wb-fieldflow-sub" data-wb-fieldflow="{ "reset":{"action": "addClass", "source": ".rslt", "class": "hidden"} }"> <p>When was your Canadian parent born?</p> <ul> <li data-wb-fieldflow="{"action":"removeClass", "source": "#paper", "class": "hidden"}"> On or before February 14, 1977</li> <li data-wb-fieldflow="{"action":"removeClass", "source": ".online", "class": "hidden"}"> On or after February 15, 1977</li> <li data-wb-fieldflow="{"action":"removeClass", "source": "#paper", "class": "hidden"}"> I don't know</li> </ul> </div> </li> <li>No <div class="wb-fieldflow-sub" data-wb-fieldflow="{ "reset":{"action": "addClass", "source": ".rslt", "class": "hidden"} }"> <p>When did your parent become a Canadian citizen?</p> <ul> <li data-wb-fieldflow="{"action":"removeClass", "source": "#paper", "class": "hidden"}"> on or before April 16, 2009</li> <li>on or after April 17, 2009 <div class="wb-fieldflow-sub" data-wb-fieldflow="{ "reset":{"action": "addClass", "source": ".rslt", "class": "hidden"} }"> <div class="wb-fieldflow-header"> <div class="wb-fieldflow-label"> <p>When your Canadian parent was born or adopted, was one of their parents (your grandparent) a Canadian citizen or crown servant?</p> <button type="button" class="btn btn-info wb-toggle" data-toggle="{"selector": ".btnHelpText8", "stateOn": "show", "stateOff": "hidden"}">Help</button> </div> <div class="clearfix"></div> <div class="alert alert-info hidden btnHelpText8 wb-toggle"> <p>A crown servant is a person employed in or with the </p> <ul> <li>Canadian Armed Forces</li> <li>federal public administration</li> <li>public service of a Canadian province or territory </li> </ul> <p>Crown servants <strong>don’t</strong> include locally engaged employees (foreign citizens hired in their own countries by the Canadian government to support Canadian offices abroad).</p> </div> </div> <ul> <li data-wb-fieldflow="{"action":"removeClass", "source": "#paper", "class": "hidden"}"> Yes, my grandparent was a Canadian citizen</li> <li data-wb-fieldflow="{"action":"removeClass", "source": "#paper", "class": "hidden"}"> Yes, my grandparent was a Canadian crown servant</li> <li data-wb-fieldflow="{"action":"removeClass", "source": ".online", "class": "hidden"}"> No</li> <li data-wb-fieldflow="{"action":"removeClass", "source": "#paper", "class": "hidden"}"> I don’t know</li> </ul> </div> </li> <li data-wb-fieldflow="{"action":"removeClass", "source": "#paper", "class": "hidden"}"> I don’t know</li> </ul> </div> </li> <li data-wb-fieldflow="{"action":"removeClass", "source": "#paper", "class": "hidden"}"> I don’t know</li> </ul> </div> </li> <li data-wb-fieldflow="{"action":"removeClass", "source": "#paper", "class": "hidden"}"> No</li> <li data-wb-fieldflow="{"action":"removeClass", "source": "#paper", "class": "hidden"}"> I don’t know</li> </ul> </div> </li> </ul> </div> </li> </ul> </div> </li> </ul> </div> </li> <li>My child(ren) (under 18 years old) <div class="wb-fieldflow-sub" data-wb-fieldflow="{ "reset":{"action": "addClass", "source": ".rslt", "class": "hidden"} }"> <p>How many children are you applying for?</p> <ul> <li>1 child <div class="wb-fieldflow-sub" data-wb-fieldflow="{ "reset":{"action": "addClass", "source": ".rslt", "class": "hidden"} }"> <div class="wb-fieldflow-header"> <div class="wb-fieldflow-label"> Is your child a naturalized Canadian citizen? <button type="button" class="btn btn-info wb-toggle" data-toggle="{"selector": ".btnHelpText9", "stateOn": "show", "stateOff": "hidden"}">Help</button> </div> <div class="clearfix"></div> <div class="alert alert-info hidden btnHelpText9 wb-toggle"> <p>Naturalization is the formal process by which a person who is not a Canadian citizen can become a Canadian citizen.</p> <p>Most people usually</p> <ul> <li>become a permanent resident first</li> <li>get their citizenship certificate during or after their citizenship ceremony </li> </ul> <p>This also includes people who become a Canadian citizen as an adopted person.</p> </div> </div> <ul> <li>Yes <div class="wb-fieldflow-sub" data-wb-fieldflow="{ "reset":{"action": "addClass", "source": ".rslt", "class": "hidden"} }"> <p>When did your child become a Canadian citizen?</p> <ul> <li data-wb-fieldflow="{"action":"removeClass", "source": "#paper", "class": "hidden"}"> On or before April 16, 2009</li> <li>On or after April 17, 2009 <div class="wb-fieldflow-sub" data-wb-fieldflow="{ "reset":{"action": "addClass", "source": ".rslt", "class": "hidden"} }"> <p>Does your child have a Canadian parent who was born outside Canada?</p> <ul> <li>Yes <div class="wb-fieldflow-sub" data-wb-fieldflow="{ "reset":{"action": "addClass", "source": ".rslt", "class": "hidden"} }"> <div class="wb-fieldflow-header"> <div class="wb-fieldflow-label"> <p>When the Canadian parent was born or adopted, was one of their parents (the child’s grandparent) a Canadian citizen or crown servant?</p> <button type="button" class="btn btn-info wb-toggle" data-toggle="{"selector": ".btnHelpText10", "stateOn": "show", "stateOff": "hidden"}">Help</button> </div> <div class="clearfix"></div> <div class="alert alert-info hidden btnHelpText10 wb-toggle"> <p>A crown servant is a person employed in or with the</p> <ul> <li>Canadian Armed Forces</li> <li>federal public administration</li> <li>public service of a Canadian province or territory</li> </ul> <p>Crown servants <strong>don’t</strong> include locally engaged employees (foreign citizens hired in their own countries by the Canadian government to support Canadian offices abroad).</p> </div> </div> <ul> <li data-wb-fieldflow="{"action":"removeClass", "source": "#paper", "class": "hidden"}"> Yes, my child’s grandparent was a Canadian citizen</li> <li data-wb-fieldflow="{"action":"removeClass", "source": "#paper", "class": "hidden"}"> Yes, my child’s grandparent was a Canadian crown servant</li> <li data-wb-fieldflow="{"action":"removeClass", "source": ".online", "class": "hidden"}"> No</li> <li data-wb-fieldflow="{"action":"removeClass", "source": "#paper", "class": "hidden"}"> I don’t know</li> </ul> </div> </li> <li data-wb-fieldflow="{"action":"removeClass", "source": ".online", "class": "hidden"}"> No</li> <li data-wb-fieldflow="{"action":"removeClass", "source": "#paper", "class": "hidden"}"> I don’t know</li> </ul> </div> </li> <li data-wb-fieldflow="{"action":"removeClass", "source": "#paper", "class": "hidden"}"> I don’t know</li> </ul> </div> </li> <li>No <div class="wb-fieldflow-sub" data-wb-fieldflow="{ "reset":{"action": "addClass", "source": ".rslt", "class": "hidden"} }"> <p>Where was your child born?</p> <ul> <li data-wb-fieldflow="{"action":"removeClass", "source": "#paper", "class": "hidden"}"> In Canada</li> <li>Outside Canada <div class="wb-fieldflow-sub" data-wb-fieldflow="{ "reset":{"action": "addClass", "source": ".rslt", "class": "hidden"} }"> <div class="wb-fieldflow-header"> <div class="wb-fieldflow-label"> When your child was born, was one of their parents a Canadian citizen? <button type="button" class="btn btn-info wb-toggle" data-toggle="{"selector": ".btnHelpText11", "stateOn": "show", "stateOff": "hidden"}">Help</button> </div> <div class="clearfix"></div> <div class="alert alert-info hidden btnHelpText11 wb-toggle" id="helptext1"> <p>At least <strong>one</strong> parent <strong>must</strong> be the minor’s</p> <ul> <li>biological parent, or</li> <li><a href="/en/services/immigration-citizenship/helpcentre/glossary.html#legal-parent">legal parent at birth</a></li> </ul> <p>If it’s an <strong>adoptive</strong> parent, <a href="/en/immigration-refugees-citizenship/services/canadians/adopt-child-abroad/processes/choose-process/citizenship.html">apply for the child’s Canadian citizenship</a>.</p> <p>If a non-biological parent became a legal parent <strong>after</strong> the birth of the minor, <a href="#apply-paper">apply on paper</a>.</p> </div> </div> <ul> <li>Yes <div class="wb-fieldflow-sub" data-wb-fieldflow="{ "reset":{"action": "addClass", "source": ".rslt", "class": "hidden"} }"> <p>Was the Canadian parent born in Canada?</p> <ul> <li>Yes <div class="wb-fieldflow-sub" data-wb-fieldflow="{ "reset":{"action": "addClass", "source": ".rslt", "class": "hidden"} }"> <p>When was the Canadian parent born?</p> <ul> <li data-wb-fieldflow="{"action":"removeClass", "source": "#paper", "class": "hidden"}"> On or before February 14, 1977</li> <li data-wb-fieldflow="{"action":"removeClass", "source": ".online", "class": "hidden"}"> On or after February 15, 1977</li> <li data-wb-fieldflow="{"action":"removeClass", "source": "#paper", "class": "hidden"}"> I don’t know</li> </ul> </div> </li> <li>No <div class="wb-fieldflow-sub" data-wb-fieldflow="{ "reset":{"action": "addClass", "source": ".rslt", "class": "hidden"} }"> <p>When did the parent become a Canadian citizen?</p> <ul> <li data-wb-fieldflow="{"action":"removeClass", "source": "#paper", "class": "hidden"}"> On or before April 16, 2009</li> <li>On or after April 17, 2009 <div class="wb-fieldflow-sub" data-wb-fieldflow="{ "reset":{"action": "addClass", "source": ".rslt", "class": "hidden"} }"> <div class="wb-fieldflow-header"> <div class="wb-fieldflow-label"> <p>When the Canadian parent was born or adopted, was one of their parents (your child’s grandparent) a Canadian citizen or crown servant?</p> <button type="button" class="btn btn-info wb-toggle" data-toggle="{"selector": ".btnHelpText12", "stateOn": "show", "stateOff": "hidden"}">Help</button> </div> <div class="clearfix"></div> <div class="alert alert-info hidden btnHelpText12 wb-toggle"> <p>A crown servant is a person employed in or with the </p> <ul> <li>Canadian Armed Forces</li> <li>federal public administration</li> <li>public service of a Canadian province or territory </li> </ul> <p>Crown servants <strong>don’t</strong> include locally engaged employees (foreign citizens hired in their own countries by the Canadian government to support Canadian offices abroad).</p> </div> </div> <ul> <li data-wb-fieldflow="{"action":"removeClass", "source": "#paper", "class": "hidden"}"> Yes, my child’s grandparent was a Canadian citizen</li> <li data-wb-fieldflow="{"action":"removeClass", "source": "#paper", "class": "hidden"}"> Yes, my child’s grandparent was a Canadian crown servant </li> <li data-wb-fieldflow="{"action":"removeClass", "source": ".online", "class": "hidden"}"> No</li> <li data-wb-fieldflow="{"action":"removeClass", "source": "#paper", "class": "hidden"}"> I don’t know</li> </ul> </div> </li> </ul> </div> </li> <li data-wb-fieldflow="{"action":"removeClass", "source": "#paper", "class": "hidden"}"> I don’t know</li> </ul> </div> </li> <li data-wb-fieldflow="{"action":"removeClass", "source": "#paper", "class": "hidden"}"> No</li> <li data-wb-fieldflow="{"action":"removeClass", "source": "#paper", "class": "hidden"}"> I don’t know</li> </ul> </div> </li> </ul> </div> </li> </ul> </div> </li> <li>2 to 3 children <div class="wb-fieldflow-sub" data-wb-fieldflow="{ "reset":{"action": "addClass", "source": ".rslt", "class": "hidden"} }"> <div class="wb-fieldflow-header"> <div class="wb-fieldflow-label"> Are all of your children naturalized Canadian citizens? <button type="button" class="btn btn-info wb-toggle" data-toggle="{"selector": ".btnHelpText13", "stateOn": "show", "stateOff": "hidden"}">Help</button> </div> <div class="clearfix"></div> <div class="alert alert-info hidden btnHelpText13 wb-toggle"> <p>Naturalization is the formal process by which a person who is not a Canadian citizen can become a Canadian citizen.