Citizen but not really...

worried_mom
Mon, 21 Sep 2009 14:42:00 +0000

YOU ARE NOT A CANADIAN CITIZEN UNTIL YOU HAVE TAKEN THE CITIZENSHIP OATH. Citizenship is not conferred when you receive the letter telling you where and when to take the oath; taking the oath is the final step in the citizenship application process:

[The citizenship ceremony](http://www.cic.gc.ca/english/citizenship/cit-ceremony.asp)

You have to certify that the info provided on your college application form is true and correct. Therefore, if you do not have the citizenship papers in hand when you submit your ED application, you cannot claim Canadian citizenship. If being able to claim Canadian citizenship is important to you, then you will have to wait until after you take the citizenship oath, which may mean applying RD instead.