</p> <p>Most people usually</p> <ul> <li>become a permanent resident first</li> <li>get their citizenship certificate during or after their citizenship ceremony </li> </ul> <p>This also includes people who become a Canadian citizen as an adopted person.</p> </div> </div> <ul> <li>All of them are naturalized Canadian citizens <div class="wb-fieldflow-sub" data-wb-fieldflow="{ "reset":{"action": "addClass", "source": ".rslt", "class": "hidden"} }"> <p>When did they become Canadian citizens?</p> <ul> <li data-wb-fieldflow="{"action":"removeClass", "source": "#paper", "class": "hidden"}"> They all became citizens on or before April 16, 2009</li> <li>They all became citizens on or after April 17, 2009 <div class="wb-fieldflow-sub" data-wb-fieldflow="{ "reset":{"action": "addClass", "source": ".rslt", "class": "hidden"} }"> <p>Do all of your children have a Canadian parent who was born outside Canada? </p> <ul> <li>Yes <div class="wb-fieldflow-sub" data-wb-fieldflow="{ "reset":{"action": "addClass", "source": ".rslt", "class": "hidden"} }"> <div class="wb-fieldflow-header"> <div class="wb-fieldflow-label"> When the Canadian parent was born or adopted, was one of their parents (the child’s grandparent) a Canadian citizen or crown servant? <button type="button" class="btn btn-info wb-toggle" data-toggle="{"selector": ".btnHelpText14", "stateOn": "show", "stateOff": "hidden"}">Help</button> </div> <div class="clearfix"></div> <div class="alert alert-info hidden btnHelpText14 wb-toggle"> <p>A crown servant is a person employed in or with the</p> <ul> <li>Canadian Armed Forces</li> <li>federal public administration</li> <li>public service of a Canadian province or territory</li> </ul> <p>Crown servants <strong>don’t</strong> include locally engaged employees (foreign citizens hired in their own countries by the Canadian government to support Canadian offices abroad).</p> </div> </div> <ul> <li data-wb-fieldflow="{"action":"removeClass", "source": "#paper", "class": "hidden"}"> Yes, all of my children have a grandparent who was a Canadian citizen</li> <li data-wb-fieldflow="{"action":"removeClass", "source": "#paper", "class": "hidden"}"> Yes, all of my children have a grandparent who was a Canadian crown servant </li> <li data-wb-fieldflow="{"action":"removeClass", "source": "#paper", "class": "hidden"}"> Yes, some of my children have a grandparent who was a Canadian citizen</li> <li data-wb-fieldflow="{"action":"removeClass", "source": "#paper", "class": "hidden"}"> Yes, some of my children have a grandparent who was a Canadian crown servant</li> <li data-wb-fieldflow="{"action":"removeClass", "source": ".online", "class": "hidden"}"> No, none of my children have Canadian grandparents (citizen or crown servant)</li> <li data-wb-fieldflow="{"action":"removeClass", "source": "#paper", "class": "hidden"}"> I don’t know</li> </ul> </div> </li> <li data-wb-fieldflow="{"action":"removeClass", "source": "#paper", "class": "hidden"}"> Some of them do</li> <li data-wb-fieldflow="{"action":"removeClass", "source": ".online", "class": "hidden"}"> No, none of them do</li> <li data-wb-fieldflow="{"action":"removeClass", "source": "#paper", "class": "hidden"}"> I don’t know</li> </ul> </div> </li> <li data-wb-fieldflow="{"action":"removeClass", "source": "#paper", "class": "hidden"}"> Some became citizens on or after April 17, 2009</li> </ul> </div> </li> <li data-wb-fieldflow="{"action":"removeClass", "source": "#paper", "class": "hidden"}"> Some of them are naturalized citizens</li> <li>None of them are naturalized citizens <div class="wb-fieldflow-sub" data-wb-fieldflow="{ "reset":{"action": "addClass", "source": ".rslt", "class": "hidden"} }"> <p>Where were your children born?</p> <ul> <li>All were born outside Canada <div class="wb-fieldflow-sub" data-wb-fieldflow="{ "reset":{"action": "addClass", "source": ".rslt", "class": "hidden"} }"> <p>When your children were born, was one of their parents a Canadian citizen? </p> <ul> <li>Yes <div class="wb-fieldflow-sub" data-wb-fieldflow="{ "reset":{"action": "addClass", "source": ".rslt", "class": "hidden"} }"> <p>Was the Canadian parent born in Canada?</p> <ul> <li>Yes <div class="wb-fieldflow-sub" data-wb-fieldflow="{ "reset":{"action": "addClass", "source": ".rslt", "class": "hidden"} }"> <p>When was the Canadian parent born?</p> <ul> <li data-wb-fieldflow="{"action":"removeClass", "source": "#paper", "class": "hidden"}"> On or before February 14, 1977</li> <li data-wb-fieldflow="{"action":"removeClass", "source": ".online", "class": "hidden"}"> On or after February 15, 1977</li> <li data-wb-fieldflow="{"action":"removeClass", "source": "#paper", "class": "hidden"}"> I don’t know</li> </ul> </div> </li> <li>No <div class="wb-fieldflow-sub" data-wb-fieldflow="{ "reset":{"action": "addClass", "source": ".rslt", "class": "hidden"} }"> <p>When did the parent become a Canadian citizen?</p> <ul> <li data-wb-fieldflow="{"action":"removeClass", "source": "#paper", "class": "hidden"}"> On or before April 16, 2009</li> <li>On or after April 17, 2009 <div class="wb-fieldflow-sub" data-wb-fieldflow="{ "reset":{"action": "addClass", "source": ".rslt", "class": "hidden"} }"> <div class="wb-fieldflow-header"> <div class="wb-fieldflow-label"> <p>When the Canadian parent was born or adopted, was one of their parents (your child’s grandparent) a Canadian crown servant?</p> <button type="button" class="btn btn-info wb-toggle" data-toggle="{"selector": ".btnHelpText15", "stateOn": "show", "stateOff": "hidden"}">Help</button> </div> <div class="clearfix"></div> <div class="alert alert-info hidden btnHelpText15 wb-toggle"> <p>A crown servant is a person employed in or with the </p> <ul> <li>Canadian Armed Forces</li> <li>federal public administration</li> <li>public service of a Canadian province or territory </li> </ul> <p>Crown servants <strong>don’t</strong> include locally engaged employees (foreign citizens hired in their own countries by the Canadian government to support Canadian offices abroad).</p> </div> </div> <ul> <li data-wb-fieldflow="{"action":"removeClass", "source": "#paper", "class": "hidden"}"> Yes, my children’s grandparent was a Canadian citizen </li> <li data-wb-fieldflow="{"action":"removeClass", "source": "#paper", "class": "hidden"}"> Yes, my children’s grandparent was a Canadian crown servant</li> <li data-wb-fieldflow="{"action":"removeClass", "source": ".online", "class": "hidden"}"> No</li> <li data-wb-fieldflow="{"action":"removeClass", "source": "#paper", "class": "hidden"}"> I don’t know</li> </ul> </div> </li> <li data-wb-fieldflow="{"action":"removeClass", "source": "#paper", "class": "hidden"}"> I don’t know</li> </ul> </div> </li> <li data-wb-fieldflow="{"action":"removeClass", "source": "#paper", "class": "hidden"}"> I don’t know</li> </ul> </div> </li> <li data-wb-fieldflow="{"action":"removeClass", "source": "#paper", "class": "hidden"}"> No</li> <li data-wb-fieldflow="{"action":"removeClass", "source": "#paper", "class": "hidden"}"> I don’t know</li> </ul> </div> </li> <li data-wb-fieldflow="{"action":"removeClass", "source": "#paper", "class": "hidden"}"> All were born in Canada</li> <li data-wb-fieldflow="{"action":"removeClass", "source": "#paper", "class": "hidden"}"> Inside and outside Canada</li> </ul> </div> </li> </ul> </div> </li> <li data-wb-fieldflow="{"action":"removeClass", "source": "#paper", "class": "hidden"}">4 or more children</li> </ul> </div> </li> <li data-wb-fieldflow="{"action":"removeClass", "source": "#paper", "class": "hidden"}">A minor (under 18 years old) for whom I’m the legal guardian</li> <li data-wb-fieldflow="{"action":"removeClass", "source": "#paper", "class": "hidden"}">Myself (adult 18 or older) and a minor (under 18)</li> </ul> </div> </li> </ul> </div> </li> <li data-wb-fieldflow="{"action":"removeClass", "source": "#paper", "class": "hidden"}">Update a certificate (change name, date of birth, country of birth or gender)</li> <li data-wb-fieldflow="{"action":"removeClass", "source": "#paper", "class": "hidden"}">Update and replace a certificate</li> <li data-wb-fieldflow="{"action":"removeClass", "source": "#paper", "class": "hidden"}">The reason is different for each person I’m applying for</li> <li data-wb-fieldflow="{"action":"removeClass", "source": "#paper", "class": "hidden"}">None of the above</li> </ul> </div> <input class="btn btn-primary mrgn-bttm-lg" id="contButton" type="submit" value="Continue"> </form> </div> </div> <div class="mwscolumns section"> <div class="row "> <div class="col-xs-12 col-md-12 rslt online well "> <div class="mwsgeneric-base-html parbase section"> <h3>You can apply online</h3> <div class="pe"> <h4>If you’re applying for yourself</h4> <p>You can apply online if you were born on or after February 15, 1977, and you</p> <ul> <li>became a naturalized Canadian citizen on or after April 17, 2009, or</li> <li>were born outside of Canada to a parent who was: <ul> <li>born in Canada on or after February 15, 1977, or</li> <li>granted Canadian citizenship on or after April 17, 2009</li> </ul> </li> </ul> <h4>If you’re a parent applying on behalf of a child (under 18 years old)</h4> <p>You can apply if:</p> <ul> <li>your child was granted Canadian citizenship on or after April 17, 2009, or</li> <li>one of your child's parents was <ul> <li>born in Canada on or after February 15, 1977, or</li> <li>became a naturalized Canadian citizen on or after April 17, 2009</li> </ul> </li> </ul> <p>If you’re applying for your child(ren):</p> <ul> <li>you can only submit applications for <strong>3 children at the same time</strong></li> <li>you must be the child’s biological parent or legal parent at birth</li> <li>the reason for applying must be the same for everyone (for example, all of your children need to replace their lost certificates)</li> </ul> </div> <div class="row wb-eqht"> <div class="col-md-6"> <section class="panel panel-default hght-inhrt"> <header class="panel-heading"> <h4 class="panel-title">Before you start</h4> </header> <div class="panel-body"> <p>To apply online, you need</p> <ul> <li>to read the <a href="/en/immigration-refugees-citizenship/services/application/application-forms-guides/guide-0001-online-application-citizenship-certificate-adults-minors-proof-citizenship-section-3.html" target="_blank">instruction guide for applying online<span class="wb-inv">(opens in a new tab)</span></a> <span class="glyphicon glyphicon-new-window" aria-hidden="true"></span></li> <li>an email address</li> <li>access to a scanner or digital camera</li> <li>a valid credit card or Canadian debit card (you’ll pay online when you submit your application)</li> </ul> </div> </section> </div> <div class="col-md-6"> <section class="panel panel-default hght-inhrt"> <header class="panel-heading"> <h4 class="panel-title">Start your online application</h4> </header> <div class="panel-body"> <p>In the account</p> <ul> <li>we’ll check <strong>again</strong> if you’re eligible to apply online</li> <li>you can <a href="#urgent-online">apply online urgently if you qualify</a></li> </ul> <p>Once you start your online application, you have <strong>60 days</strong> to submit it.</p> <p>The online application works best in Google Chrome.</p> <a href="/en/immigration-refugees-citizenship/services/application/account.html" class="btn btn-primary">Create an account or sign in</a> </div> </section> </div> </div> <span id="urgent-online"></span> </div> <div class="reference parbase section"><div class="cq-dd-paragraph"><div class="mwsgeneric_base_html mwsgeneric-base-html parbase"> <span data-incl-name="cit-certificate-urgent-processing-eng"></span> <details> <summary>If you need urgent processing</summary> <p>We may be able to process your application faster in some cases.</p> <a href="https://ircc.canada.ca/english/helpcentre/answer.asp?qnum=1558&top=5">Find out when and how to apply urgently</a> </details> </div> </div> </div> </div> </div> </div> <div class="mwsgeneric-base-html parbase section"> <div id="paper" class="rslt"> <div class="well"> <h3>You need to apply on paper</h3> <div class="pe">  <p>You need to apply on paper if </p> <ul> <li>you were born in Canada on or before February 14, 1977</li> <li>you became a naturalized Canadian citizen on or before April 16, 2009</li> <li>you were born outside of Canada to a parent who <ul> <li>was born in Canada on or before February 16, 1977, or</li> <li>became a naturalized Canadian citizen on or before April 16, 2009</li> </ul> </li> <li>you’re applying for minors (under 18) for whom you’re the legal guardian</li> <li>you or a minor was born in Canada</li> <li>you need to replace or update your certificate</li> <li>you’re applying for 2 to 3 children <strong>and</strong> only some of them are naturalized Canadian citizens </li> <li>you’re applying for 4 or more children</li> <li>you’re applying for a replacement certificate for yourself <strong>and</strong> your children</li> <li>you don’t know information about your parents or grandparents <ul> <li>For example, you don’t know when your parent was born or if your grandparent was a crown servant.</li> </ul> </li> <li>the reason for applying is different for each person you’re applying for</li> </ul> </div> <p>Don’t apply online if you’ve already applied on paper, as we’re still processing your paper application. If you do, we <strong>won’t</strong> process your online application.</p> <p class="mrgn-tp-md"><a href="#apply-paper">Apply on paper</a></p> </div> </div> <div id="child-adopt-outside" class="rslt"> <div class="well"> <h3><span class="pe">Adopted minors born outside Canada:</span> You need to apply for your adopted child’s Canadian citizenship</h3> <p>To get a citizenship certificate for your adopted child, you have <strong>2 options</strong>:</p> <ul> <li><strong>Option 1:</strong> Apply for your child to <a href="/en/immigration-refugees-citizenship/services/canadians/adopt-child-abroad/processes/choose-process/citizenship.html" target="_blank">become a Canadian citizen <strong>as an adopted person</strong><span class="wb-inv">(opens in a new tab)</span></a> <span class="glyphicon glyphicon-new-window" aria-hidden="true"></span>.</li> <li><strong>Option 2:</strong> Apply for your child to <a href="/en/immigration-refugees-citizenship/services/canadian-citizenship/become-canadian-citizen.html" target="_blank">become a Canadian citizen through <strong>naturalization</strong><span class="wb-inv">(opens in a new tab)</span></a> <span class="glyphicon glyphicon-new-window" aria-hidden="true"></span>.</li> </ul> <p>Do <strong>not</strong> apply directly for a citizenship certificate (online or on paper).</p> <ul> <li>If you do, we’ll return your application.</li> <li>This is to respect the adoption laws of other countries and the <a href="https://laws-lois.justice.gc.ca/eng/acts/c-29/index.html" target="_blank">Citizenship Act<span class="wb-inv">(opens in a new tab)</span></a> <span class="glyphicon glyphicon-new-window" aria-hidden="true"></span>.</li> </ul> </div> </div> <div id="adult-adopt-outside" class="rslt"> <div class="well"> <h3><span class="pe">Adopted adult born outside Canada:</span> You need to apply for your Canadian citizenship</h3> <p>To get a citizenship certificate, you have 2 options:</p> <ul> <li><strong>Option 1:</strong> Apply to <a href="/en/immigration-refugees-citizenship/services/canadians/adopt-child-abroad/processes/choose-process/citizenship.html" target="_blank">become a Canadian citizen <strong>as an adopted person</strong><span class="wb-inv">(opens in a new tab)</span></a> <span class="glyphicon glyphicon-new-window" aria-hidden="true"></span>. <ul> <li>Your adoptive parents need to help with part 1 of the application process (proving their Canadian citizenship).</li> </ul> </li> <li><strong>Option 2:</strong> Apply to <a href="/en/immigration-refugees-citizenship/services/canadian-citizenship/become-canadian-citizen.html" target="_blank">become a Canadian citizen through <strong>naturalization</strong><span class="wb-inv">(opens in a new tab)</span></a> <span class="glyphicon glyphicon-new-window" aria-hidden="true"></span>.</li> </ul> <p>Do <strong>not</strong> apply directly for a citizenship certificate (online or on paper).</p> <ul> <li>If you do, we’ll return your application.</li> <li>This is to respect the adoption laws of other countries and the <a href="https://laws-lois.justice.gc.ca/eng/acts/c-29/index.html" target="_blank">Citizenship Act<span class="wb-inv">(opens in a new tab)</span></a> <span class="glyphicon glyphicon-new-window" aria-hidden="true"></span>.</li> </ul> </div> </div> <div id="pr-child-outside" class="rslt"> <div class="well"> <h3><span class="pe">Permanent resident minors:</span> You need to apply for the child’s Canadian citizenship</h3> <p>To get a citizenship certificate, you must <a href="/en/immigration-refugees-citizenship/services/canadian-citizenship/become-canadian-citizen.html" target="_blank">apply for the child to become a Canadian citizen<span class="wb-inv">(opens in a new tab)</span></a> <span class="glyphicon glyphicon-new-window" aria-hidden="true"></span>.</p> <ul> <li>If we approve the application, they’ll get the certificate after the <a href="/en/immigration-refugees-citizenship/services/canadian-citizenship/become-canadian-citizen/citizenship-ceremony.html" target="_blank">citizenship ceremony<span class="wb-inv">(opens in a new tab)</span></a> <span class="glyphicon glyphicon-new-window" aria-hidden="true"></span>.</li> <li>Do <strong>not</strong> apply directly for a citizenship certificate (online or on paper). If you do, we’ll return your application.</li> </ul> </div> </div> <div id="apply-together-outside" class="rslt"> <div class="well"> <h3><span class="pe">Getting a certificate for the first time:</span> You can’t apply together with an adopted child who was born outside Canada</h3> <p>You <strong>cannot</strong> apply for yourself <strong>and</strong> an adopted child (under 18) born outside Canada <strong>at the same time</strong> (online or on paper).</p> <h4>Adopted child born outside Canada</h4> <p>To get a citizenship certificate for your adopted child, you have <strong>2 options</strong>:</p> <ul> <li>Option 1: Apply for your child to <a href="/en/immigration-refugees-citizenship/services/canadians/adopt-child-abroad/processes/choose-process/citizenship.html" target="_blank">become a Canadian citizen <strong>as an adopted person</strong><span class="wb-inv">(opens in a new tab)</span></a> <span class="glyphicon glyphicon-new-window" aria-hidden="true"></span>.</li> <li>Option 2: Apply for your child to <a href="/en/immigration-refugees-citizenship/services/canadian-citizenship/become-canadian-citizen.html" target="_blank">become a Canadian citizen through <strong>naturalization</strong><span class="wb-inv">(opens in a new tab)</span></a> <span class="glyphicon glyphicon-new-window" aria-hidden="true"></span>.</li> </ul> <p>Do <strong>not</strong> apply directly for a citizenship certificate (online or on paper).</p> <ul> <li>If you do, we’ll return your application.</li> <li>This is to respect the adoption laws of other countries and the <a href="https://laws-lois.justice.gc.ca/eng/acts/c-29/index.html" target="_blank">Citizenship Act<span class="wb-inv">(opens in a new tab)</span></a> <span class="glyphicon glyphicon-new-window" aria-hidden="true"></span>.</li> </ul> <p>If your adopted child was born <strong>in</strong> Canada, you can <a href="#apply-paper">apply together on paper</a>.</p> <h4>Applying for yourself (adult 18 years of age or older)</h4> <p>Change your answer to the question above to “Myself (Adult 18 years of age or older)” to find out how you can apply.</p> </div> </div>     </div> <div class="mwsgeneric-base-html parbase section"> <h2 id="apply-paper">Apply on paper</h2> <p>You can apply on paper if you can’t <strong>or</strong> don’t want to apply online.</p> <h3 id="package">1. Get the application package</h3> <p>The package includes the instruction guide, forms and document checklist.</p> <p>You must</p> <ul> <li>download and print the checklist and the forms</li> <li>fill out all the forms</li> <li>include all documents listed in the document checklist</li> </ul> <p>If your documents aren’t in English or French, you’ll need:</p> <ul> <li><strong>colour</strong> copies that are <strong>clear and easy-to-read</strong></li> <li>a translation of the documents</li> <li>a <a href="/en/services/immigration-citizenship/helpcentre/glossary.html#affidavit">sworn statement (affidavit)</a> from the person who did the translation (we <strong>don’t</strong> accept translations by family members)</li> </ul> <span id="urgent-offline"></span> </div> <div class="reference parbase section"><div class="cq-dd-paragraph"><div class="mwsgeneric_base_html mwsgeneric-base-html parbase"> <span data-incl-name="cit-certificate-urgent-processing-eng"></span> <details> <summary>If you need urgent processing</summary> <p>We may be able to process your application faster in some cases.</p> <a href="https://ircc.canada.ca/english/helpcentre/answer.asp?qnum=1558&top=5">Find out when and how to apply urgently</a> </details> </div> </div> </div> <div class="mwsgeneric-base-html parbase section"> <p><a href="/en/immigration-refugees-citizenship/services/application/application-forms-guides/application-citizenship-certificate-adults-minors.html">Get the application package</a></p> <h3 id="pay">2. Pay the application fee</h3> <p>You can pay your fees online.</p> <ul> <li>Methods of payment depend on where you’re applying from.</li> <li>If you’re submitting more than one application at the same time, you can pay all the fees together.</li> <li>You <strong>cannot</strong> get a refund once we start processing your application.</li> <li>If you need help, <a href="/en/immigration-refugees-citizenship/services/application/application-forms-guides/guide-0001-application-citizenship-certificate-adults-minors-proof-citizenship-section-3.html#step3">check the payment instructions</a>.</li> </ul> <details> <summary><strong>Updating the certificate with your reclaimed Indigenous name</strong></summary> <p>There is <strong>no cost</strong> for this update until May 30, 2026.</p> <p>You’ll have to pay the usual fees if you’re</p> <ul> <li>applying for your first citizenship certificate, or</li> <li>replacing a certificate or card that’s lost, stolen or damaged</li> </ul> </details> <p><a href="https://www.ircc.canada.ca/english/information/fees/index.asp" target="_blank">Pay your fees online <span class="glyphicon glyphicon-new-window" aria-hidden="true"></span><span class="wb-inv">(opens in a new tab)</span></a></p> </div> <div class="mwsgeneric-base-html parbase section"> <h3 id="submit">3. Submit the application</h3> <p>Answer the following question to find out where to submit your application.</p> <div class="wb-frmvld hidden" id="pe-ff"> <form> <div class="wb-fieldflow" data-wb-fieldflow="{ "noForm": true, "unhideelm": "#pe-ff", "hideelm": ".parent, .hiddenHeader, .self, .indigenous-yes", "base":{"live":true}, "default":{"action":"addClass","source":".self, .parent, .hiddenHeader, .indigenous-yes","class":"hidden"}}"> <p>Who are you applying for?</p> <ul> <li data-wb-fieldflow="{"action":"removeClass","source":".parent","class":"hidden"}">A child (under 18 years old) for whom I’m the parent or legal guardian </li> <li data-wb-fieldflow="{"action":"removeClass","source":".self","class":"hidden"}">Myself (an adult 18 years of age or older) </li> </ul> </div> </form> </div> </div> <div class="mwscolumns section"> <div class="row "> <div class="col-xs-12 parent"> <div class="mwsgeneric-base-html parbase section"> <h3 class="h4 hiddenHeader">If you’re a parent or legal guardian applying for a minor child (under 18 years old)</h3>  <div class="wb-fieldflow" data-wb-fieldflow="{"noreqlabel":true}"> <p>Select the country or territory <span class="text text-danger">where the child lives:</span></p> <ul> <li><a href="https://ircc.canada.ca/english/where-submit-application.asp?lob=citizenship&country=AF">Afghanistan</a></li> <li><a href="https://ircc.canada.ca/english/where-submit-application.asp?lob=citizenship&country=AL">Albania</a></li> <li><a href="https://ircc.canada.ca/english/where-submit-application.asp?lob=citizenship&country=DZ">Algeria</a></li> <li><a href="https://ircc.canada.ca/english/where-submit-application.asp?lob=citizenship&country=AD">Andorra</a></li> <li><a href="https://ircc.canada.ca/english/where-submit-application.asp?lob=citizenship&country=AO">Angola</a></li> <li><a href="https://ircc.canada.ca/english/where-submit-application.asp?lob=citizenship&country=AI">Anguilla</a></li> <li><a href="https://ircc.canada.ca/english/where-submit-application.asp?lob=citizenship&country=AG">Antigua and Barbuda</a></li> <li><a href="https://ircc.canada.ca/english/where-submit-application.asp?lob=citizenship&country=AR">Argentina</a></li> <li><a href="https://ircc.canada.ca/english/where-submit-application.asp?lob=citizenship&country=AM">Armenia</a></li> <li><a href="https://ircc.canada.ca/english/where-submit-application.asp?lob=citizenship&country=AW">Aruba</a></li> <li><a href="https://ircc.canada.ca/english/where-submit-application.asp?lob=citizenship&country=AU">Australia</a></li> <li><a href="https://ircc.canada.ca/english/where-submit-application.asp?lob=citizenship&country=AT">Austria</a></li> <li><a href="https://ircc.canada.ca/english/where-submit-application.asp?lob=citizenship&country=AZ">Azerbaijan</a></li> <li><a href="https://ircc.canada.ca/english/where-submit-application.asp?lob=citizenship&country=BS">Bahamas</a></li> <li><a href="https://ircc.canada.ca/english/where-submit-application.asp?lob=citizenship&country=BH">Bahrain</a></li> <li><a href="https://ircc.canada.ca/english/where-submit-application.asp?lob=citizenship&country=BD">Bangladesh</a></li> <li><a href="https://ircc.canada.ca/english/where-submit-application.asp?lob=citizenship&country=BB">Barbados</a></li> <li><a href="https://ircc.canada.ca/english/where-submit-application.asp?lob=citizenship&country=BY">Belarus</a></li> <li><a href="https://ircc.canada.ca/english/where-submit-application.asp?lob=citizenship&country=BE">Belgium</a></li> <li><a href="https://ircc.canada.ca/english/where-submit-application.asp?lob=citizenship&country=BZ">Belize</a></li> <li><a href="https://ircc.canada.ca/english/where-submit-application.asp?lob=citizenship&country=BJ">Benin</a></li> <li><a href="https://ircc.canada.ca/english/where-submit-application.asp?lob=citizenship&country=BM">Bermuda</a></li> <li><a href="https://ircc.canada.ca/english/where-submit-application.asp?lob=citizenship&country=BT">Bhutan</a></li> <li><a href="https://ircc.canada.ca/english/where-submit-application.asp?lob=citizenship&country=BO">Bolivia</a></li> <li><a href="https://ircc.canada.ca/english/where-submit-application.asp?lob=citizenship&country=BQ">Bonaire</a></li> <li><a href="https://ircc.canada.ca/english/where-submit-application.asp?lob=citizenship&country=BA">Bosnia and Herzegovina</a></li> <li><a href="https://ircc.canada.ca/english/where-submit-application.asp?lob=citizenship&country=BW">Botswana</a></li> <li><a href="https://ircc.canada.ca/english/where-submit-application.asp?lob=citizenship&country=BR">Brazil</a></li> <li><a href="https://ircc.canada.ca/english/where-submit-application.asp?lob=citizenship&country=IO">British Virgin Islands</a></li> <li><a href="https://ircc.canada.ca/english/where-submit-application.asp?lob=citizenship&country=BN">Brunei</a></li> <li><a href="https://ircc.canada.ca/english/where-submit-application.asp?lob=citizenship&country=BG">Bulgaria</a></li> <li><a href="https://ircc.canada.ca/english/where-submit-application.asp?lob=citizenship&country=BF">Burkina Faso</a></li> <li><a href="https://ircc.canada.ca/english/where-submit-application.asp?lob=citizenship&country=MM">Burma (Myanmar)</a></li> <li><a href="https://ircc.canada.ca/english/where-submit-application.asp?lob=citizenship&country=BI">Burundi</a></li> <li><a href="https://ircc.canada.ca/english/where-submit-application.asp?lob=citizenship&country=CV">Cabo Verde</a></li> <li><a href="https://ircc.canada.ca/english/where-submit-application.asp?lob=citizenship&country=KH">Cambodia</a></li> <li><a href="https://ircc.canada.ca/english/where-submit-application.asp?lob=citizenship&country=CM">Cameroon</a></li> <li>Canada <div class="wb-fieldflow-sub"> <p>Are you applying to reclaim your child’s Indigenous name on their citizenship certificate?</p> <ul> <li data-wb-fieldflow="{"action": "toggle", "toggle": ".indigenous-yes"}">Yes, I’m applying so my child can use their reclaimed Indigenous name</li> <li><a href="https://ircc.canada.ca/english/where-submit-application.asp?lob=citizenship&country=CA">No, I’m applying for a different reason</a></li> </ul> </div> </li> <li><a href="https://ircc.canada.ca/english/where-submit-application.asp?lob=citizenship&country=KY">Cayman Islands</a></li> <li><a href="https://ircc.canada.ca/english/where-submit-application.asp?lob=citizenship&country=CF">Central African Republic</a></li> <li><a href="https://ircc.canada.ca/english/where-submit-application.asp?lob=citizenship&country=TD">Chad</a></li> <li><a href="https://ircc.canada.ca/english/where-submit-application.asp?lob=citizenship&country=CL">Chile</a></li> <li><a href="https://ircc.canada.ca/english/where-submit-application.asp?lob=citizenship&country=CN">China (People’s Republic of)</a></li> <li><a href="https://ircc.canada.ca/english/where-submit-application.asp?lob=citizenship&country=CO">Colombia</a></li> <li><a href="https://ircc.canada.ca/english/where-submit-application.asp?lob=citizenship&country=KM">Comoros Island</a></li> <li><a href="https://ircc.canada.ca/english/where-submit-application.asp?lob=citizenship&country=CG">Congo</a></li> <li><a href="https://ircc.canada.ca/english/where-submit-application.asp?lob=citizenship&country=CR">Costa Rica</a></li> <li><a href="https://ircc.canada.ca/english/where-submit-application.asp?lob=citizenship&country=CI">Côte d’Ivoire</a></li> <li><a href="https://ircc.canada.ca/english/where-submit-application.asp?lob=citizenship&country=HR">Croatia</a></li> <li><a href="https://ircc.canada.ca/english/where-submit-application.asp?lob=citizenship&country=CU">Cuba</a></li> <li><a href="https://ircc.canada.ca/english/where-submit-application.asp?lob=citizenship&country=CY">Cyprus</a></li> <li><a href="https://ircc.canada.ca/english/where-submit-application.asp?lob=citizenship&country=CZ">Czech Republic</a></li> <li><a href="https://ircc.canada.ca/english/where-submit-application.asp?lob=citizenship&country=CD">Democratic Republic of the Congo</a></li> <li><a href="https://ircc.canada.ca/english/where-submit-application.asp?lob=citizenship&country=DK">Denmark</a></li> <li><a href="https://ircc.canada.ca/english/where-submit-application.asp?lob=citizenship&country=DJ">Djibouti</a></li> <li><a href="https://ircc.canada.ca/english/where-submit-application.asp?lob=citizenship&country=DM">Dominica</a></li> <li><a href="https://ircc.canada.ca/english/where-submit-application.asp?lob=citizenship&country=DO">Dominican Republic</a></li> <li><a href="https://ircc.canada.ca/english/where-submit-application.asp?lob=citizenship&country=EC">Ecuador</a></li> <li><a href="https://ircc.canada.ca/english/where-submit-application.asp?lob=citizenship&country=EG">Egypt</a></li> <li><a href="https://ircc.canada.ca/english/where-submit-application.asp?lob=citizenship&country=SV">El Salvador</a></li> <li><a href="https://ircc.canada.ca/english/where-submit-application.asp?lob=citizenship&country=GQ">Equatorial Guinea</a></li> <li><a href="https://ircc.canada.ca/english/where-submit-application.asp?lob=citizenship&country=ER">Eritrea</a></li> <li><a href="https://ircc.canada.ca/english/where-submit-application.asp?lob=citizenship&country=SZ">Eswatini</a></li> <li><a href="https://ircc.canada.ca/english/where-submit-application.asp?lob=citizenship&country=EE">Estonia</a></li> <li><a href="https://ircc.canada.ca/english/where-submit-application.asp?lob=citizenship&country=ET">Ethiopia</a></li> <li><a href="https://ircc.canada.ca/english/where-submit-application.asp?lob=citizenship&country=FJ">Fiji</a></li> <li><a href="https://ircc.canada.ca/english/where-submit-application.asp?lob=citizenship&country=FI">Finland</a></li> <li><a href="https://ircc.canada.ca/english/where-submit-application.asp?lob=citizenship&country=FR">France</a></li> <li><a href="https://ircc.canada.ca/english/where-submit-application.asp?lob=citizenship&country=GA">Gabon</a></li> <li><a href="https://ircc.canada.ca/english/where-submit-application.asp?lob=citizenship&country=GM">Gambia</a></li> <li><a href="https://ircc.canada.ca/english/where-submit-application.asp?lob=citizenship&country=GE">Georgia</a></li> <li><a href="https://ircc.canada.ca/english/where-submit-application.asp?lob=citizenship&country=DE">Germany</a></li> <li><a href="https://ircc.canada.ca/english/where-submit-application.asp?lob=citizenship&country=GH">Ghana</a></li> <li><a href="https://ircc.canada.ca/english/where-submit-application.asp?lob=citizenship&country=GR">Greece</a></li> <li><a href="https://ircc.canada.ca/english/where-submit-application.asp?lob=citizenship&country=GD">Grenada</a></li> <li><a href="https://ircc.canada.ca/english/where-submit-application.asp?lob=citizenship&country=GT">Guatemala</a></li> <li><a href="https://ircc.canada.ca/english/where-submit-application.asp?lob=citizenship&country=GN">Guinea</a></li> <li><a href="https://ircc.canada.ca/english/where-submit-application.asp?lob=citizenship&country=GW">Guinea-Bissau</a></li> <li><a href="https://ircc.canada.ca/english/where-submit-application.asp?lob=citizenship&country=GY">Guyana</a></li> <li><a href="https://ircc.canada.ca/english/where-submit-application.asp?lob=citizenship&country=HT">Haiti</a></li> <li><a href="https://ircc.canada.ca/english/where-submit-application.asp?lob=citizenship&country=VA">Holy See</a></li> <li><a href="https://ircc.canada.ca/english/where-submit-application.asp?lob=citizenship&country=HN">Honduras</a></li> <li><a href="https://ircc.canada.ca/english/where-submit-application.asp?lob=citizenship&country=HK">Hong Kong SAR</a></li> <li><a href="https://ircc.canada.ca/english/where-submit-application.asp?lob=citizenship&country=HU">Hungary</a></li> <li><a href="https://ircc.canada.ca/english/where-submit-application.asp?lob=citizenship&country=IS">Iceland</a></li> <li><a href="https://ircc.canada.ca/english/where-submit-application.asp?lob=citizenship&country=IN">India</a></li> <li><a href="https://ircc.canada.ca/english/where-submit-application.asp?lob=citizenship&country=ID">Indonesia</a></li> <li><a href="https://ircc.canada.ca/english/where-submit-application.asp?lob=citizenship&country=IR">Iran</a></li> <li><a href="https://ircc.canada.ca/english/where-submit-application.asp?lob=citizenship&country=IQ">Iraq</a></li> <li><a href="https://ircc.canada.ca/english/where-submit-application.asp?lob=citizenship&country=IE">Ireland</a></li> <li><a href="https://ircc.canada.ca/english/where-submit-application.asp?lob=citizenship&country=IL">Israel</a></li> <li><a href="https://ircc.canada.ca/english/where-submit-application.asp?lob=citizenship&country=IT">Italy</a></li> <li><a href="https://ircc.canada.ca/english/where-submit-application.asp?lob=citizenship&country=JM">Jamaica</a></li> <li><a href="https://ircc.canada.ca/english/where-submit-application.asp?lob=citizenship&country=JP">Japan</a></li> <li><a href="https://ircc.canada.ca/english/where-submit-application.asp?lob=citizenship&country=JO">Jordan</a></li> <li><a href="https://ircc.canada.ca/english/where-submit-application.asp?lob=citizenship&country=KZ">Kazakhstan</a></li> <li><a href="https://ircc.canada.ca/english/where-submit-application.asp?lob=citizenship&country=KE">Kenya</a></li> <li><a href="https://ircc.canada.ca/english/where-submit-application.asp?lob=citizenship&country=KI">Kiribati</a></li> <li><a href="https://ircc.canada.ca/english/where-submit-application.asp?lob=citizenship&country=XK">Kosovo</a></li> <li><a href="https://ircc.canada.ca/english/where-submit-application.asp?lob=citizenship&country=KW">Kuwait</a></li> <li><a href="https://ircc.canada.ca/english/where-submit-application.asp?lob=citizenship&country=KG">Kyrgyzstan</a></li> <li><a href="https://ircc.canada.ca/english/where-submit-application.asp?lob=citizenship&country=LA">Laos</a></li> <li><a href="https://ircc.canada.ca/english/where-submit-application.asp?lob=citizenship&country=LV">Latvia</a></li> <li><a href="https://ircc.canada.ca/english/where-submit-application.asp?lob=citizenship&country=LB">Lebanon</a></li> <li><a href="https://ircc.canada.ca/english/where-submit-application.asp?lob=citizenship&country=LS">Lesotho</a></li> <li><a href="https://ircc.canada.ca/english/where-submit-application.asp?lob=citizenship&country=LR">Liberia</a></li> <li><a href="https://ircc.canada.ca/english/where-submit-application.asp?lob=citizenship&country=LY">Libya</a></li> <li><a href="https://ircc.canada.ca/english/where-submit-application.asp?lob=citizenship&country=LI">Liechtenstein</a></li> <li><a href="https://ircc.canada.ca/english/where-submit-application.asp?lob=citizenship&country=LT">Lithuania</a></li> <li><a href="https://ircc.canada.ca/english/where-submit-application.asp?lob=citizenship&country=LU">Luxembourg</a></li> <li><a href="https://ircc.canada.ca/english/where-submit-application.asp?lob=citizenship&country=MO">Macao SAR</a></li> <li><a href="https://ircc.canada.ca/english/where-submit-application.asp?lob=citizenship&country=MK">Macedonia</a></li> <li><a href="https://ircc.canada.ca/english/where-submit-application.asp?lob=citizenship&country=MG">Madagascar</a></li> <li><a href="https://ircc.canada.ca/english/where-submit-application.asp?lob=citizenship&country=MW">Malawi</a></li> <li><a href="https://ircc.canada.ca/english/where-submit-application.asp?lob=citizenship&country=MY">Malaysia</a></li> <li><a href="https://ircc.canada.ca/english/where-submit-application.asp?lob=citizenship&country=MV">Maldives</a></li> <li><a href="https://ircc.canada.ca/english/where-submit-application.asp?lob=citizenship&country=ML">Mali</a></li> <li><a href="https://ircc.canada.ca/english/where-submit-application.asp?lob=citizenship&country=MT">Malta</a></li> <li><a href="https://ircc.canada.ca/english/where-submit-application.asp?lob=citizenship&country=MH">Marshall Islands</a></li> <li><a href="https://ircc.canada.ca/english/where-submit-application.asp?lob=citizenship&country=MQ">Martinique</a></li> <li><a href="https://ircc.canada.ca/english/where-submit-application.asp?lob=citizenship&country=MR">Mauritania</a></li> <li><a href="https://ircc.canada.ca/english/where-submit-application.asp?lob=citizenship&country=MU">Mauritius</a></li> <li><a href="https://ircc.canada.ca/english/where-submit-application.asp?lob=citizenship&country=MX">Mexico</a></li> <li><a href="https://ircc.canada.ca/english/where-submit-application.asp?lob=citizenship&country=FM">Micronesia (Federated States of)</a></li> <li><a href="https://ircc.canada.ca/english/where-submit-application.asp?lob=citizenship&country=MD">Moldova</a></li> <li><a href="https://ircc.canada.ca/english/where-submit-application.asp?lob=citizenship&country=MC">Monaco</a></li> <li><a href="https://ircc.canada.ca/english/where-submit-application.asp?lob=citizenship&country=MN">Mongolia</a></li> <li><a href="https://ircc.canada.ca/english/where-submit-application.asp?lob=citizenship&country=ME">Montenegro</a></li> <li><a href="https://ircc.canada.ca/english/where-submit-application.asp?lob=citizenship&country=MA">Morocco</a></li> <li><a href="https://ircc.canada.ca/english/where-submit-application.asp?lob=citizenship&country=MZ">Mozambique</a></li> <li><a href="https://ircc.canada.ca/english/where-submit-application.asp?lob=citizenship&country=NA">Namibia</a></li> <li><a href="https://ircc.canada.ca/english/where-submit-application.asp?lob=citizenship&country=NR">Nauru</a></li> <li><a href="https://ircc.canada.ca/english/where-submit-application.asp?lob=citizenship&country=NP">Nepal</a></li> <li><a href="https://ircc.canada.ca/english/where-submit-application.asp?lob=citizenship&country=NL">Netherlands</a></li> <li><a href="https://ircc.canada.ca/english/where-submit-application.asp?lob=citizenship&country=NC">New Caledonia</a></li> <li><a href="https://ircc.canada.ca/english/where-submit-application.asp?lob=citizenship&country=NZ">New Zealand</a></li> <li><a href="https://ircc.canada.ca/english/where-submit-application.asp?lob=citizenship&country=NI">Nicaragua</a></li> <li><a href="https://ircc.canada.ca/english/where-submit-application.asp?lob=citizenship&country=NE">Niger</a></li> <li><a href="https://ircc.canada.ca/english/where-submit-application.asp?lob=citizenship&country=NG">Nigeria</a></li> <li><a href="https://ircc.canada.ca/english/where-submit-application.asp?lob=citizenship&country=KP">North Korea</a></li> <li><a href="https://ircc.canada.ca/english/where-submit-application.asp?lob=citizenship&country=NO">Norway</a></li> <li><a href="https://ircc.canada.ca/english/where-submit-application.asp?lob=citizenship&country=OM">Oman</a></li> <li><a href="https://ircc.canada.ca/english/where-submit-application.asp?lob=citizenship&country=PK">Pakistan</a></li> <li><a href="https://ircc.canada.ca/english/where-submit-application.asp?lob=citizenship&country=PS">Palestinian Authority (Gaza)</a></li> <li><a href="https://ircc.canada.ca/english/where-submit-application.asp?lob=citizenship&country=WB">Palestinian Authority (West Bank)</a></li> <li><a href="https://ircc.canada.ca/english/where-submit-application.asp?lob=citizenship&country=PA">Panama</a></li> <li><a href="https://ircc.canada.ca/english/where-submit-application.asp?lob=citizenship&country=PG">Papua New Guinea</a></li> <li><a href="https://ircc.canada.ca/english/where-submit-application.asp?lob=citizenship&country=PY">Paraguay</a></li> <li><a href="https://ircc.canada.ca/english/where-submit-application.asp?lob=citizenship&country=PE">Peru</a></li> <li><a href="https://ircc.canada.ca/english/where-submit-application.asp?lob=citizenship&country=PH">Philippines</a></li> <li><a href="https://ircc.canada.ca/english/where-submit-application.asp?lob=citizenship&country=PL">Poland</a></li> <li><a href="https://ircc.canada.ca/english/where-submit-application.asp?lob=citizenship&country=PT">Portugal</a></li> <li><a href="https://ircc.canada.ca/english/where-submit-application.asp?lob=citizenship&country=PR">Puerto Rico</a></li> <li><a href="https://ircc.canada.ca/english/where-submit-application.asp?lob=citizenship&country=QA">Qatar</a></li> <li><a href="https://ircc.canada.ca/english/where-submit-application.asp?lob=citizenship&country=RO">Romania</a></li> <li><a href="https://ircc.canada.ca/english/where-submit-application.asp?lob=citizenship&country=RU">Russia</a></li> <li><a href="https://ircc.canada.ca/english/where-submit-application.asp?lob=citizenship&country=RW">Rwanda</a></li> <li><a href="https://ircc.canada.ca/english/where-submit-application.asp?lob=citizenship&country=WS">Samoa</a></li> <li><a href="https://ircc.canada.ca/english/where-submit-application.asp?lob=citizenship&country=SM">San Marino</a></li> <li><a href="https://ircc.canada.ca/english/where-submit-application.asp?lob=citizenship&country=ST">Sao Tome and Principe</a></li> <li><a href="https://ircc.canada.ca/english/where-submit-application.asp?lob=citizenship&country=SA">Saudi Arabia</a></li> <li><a href="https://ircc.canada.ca/english/where-submit-application.asp?lob=citizenship&country=SN">Senegal</a></li> <li><a href="https://ircc.canada.ca/english/where-submit-application.asp?lob=citizenship&country=RS">Serbia</a></li> <li><a href="https://ircc.canada.ca/english/where-submit-application.asp?lob=citizenship&country=SC">Seychelles</a></li> <li><a href="https://ircc.canada.ca/english/where-submit-application.asp?lob=citizenship&country=SL">Sierra Leone</a></li> <li><a href="https://ircc.canada.ca/english/where-submit-application.asp?lob=citizenship&country=SG">Singapore</a></li> <li><a href="https://ircc.canada.ca/english/where-submit-application.asp?lob=citizenship&country=SK">Slovakia</a></li> <li><a href="https://ircc.canada.ca/english/where-submit-application.asp?lob=citizenship&country=SI">Slovenia</a></li> <li><a href="https://ircc.canada.ca/english/where-submit-application.asp?lob=citizenship&country=SB">Solomon Islands</a></li> <li><a href="https://ircc.canada.ca/english/where-submit-application.asp?lob=citizenship&country=SO">Somalia</a></li> <li><a href="https://ircc.canada.ca/english/where-submit-application.asp?lob=citizenship&country=ZA">South Africa</a></li> <li><a href="https://ircc.canada.ca/english/where-submit-application.asp?lob=citizenship&country=KR">South Korea</a></li> <li><a href="https://ircc.canada.ca/english/where-submit-application.asp?lob=citizenship&country=SS">South Sudan</a></li> <li><a href="https://ircc.canada.ca/english/where-submit-application.asp?lob=citizenship&country=ES">Spain</a></li> <li><a href="https://ircc.canada.ca/english/where-submit-application.asp?lob=citizenship&country=LK">Sri Lanka</a></li> <li><a href="https://ircc.canada.ca/english/where-submit-application.asp?lob=citizenship&country=KN">St. Kitts and Nevis</a></li> <li><a href="https://ircc.canada.ca/english/where-submit-application.asp?lob=citizenship&country=LC">St. Lucia</a></li> <li><a href="https://ircc.canada.ca/english/where-submit-application.asp?lob=citizenship&country=VC">St. Vincent and the Grenadines</a></li> <li><a href="https://ircc.canada.ca/english/where-submit-application.asp?lob=citizenship&country=SD">Sudan</a></li> <li><a href="https://ircc.canada.ca/english/where-submit-application.asp?lob=citizenship&country=SR">Suriname</a></li> <li><a href="https://ircc.canada.ca/english/where-submit-application.asp?lob=citizenship&country=SE">Sweden</a></li> <li><a href="https://ircc.canada.ca/english/where-submit-application.asp?lob=citizenship&country=CH">Switzerland</a></li> <li><a href="https://ircc.canada.ca/english/where-submit-application.asp?lob=citizenship&country=SY">Syria</a></li> <li><a href="https://ircc.canada.ca/english/where-submit-application.asp?lob=citizenship&country=PF">Tahiti</a></li> <li><a href="https://ircc.canada.ca/english/where-submit-application.asp?lob=citizenship&country=TW">Taiwan</a></li> <li><a href="https://ircc.canada.ca/english/where-submit-application.asp?lob=citizenship&country=TJ">Tajikistan</a></li> <li><a href="https://ircc.canada.ca/english/where-submit-application.asp?lob=citizenship&country=TZ">Tanzania</a></li> <li><a href="https://ircc.canada.ca/english/where-submit-application.asp?lob=citizenship&country=TH">Thailand</a></li> <li><a href="https://ircc.canada.ca/english/where-submit-application.asp?lob=citizenship&country=TL">Timor-Leste (Timor oriental)</a></li> <li><a href="https://ircc.canada.ca/english/where-submit-application.asp?lob=citizenship&country=TG">Togo</a></li> <li><a href="https://ircc.canada.ca/english/where-submit-application.asp?lob=citizenship&country=TO">Tonga</a></li> <li><a href="https://ircc.canada.ca/english/where-submit-application.asp?lob=citizenship&country=TT">Trinidad and Tobago</a></li> <li><a href="https://ircc.canada.ca/english/where-submit-application.asp?lob=citizenship&country=TN">Tunisia</a></li> <li><a href="https://ircc.canada.ca/english/where-submit-application.asp?lob=citizenship&country=TR">Türkiye</a></li> <li><a href="https://ircc.canada.ca/english/where-submit-application.asp?lob=citizenship&country=TM">Turkmenistan</a></li> <li><a href="https://ircc.canada.ca/english/where-submit-application.asp?lob=citizenship&country=TC">Turks and Caicos Islands</a></li> <li><a href="https://ircc.canada.ca/english/where-submit-application.asp?lob=citizenship&country=TV">Tuvalu</a></li> <li><a href="https://ircc.canada.ca/english/where-submit-application.asp?lob=citizenship&country=UG">Uganda</a></li> <li><a href="https://ircc.canada.ca/english/where-submit-application.asp?lob=citizenship&country=UA">Ukraine</a></li> <li><a href="https://ircc.canada.ca/english/where-submit-application.asp?lob=citizenship&country=AE">United Arab Emirates</a></li> <li><a href="https://ircc.canada.ca/english/where-submit-application.asp?lob=citizenship&country=GB">United Kingdom</a></li> <li>United States of America <div class="wb-fieldflow-sub"> <p>Are you applying to reclaim your child’s Indigenous name on their citizenship certificate?</p> <ul> <li data-wb-fieldflow="{"action": "toggle", "toggle": ".indigenous-yes"}">Yes, I’m applying so my child can use their reclaimed Indigenous name</li> <li><a href="https://ircc.canada.ca/english/where-submit-application.asp?lob=citizenship&country=US">No, I’m applying for a different reason</a></li> </ul> </div> </li> <li><a href="https://ircc.canada.ca/english/where-submit-application.asp?lob=citizenship&country=UY">Uruguay</a></li> <li><a href="https://ircc.canada.ca/english/where-submit-application.asp?lob=citizenship&country=VI">US Virgin Islands</a></li> <li><a href="https://ircc.canada.ca/english/where-submit-application.asp?lob=citizenship&country=UZ">Uzbekistan</a></li> <li><a href="https://ircc.canada.ca/english/where-submit-application.asp?lob=citizenship&country=VU">Vanuatu</a></li> <li><a href="https://ircc.canada.ca/english/where-submit-application.asp?lob=citizenship&country=VE">Venezuela</a></li> <li><a href="https://ircc.canada.ca/english/where-submit-application.asp?lob=citizenship&country=VN">Vietnam</a></li> <li><a href="https://ircc.canada.ca/english/where-submit-application.asp?lob=citizenship&country=YE">Yemen</a></li> <li><a href="https://ircc.canada.ca/english/where-submit-application.asp?lob=citizenship&country=ZM">Zambia</a></li> <li><a href="https://ircc.canada.ca/english/where-submit-application.asp?lob=citizenship&country=ZW">Zimbabwe</a></li> </ul> </div> </div> </div> </div> </div> <div class="mwscolumns section"> <div class="row "> <div class="col-xs-12 self"> <div class="mwsgeneric-base-html parbase section">  <h4 class="hiddenHeader">If you’re applying for yourself</h4>  <div class="wb-fieldflow" data-wb-fieldflow="{"noreqlabel":true}"> <p>Select the country or territory where you live:</p> <ul> <li><a href="https://ircc.canada.ca/english/where-submit-application.asp?lob=citizenship&country=AF">Afghanistan</a></li> <li><a href="https://ircc.canada.ca/english/where-submit-application.asp?lob=citizenship&country=AL">Albania</a></li> <li><a href="https://ircc.canada.ca/english/where-submit-application.asp?lob=citizenship&country=DZ">Algeria</a></li> <li><a href="https://ircc.canada.ca/english/where-submit-application.asp?lob=citizenship&country=AD">Andorra</a></li> <li><a href="https://ircc.canada.ca/english/where-submit-application.asp?lob=citizenship&country=AO">Angola</a></li> <li><a href="https://ircc.canada.ca/english/where-submit-application.asp?lob=citizenship&country=AI">Anguilla</a></li> <li><a href="https://ircc.canada.ca/english/where-submit-application.asp?lob=citizenship&country=AG">Antigua and Barbuda</a></li> <li><a href="https://ircc.canada.ca/english/where-submit-application.asp?lob=citizenship&country=AR">Argentina</a></li> <li><a href="https://ircc.canada.ca/english/where-submit-application.asp?lob=citizenship&country=AM">Armenia</a></li> <li><a href="https://ircc.canada.ca/english/where-submit-application.asp?lob=citizenship&country=AW">Aruba</a></li> <li><a href="https://ircc.canada.ca/english/where-submit-application.asp?lob=citizenship&country=AU">Australia</a></li> <li><a href="https://ircc.canada.ca/english/where-submit-application.asp?lob=citizenship&country=AT">Austria</a></li> <li><a href="https://ircc.canada.ca/english/where-submit-application.asp?lob=citizenship&country=AZ">Azerbaijan</a></li> <li><a href="https://ircc.canada.ca/english/where-submit-application.asp?lob=citizenship&country=BS">Bahamas</a></li> <li><a href="https://ircc.canada.ca/english/where-submit-application.asp?lob=citizenship&country=BH">Bahrain</a></li> <li><a href="https://ircc.canada.ca/english/where-submit-application.asp?lob=citizenship&country=BD">Bangladesh</a></li> <li><a href="https://ircc.canada.ca/english/where-submit-application.asp?lob=citizenship&country=BB">Barbados</a></li> <li><a href="https://ircc.canada.ca/english/where-submit-application.asp?lob=citizenship&country=BY">Belarus</a></li> <li><a href="https://ircc.canada.ca/english/where-submit-application.asp?lob=citizenship&country=BE">Belgium</a></li> <li><a href="https://ircc.canada.ca/english/where-submit-application.asp?lob=citizenship&country=BZ">Belize</a></li> <li><a href="https://ircc.canada.ca/english/where-submit-application.asp?lob=citizenship&country=BJ">Benin</a></li> <li><a href="https://ircc.canada.ca/english/where-submit-application.asp?lob=citizenship&country=BM">Bermuda</a></li> <li><a href="https://ircc.canada.ca/english/where-submit-application.asp?lob=citizenship&country=BT">Bhutan</a></li> <li><a href="https://ircc.canada.ca/english/where-submit-application.asp?lob=citizenship&country=BO">Bolivia</a></li> <li><a href="https://ircc.canada.ca/english/where-submit-application.asp?lob=citizenship&country=BQ">Bonaire</a></li> <li><a href="https://ircc.canada.ca/english/where-submit-application.asp?lob=citizenship&country=BA">Bosnia and Herzegovina</a></li> <li><a href="https://ircc.canada.ca/english/where-submit-application.asp?lob=citizenship&country=BW">Botswana</a></li> <li><a href="https://ircc.canada.ca/english/where-submit-application.asp?lob=citizenship&country=BR">Brazil</a></li> <li><a href="https://ircc.canada.ca/english/where-submit-application.asp?lob=citizenship&country=IO">British Virgin Islands</a></li> <li><a href="https://ircc.canada.ca/english/where-submit-application.asp?lob=citizenship&country=BN">Brunei</a></li> <li><a href="https://ircc.canada.ca/english/where-submit-application.asp?lob=citizenship&country=BG">Bulgaria</a></li> <li><a href="https://ircc.canada.ca/english/where-submit-application.asp?lob=citizenship&country=BF">Burkina Faso</a></li> <li><a href="https://ircc.canada.ca/english/where-submit-application.asp?lob=citizenship&country=MM">Burma (Myanmar)</a></li> <li><a href="https://ircc.canada.ca/english/where-submit-application.asp?lob=citizenship&country=BI">Burundi</a></li> <li><a href="https://ircc.canada.ca/english/where-submit-application.asp?lob=citizenship&country=CV">Cabo Verde</a></li> <li><a href="https://ircc.canada.ca/english/where-submit-application.asp?lob=citizenship&country=KH">Cambodia</a></li> <li><a href="https://ircc.canada.ca/english/where-submit-application.asp?lob=citizenship&country=CM">Cameroon</a></li> <li>Canada <div class="wb-fieldflow-sub"> <p>Are you an Indigenous person applying to reclaim your Indigenous name on your citizenship certificate?</p> <ul> <li data-wb-fieldflow="{"action": "toggle", "toggle": ".indigenous-yes"}">Yes, I’m applying so I can use my reclaimed Indigenous name</li> <li><a href="https://ircc.canada.ca/english/where-submit-application.asp?lob=citizenship&country=CA">No, I’m applying for a different reason</a></li> </ul> </div> </li> <li><a href="https://ircc.canada.ca/english/where-submit-application.asp?lob=citizenship&country=KY">Cayman Islands</a></li> <li><a href="https://ircc.canada.ca/english/where-submit-application.asp?lob=citizenship&country=CF">Central African Republic</a></li> <li><a href="https://ircc.canada.ca/english/where-submit-application.asp?lob=citizenship&country=TD">Chad</a></li> <li><a href="https://ircc.canada.ca/english/where-submit-application.asp?lob=citizenship&country=CL">Chile</a></li> <li><a href="https://ircc.canada.ca/english/where-submit-application.asp?lob=citizenship&country=CN">China (People’s Republic of)</a></li> <li><a href="https://ircc.canada.ca/english/where-submit-application.asp?lob=citizenship&country=CO">Colombia</a></li> <li><a href="https://ircc.canada.ca/english/where-submit-application.asp?lob=citizenship&country=KM">Comoros Island</a></li> <li><a href="https://ircc.canada.ca/english/where-submit-application.asp?lob=citizenship&country=CG">Congo</a></li> <li><a href="https://ircc.canada.ca/english/where-submit-application.asp?lob=citizenship&country=CR">Costa Rica</a></li> <li><a href="https://ircc.canada.ca/english/where-submit-application.asp?lob=citizenship&country=CI">Côte d’Ivoire</a></li> <li><a href="https://ircc.canada.ca/english/where-submit-application.asp?lob=citizenship&country=HR">Croatia</a></li> <li><a href="https://ircc.canada.ca/english/where-submit-application.asp?lob=citizenship&country=CU">Cuba</a></li> <li><a href="https://ircc.canada.ca/english/where-submit-application.asp?lob=citizenship&country=CY">Cyprus</a></li> <li><a href="https://ircc.canada.ca/english/where-submit-application.asp?lob=citizenship&country=CZ">Czech Republic</a></li> <li><a href="https://ircc.canada.ca/english/where-submit-application.asp?lob=citizenship&country=CD">Democratic Republic of the Congo</a></li> <li><a href="https://ircc.canada.ca/english/where-submit-application.asp?lob=citizenship&country=DK">Denmark</a></li> <li><a href="https://ircc.canada.ca/english/where-submit-application.asp?lob=citizenship&country=DJ">Djibouti</a></li> <li><a href="https://ircc.canada.ca/english/where-submit-application.asp?lob=citizenship&country=DM">Dominica</a></li> <li><a href="https://ircc.canada.ca/english/where-submit-application.asp?lob=citizenship&country=DO">Dominican Republic</a></li> <li><a href="https://ircc.canada.ca/english/where-submit-application.asp?lob=citizenship&country=EC">Ecuador</a></li> <li><a href="https://ircc.canada.ca/english/where-submit-application.asp?lob=citizenship&country=EG">Egypt</a></li> <li><a href="https://ircc.canada.ca/english/where-submit-application.asp?lob=citizenship&country=SV">El Salvador</a></li> <li><a href="https://ircc.canada.ca/english/where-submit-application.asp?lob=citizenship&country=GQ">Equatorial Guinea</a></li> <li><a href="https://ircc.canada.ca/english/where-submit-application.asp?lob=citizenship&country=ER">Eritrea</a></li> <li><a href="https://ircc.canada.ca/english/where-submit-application.asp?lob=citizenship&country=SZ">Eswatini</a></li> <li><a href="https://ircc.canada.ca/english/where-submit-application.asp?lob=citizenship&country=EE">Estonia</a></li> <li><a href="https://ircc.canada.ca/english/where-submit-application.asp?lob=citizenship&country=ET">Ethiopia</a></li> <li><a href="https://ircc.canada.ca/english/where-submit-application.asp?lob=citizenship&country=FJ">Fiji</a></li> <li><a href="https://ircc.canada.ca/english/where-submit-application.asp?lob=citizenship&country=FI">Finland</a></li> <li><a href="https://ircc.canada.ca/english/where-submit-application.asp?lob=citizenship&country=FR">France</a></li> <li><a href="https://ircc.canada.ca/english/where-submit-application.asp?lob=citizenship&country=GA">Gabon</a></li> <li><a href="https://ircc.canada.ca/english/where-submit-application.asp?lob=citizenship&country=GM">Gambia</a></li> <li><a href="https://ircc.canada.ca/english/where-submit-application.asp?lob=citizenship&country=GE">Georgia</a></li> <li><a href="https://ircc.canada.ca/english/where-submit-application.asp?lob=citizenship&country=DE">Germany</a></li> <li><a href="https://ircc.canada.ca/english/where-submit-application.asp?lob=citizenship&country=GH">Ghana</a></li> <li><a href="https://ircc.canada.ca/english/where-submit-application.asp?lob=citizenship&country=GR">Greece</a></li> <li><a href="https://ircc.canada.ca/english/where-submit-application.asp?lob=citizenship&country=GD">Grenada</a></li> <li><a href="https://ircc.canada.ca/english/where-submit-application.asp?lob=citizenship&country=GT">Guatemala</a></li> <li><a href="https://ircc.canada.ca/english/where-submit-application.asp?lob=citizenship&country=GN">Guinea</a></li> <li><a href="https://ircc.canada.ca/english/where-submit-application.asp?lob=citizenship&country=GW">Guinea-Bissau</a></li> <li><a href="https://ircc.canada.ca/english/where-submit-application.asp?lob=citizenship&country=GY">Guyana</a></li> <li><a href="https://ircc.canada.ca/english/where-submit-application.asp?lob=citizenship&country=HT">Haiti</a></li> <li><a href="https://ircc.canada.ca/english/where-submit-application.asp?lob=citizenship&country=VA">Holy See</a></li> <li><a href="https://ircc.canada.ca/english/where-submit-application.asp?lob=citizenship&country=HN">Honduras</a></li> <li><a href="https://ircc.canada.ca/english/where-submit-application.asp?lob=citizenship&country=HK">Hong Kong SAR</a></li> <li><a href="https://ircc.canada.ca/english/where-submit-application.asp?lob=citizenship&country=HU">Hungary</a></li> <li><a href="https://ircc.canada.ca/english/where-submit-application.asp?lob=citizenship&country=IS">Iceland</a></li> <li><a href="https://ircc.canada.ca/english/where-submit-application.asp?lob=citizenship&country=IN">India</a></li> <li><a href="https://ircc.canada.ca/english/where-submit-application.asp?lob=citizenship&country=ID">Indonesia</a></li> <li><a href="https://ircc.canada.ca/english/where-submit-application.asp?lob=citizenship&country=IR">Iran</a></li> <li><a href="https://ircc.canada.ca/english/where-submit-application.asp?lob=citizenship&country=IQ">Iraq</a></li> <li><a href="https://ircc.canada.ca/english/where-submit-application.asp?lob=citizenship&country=IE">Ireland</a></li> <li><a href="https://ircc.canada.ca/english/where-submit-application.asp?lob=citizenship&country=IL">Israel</a></li> <li><a href="https://ircc.canada.ca/english/where-submit-application.asp?lob=citizenship&country=IT">Italy</a></li> <li><a href="https://ircc.canada.ca/english/where-submit-application.asp?lob=citizenship&country=JM">Jamaica</a></li> <li><a href="https://ircc.canada.ca/english/where-submit-application.asp?lob=citizenship&country=JP">Japan</a></li> <li><a href="https://ircc.canada.ca/english/where-submit-application.asp?lob=citizenship&country=JO">Jordan</a></li> <li><a href="https://ircc.canada.ca/english/where-submit-application.asp?lob=citizenship&country=KZ">Kazakhstan</a></li> <li><a href="https://ircc.canada.ca/english/where-submit-application.asp?lob=citizenship&country=KE">Kenya</a></li> <li><a href="https://ircc.canada.ca/english/where-submit-application.asp?lob=citizenship&country=KI">Kiribati</a></li> <li><a href="https://ircc.canada.ca/english/where-submit-application.asp?lob=citizenship&country=XK">Kosovo</a></li> <li><a href="https://ircc.canada.ca/english/where-submit-application.asp?lob=citizenship&country=KW">Kuwait</a></li> <li><a href="https://ircc.canada.ca/english/where-submit-application.asp?lob=citizenship&country=KG">Kyrgyzstan</a></li> <li><a href="https://ircc.canada.ca/english/where-submit-application.asp?lob=citizenship&country=LA">Laos</a></li> <li><a href="https://ircc.canada.ca/english/where-submit-application.asp?lob=citizenship&country=LV">Latvia</a></li> <li><a href="https://ircc.canada.ca/english/where-submit-application.asp?lob=citizenship&country=LB">Lebanon</a></li> <li><a href="https://ircc.canada.ca/english/where-submit-application.asp?lob=citizenship&country=LS">Lesotho</a></li> <li><a href="https://ircc.canada.ca/english/where-submit-application.asp?lob=citizenship&country=LR">Liberia</a></li> <li><a href="https://ircc.canada.ca/english/where-submit-application.asp?lob=citizenship&country=LY">Libya</a></li> <li><a href="https://ircc.canada.ca/english/where-submit-application.asp?lob=citizenship&country=LI">Liechtenstein</a></li> <li><a href="https://ircc.canada.ca/english/where-submit-application.asp?lob=citizenship&country=LT">Lithuania</a></li> <li><a href="https://ircc.canada.ca/english/where-submit-application.asp?lob=citizenship&country=LU">Luxembourg</a></li> <li><a href="https://ircc.canada.ca/english/where-submit-application.asp?lob=citizenship&country=MO">Macao SAR</a></li> <li><a href="https://ircc.canada.ca/english/where-submit-application.asp?lob=citizenship&country=MK">Macedonia</a></li> <li><a href="https://ircc.canada.ca/english/where-submit-application.asp?lob=citizenship&country=MG">Madagascar</a></li> <li><a href="https://ircc.canada.ca/english/where-submit-application.asp?lob=citizenship&country=MW">Malawi</a></li> <li><a href="https://ircc.canada.ca/english/where-submit-application.asp?lob=citizenship&country=MY">Malaysia</a></li> <li><a href="https://ircc.canada.ca/english/where-submit-application.asp?lob=citizenship&country=MV">Maldives</a></li> <li><a href="https://ircc.canada.ca/english/where-submit-application.asp?lob=citizenship&country=ML">Mali</a></li> <li><a href="https://ircc.canada.ca/english/where-submit-application.asp?lob=citizenship&country=MT">Malta</a></li> <li><a href="https://ircc.canada.ca/english/where-submit-application.asp?lob=citizenship&country=MH">Marshall Islands</a></li> <li><a href="https://ircc.canada.ca/english/where-submit-application.asp?lob=citizenship&country=MQ">Martinique</a></li> <li><a href="https://ircc.canada.ca/english/where-submit-application.asp?lob=citizenship&country=MR">Mauritania</a></li> <li><a href="https://ircc.canada.ca/english/where-submit-application.asp?lob=citizenship&country=MU">Mauritius</a></li> <li><a href="https://ircc.canada.ca/english/where-submit-application.asp?lob=citizenship&country=MX">Mexico</a></li> <li><a href="https://ircc.canada.ca/english/where-submit-application.asp?lob=citizenship&country=FM">Micronesia (Federated States of)</a></li> <li><a href="https://ircc.canada.ca/english/where-submit-application.asp?lob=citizenship&country=MD">Moldova</a></li> <li><a href="https://ircc.canada.ca/english/where-submit-application.asp?lob=citizenship&country=MC">Monaco</a></li> <li><a href="https://ircc.canada.ca/english/where-submit-application.asp?lob=citizenship&country=MN">Mongolia</a></li> <li><a href="https://ircc.canada.ca/english/where-submit-application.asp?lob=citizenship&country=ME">Montenegro</a></li> <li><a href="https://ircc.canada.ca/english/where-submit-application.asp?lob=citizenship&country=MA">Morocco</a></li> <li><a href="https://ircc.canada.ca/english/where-submit-application.asp?lob=citizenship&country=MZ">Mozambique</a></li> <li><a href="https://ircc.canada.ca/english/where-submit-application.asp?lob=citizenship&country=NA">Namibia</a></li> <li><a href="https://ircc.canada.ca/english/where-submit-application.asp?lob=citizenship&country=NR">Nauru</a></li> <li><a href="https://ircc.canada.ca/english/where-submit-application.asp?lob=citizenship&country=NP">Nepal</a></li> <li><a href="https://ircc.canada.ca/english/where-submit-application.asp?lob=citizenship&country=NL">Netherlands</a></li> <li><a href="https://ircc.canada.ca/english/where-submit-application.asp?lob=citizenship&country=NC">New Caledonia</a></li> <li><a href="https://ircc.canada.ca/english/where-submit-application.asp?lob=citizenship&country=NZ">New Zealand</a></li> <li><a href="https://ircc.canada.ca/english/where-submit-application.asp?lob=citizenship&country=NI">Nicaragua</a></li> <li><a href="https://ircc.canada.ca/english/where-submit-application.asp?lob=citizenship&country=NE">Niger</a></li> <li><a href="https://ircc.canada.ca/english/where-submit-application.asp?lob=citizenship&country=NG">Nigeria</a></li> <li><a href="https://ircc.canada.ca/english/where-submit-application.asp?lob=citizenship&country=KP">North Korea</a></li> <li><a href="https://ircc.canada.ca/english/where-submit-application.asp?lob=citizenship&country=NO">Norway</a></li> <li><a href="https://ircc.canada.ca/english/where-submit-application.asp?lob=citizenship&country=OM">Oman</a></li> <li><a href="https://ircc.canada.ca/english/where-submit-application.asp?lob=citizenship&country=PK">Pakistan</a></li> <li><a href="https://ircc.canada.ca/english/where-submit-application.asp?lob=citizenship&country=PS">Palestinian Authority (Gaza)</a></li> <li><a href="https://ircc.canada.ca/english/where-submit-application.asp?lob=citizenship&country=WB">Palestinian Authority (West Bank)</a></li> <li><a href="https://ircc.canada.ca/english/where-submit-application.asp?lob=citizenship&country=PA">Panama</a></li> <li><a href="https://ircc.canada.ca/english/where-submit-application.asp?lob=citizenship&country=PG">Papua New Guinea</a></li> <li><a href="https://ircc.canada.ca/english/where-submit-application.asp?lob=citizenship&country=PY">Paraguay</a></li> <li><a href="https://ircc.canada.ca/english/where-submit-application.asp?lob=citizenship&country=PE">Peru</a></li> <li><a href="https://ircc.canada.ca/english/where-submit-application.asp?lob=citizenship&country=PH">Philippines</a></li> <li><a href="https://ircc.canada.ca/english/where-submit-application.asp?lob=citizenship&country=PL">Poland</a></li> <li><a href="https://ircc.canada.ca/english/where-submit-application.asp?lob=citizenship&country=PT">Portugal</a></li> <li><a href="https://ircc.canada.ca/english/where-submit-application.asp?lob=citizenship&country=PR">Puerto Rico</a></li> <li><a href="https://ircc.canada.ca/english/where-submit-application.asp?lob=citizenship&country=QA">Qatar</a></li> <li><a href="https://ircc.canada.ca/english/where-submit-application.asp?lob=citizenship&country=RO">Romania</a></li> <li><a href="https://ircc.canada.ca/english/where-submit-application.asp?lob=citizenship&country=RU">Russia</a></li> <li><a href="https://ircc.canada.ca/english/where-submit-application.asp?lob=citizenship&country=RW">Rwanda</a></li> <li><a href="https://ircc.canada.ca/english/where-submit-application.asp?lob=citizenship&country=WS">Samoa</a></li> <li><a href="https://ircc.canada.ca/english/where-submit-application.asp?lob=citizenship&country=SM">San Marino</a></li> <li><a href="https://ircc.canada.ca/english/where-submit-application.asp?lob=citizenship&country=ST">Sao Tome and Principe</a></li> <li><a href="https://ircc.canada.ca/english/where-submit-application.asp?lob=citizenship&country=SA">Saudi Arabia</a></li> <li><a href="https://ircc.canada.ca/english/where-submit-application.asp?lob=citizenship&country=SN">Senegal</a></li> <li><a href="https://ircc.canada.ca/english/where-submit-application.asp?lob=citizenship&country=RS">Serbia</a></li> <li><a href="https://ircc.canada.ca/english/where-submit-application.asp?lob=citizenship&country=SC">Seychelles</a></li> <li><a href="https://ircc.canada.ca/english/where-submit-application.asp?lob=citizenship&country=SL">Sierra Leone</a></li> <li><a href="https://ircc.canada.ca/english/where-submit-application.asp?lob=citizenship&country=SG">Singapore</a></li> <li><a href="https://ircc.canada.ca/english/where-submit-application.asp?lob=citizenship&country=SK">Slovakia</a></li> <li><a href="https://ircc.canada.ca/english/where-submit-application.asp?lob=citizenship&country=SI">Slovenia</a></li> <li><a href="https://ircc.canada.ca/english/where-submit-application.asp?lob=citizenship&country=SB">Solomon Islands</a></li> <li><a href="https://ircc.canada.ca/english/where-submit-application.asp?lob=citizenship&country=SO">Somalia</a></li> <li><a href="https://ircc.canada.ca/english/where-submit-application.asp?lob=citizenship&country=ZA">South Africa</a></li> <li><a href="https://ircc.canada.ca/english/where-submit-application.asp?lob=citizenship&country=KR">South Korea</a></li> <li><a href="https://ircc.canada.ca/english/where-submit-application.asp?lob=citizenship&country=SS">South Sudan</a></li> <li><a href="https://ircc.canada.ca/english/where-submit-application.asp?lob=citizenship&country=ES">Spain</a></li> <li><a href="https://ircc.canada.ca/english/where-submit-application.asp?lob=citizenship&country=LK">Sri Lanka</a></li> <li><a href="https://ircc.canada.ca/english/where-submit-application.asp?lob=citizenship&country=KN">St. Kitts and Nevis</a></li> <li><a href="https://ircc.canada.ca/english/where-submit-application.asp?lob=citizenship&country=LC">St. Lucia</a></li> <li><a href="https://ircc.canada.ca/english/where-submit-application.asp?lob=citizenship&country=VC">St. Vincent and the Grenadines</a></li> <li><a href="https://ircc.canada.ca/english/where-submit-application.asp?lob=citizenship&country=SD">Sudan</a></li> <li><a href="https://ircc.canada.ca/english/where-submit-application.asp?lob=citizenship&country=SR">Suriname</a></li> <li><a href="https://ircc.canada.ca/english/where-submit-application.asp?lob=citizenship&country=SE">Sweden</a></li> <li><a href="https://ircc.canada.ca/english/where-submit-application.asp?lob=citizenship&country=CH">Switzerland</a></li> <li><a href="https://ircc.canada.ca/english/where-submit-application.asp?lob=citizenship&country=SY">Syria</a></li> <li><a href="https://ircc.canada.ca/english/where-submit-application.asp?lob=citizenship&country=PF">Tahiti</a></li> <li><a href="https://ircc.canada.ca/english/where-submit-application.asp?lob=citizenship&country=TW">Taiwan</a></li> <li><a href="https://ircc.canada.ca/english/where-submit-application.asp?lob=citizenship&country=TJ">Tajikistan</a></li> <li><a href="https://ircc.canada.ca/english/where-submit-application.asp?lob=citizenship&country=TZ">Tanzania</a></li> <li><a href="https://ircc.canada.ca/english/where-submit-application.asp?lob=citizenship&country=TH">Thailand</a></li> <li><a href="https://ircc.canada.ca/english/where-submit-application.asp?lob=citizenship&country=TL">Timor-Leste (Timor oriental)</a></li> <li><a href="https://ircc.canada.ca/english/where-submit-application.asp?lob=citizenship&country=TG">Togo</a></li> <li><a href="https://ircc.canada.ca/english/where-submit-application.asp?lob=citizenship&country=TO">Tonga</a></li> <li><a href="https://ircc.canada.ca/english/where-submit-application.asp?lob=citizenship&country=TT">Trinidad and Tobago</a></li> <li><a href="https://ircc.canada.ca/english/where-submit-application.asp?lob=citizenship&country=TN">Tunisia</a></li> <li><a href="https://ircc.canada.ca/english/where-submit-application.asp?lob=citizenship&country=TR">Türkiye</a></li> <li><a href="https://ircc.canada.ca/english/where-submit-application.asp?lob=citizenship&country=TM">Turkmenistan</a></li> <li><a href="https://ircc.canada.ca/english/where-submit-application.asp?lob=citizenship&country=TC">Turks and Caicos Islands</a></li> <li><a href="https://ircc.canada.ca/english/where-submit-application.asp?lob=citizenship&country=TV">Tuvalu</a></li> <li><a href="https://ircc.canada.ca/english/where-submit-application.asp?lob=citizenship&country=UG">Uganda</a></li> <li><a href="https://ircc.canada.ca/english/where-submit-application.asp?lob=citizenship&country=UA">Ukraine</a></li> <li><a href="https://ircc.canada.ca/english/where-submit-application.asp?lob=citizenship&country=AE">United Arab Emirates</a></li> <li><a href="https://ircc.canada.ca/english/where-submit-application.asp?lob=citizenship&country=GB">United Kingdom</a></li> <li>United States of America <div class="wb-fieldflow-sub"> <p>Are you an Indigenous person applying to reclaim your Indigenous name on your citizenship certificate?</p> <ul> <li data-wb-fieldflow="{"action": "toggle", "toggle": ".indigenous-yes"}">Yes, I’m applying so I can use my reclaimed Indigenous name</li> <li><a href="https://ircc.canada.ca/english/where-submit-application.asp?lob=citizenship&country=US">No, I’m applying for a different reason</a></li> </ul> </div> </li> <li><a href="https://ircc.canada.ca/english/where-submit-application.asp?lob=citizenship&country=UY">Uruguay</a></li> <li><a href="https://ircc.canada.ca/english/where-submit-application.asp?lob=citizenship&country=VI">US Virgin Islands</a></li> <li><a href="https://ircc.canada.ca/english/where-submit-application.asp?lob=citizenship&country=UZ">Uzbekistan</a></li> <li><a href="https://ircc.canada.ca/english/where-submit-application.asp?lob=citizenship&country=VU">Vanuatu</a></li> <li><a href="https://ircc.canada.ca/english/where-submit-application.asp?lob=citizenship&country=VE">Venezuela</a></li> <li><a href="https://ircc.canada.ca/english/where-submit-application.asp?lob=citizenship&country=VN">Vietnam</a></li> <li><a href="https://ircc.canada.ca/english/where-submit-application.asp?lob=citizenship&country=YE">Yemen</a></li> <li><a href="https://ircc.canada.ca/english/where-submit-application.asp?lob=citizenship&country=ZM">Zambia</a></li> <li><a href="https://ircc.canada.ca/english/where-submit-application.asp?lob=citizenship&country=ZW">Zimbabwe</a></li> </ul> </div> </div> </div> </div> </div> <div class="mwscolumns section"> <div class="row "> <div class="col-xs-12 indigenous-yes"> <div class="mwsgeneric-base-html parbase section"> <div class="well well-sm"> <h3 class="mrgn-tp-0">Where to submit your application if you’ve reclaimed your Indigenous name</h3> <p>To submit your application to apply for, update, or replace your citizenship certificate or card with your reclaimed Indigenous name</p> <ol> <li>Gather your documents, including <ul> <li>the completed application form</li> <li>either the eligibility form or the statutory declaration, depending on your situation</li> <li>your supporting documents</li> </ul> </li> <li>Put them in an envelope <ul> <li>label the outside with “CTA 17 – Proof” in large, dark letters</li> <li>Address the envelope to<br> Citizenship and Passport Cases Division<br> Case Management Branch<br> Immigration, Refugees and Citizenship Canada<br> 300 Slater Street, 12th Floor<br> Ottawa, ON  K1A 1L1 </li> </ul> </li> </ol> <h4>Track your application </h4> <div data-ajax-append="/content/canadasite/en/immigration-refugees-citizenship/services/reference-include/cit-tracking-number-eng.html#id1"></div> <div class="nojs-show"> <p>We recommend that you use a postal or courier service with a tracking number to ensure you get proof that your application was delivered to the IRCC office. </p></div> </div> </div> </div> </div> </div> <div class="mwspagination section"> <nav role="navigation" class="mrgn-bttm-lg"> <h2 class="wb-inv">Document navigation</h2> <ul class="pager">  <li class="next"><a href="/en/immigration-refugees-citizenship/services/canadian-citizenship/proof-citizenship/after-apply-next-steps.html" rel="next">Next: After you apply</a></li> </ul> </nav> </div> </div> <section class="pagedetails"> <h2 class="wb-inv">Page details</h2> <dl id="wb-dtmd"> <dt>Date modified:</dt> 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