Application for Canadian citizenship – Minors (under 18 years of age) applying under Subsection 5(1) (CIT 0403)

Check the appropriate box to indicate if you are:

• the person with custody of, or who is empowered to act on behalf of the minor; or;
• the minor who does not have access to a person eligible to apply on their behalf and will be seeking a waiver of this requirement. The minor will also have to check the appropriate box in Section 19 of the application form.

From the list, select the language (English or French) in which you would like to receive your service.

Tell us if the minor has any special needs that require accommodation. If yes, select the appropriate accommodation you require in the drop down menu.

Some examples of specials needs are:

• wheelchair access
• sign language interpretation (for example, deaf individuals may have a sign language interpreter to help with the assessment of “listening and speaking” ability)
• personal assistance (for example, accompanied by a care attendant, a service animal, a sighted guide, etc.)
• materials in accessible formats (for example, the study guide is available in large print, audio or Braille versions).

If the special need is not listed, please explain in the space provided.

You will find the minor’s UCI or client identifier on the following documents:

• Permanent Resident Card (PR Card)
  • the number next to the photograph
• Confirmation of Permanent Residence (IMM5292 or IMM 5688)
  • the number at the top right corner of the document
• Record of landing (IMM 1000)
  • if there is no client ID number listed, provide the document number located at the bottom right corner that begins with a W followed by 9 digits (Example: W 012 345 678)

The UCI is an eight or ten-digit number.

1. The minor’s full name as shown on their Record of Landing (IMM 1000), Confirmation of Permanent Residence (IMM 5292 or IMM 5688), or Last Permanent Residence Card (PR Card).
   • Examples of documents are listed above in step 3.
   • If you do not have a given name, leave this field blank. Do not enter “*”, “Not applicable” or “NA”.
   • If the minor's name was shortened (truncated) on the immigration document, it will appear in full length on their citizenship certificate, up to 50 characters for the family name(s) and 50 characters for the given name(s).
2. If the minor changed their legal name since becoming a Permanent Resident, select “yes” from the menu and provide the required documents listed in Appendixes A: Name Change.
3. Choose your gender (F-Female, M-Male or X-Another gender).
   • Note: If the gender identifier chosen is F or M, it must match the sex that appears on the passport or travel document you provide with your application. If the gender identifier chosen is X, it should match an equivalent non-binary option
   • If the minor legally changed their gender designation you must submit additional documents. Consult Appendix C: Request for a change of sex or gender identifier
4. Indicate your height (how tall you are), either in centimetres or feet/inches
5. Indicate your natural eye colour.
6. Choose your current marital status:
   • Annulled Marriage - This is a marriage that is legally declared invalid. An annulment can also be a declaration by the Catholic Church that the marital union did not have a binding force.
   • Common- Law - This means that you have lived continuously with your partner in a marital-type relationship for a minimum of one year.
   • Divorced - This means that you are officially separated and have legally ended your marriage.
   • Separated - This means that you are married, but are no longer living with your spouse.
   • Married - This means that you and your spouse have had a ceremony that legally binds you to each other. Your marriage must be legally recognized in the country where it was performed and in Canada.
   • Single - This means that you have never been married and are not in a common-law relationship.
   • Widowed - This means that your spouse has died and that you have not re-married or entered into a common-law relationship.

7. The minor’s date of birth as shown exactly on your Record of Landing (IMM 1000), confirmation of Permanent Residence (IMM 5292 or IMM 5688), or Last Permanent Residence Card (PR Card).

   • If the minor’s date of birth needs to be corrected, see Appendix B - Date of birth correction.
   • If the minor’s entire date of birth is unknown, please use ‘*’ (star sign or asterisk) to fill in the spaces for the month or day, where applicable.

   Write the minor’s place of birth, including the city/town and country.

   • Note, if the minor’s city, town, or country or territory of birth is indicated in their passport or travel document, please record it as it appears in the document.

We need to know if the minor has ever used any other names in order to verify their identity. If you used any other names other than the one being requested in your grant of citizenship application, print them in the chart.

Note: this question is optional, only complete it if it applies to you.

• Examples: Name at time of birth, name before marriage, previous married names, married name, nick names or any other names you have used.
• If you do not have a given name, leave this field blank. Do not enter “*”, “Not applicable” or “NA”.
• You can add or remove rows as you need by pressing the plus sign (+) or minus sign (-) buttons.
• If you have legally changed your name, see Appendix A – Name change.

Home address in Canada

• Apartment (Apt.) or Unit, if it applies to you
• Street Number (No.)
• Street Name. Do not abbreviate words (Street, Avenue, Boulevard, Drive etc.) except for directions (NW, SE, W, etc.)
• City or Town
• Country or territory
• Province or State
• Postal Code
• District, if it applies to you

Note: Canada Post’s Mail Forwarding Service does not forward parcels and a citizenship application package is considered a parcel. If we need to return your application package to you because it is incomplete, the package will be returned to us instead of being forwarded to the address you have indicated with Canada Post. If your application package is returned to us by Canada Post, it will not be processed.

Mailing address

Select “yes” from the drop down menu to tell us if the address you live at is the same as your mailing address. If “No”, type the following information:

• P.O. box, if it applies to you
• Apartment (Apt.) or Unit, if it applies to you
• Street Number (No.)
• Street Name. Do not abbreviate words (Street, Avenue, Boulevard, Drive etc.) except for directions (NW, SE, W, etc.)
• City or Town
• Country or territory
• Province or State
• Postal Code
• District, if it applies to you.

Phone number(s)

Check the correct box to tell us if your other telephone number is from Canada, the United States or Other (any other country).

Choose the type of telephone:

• Residence (home)
• Cellular (cell or mobile)
• Business (work)

Type your telephone number including the country code, area or regional codes, etc.

If you have an extension number, write it after your phone number under “Ext.”

Email address

If you have one, type your e-mail address using a format similar to the following: name@provider.net

Note: Make sure you check your email regularly. Any emails sent to you by IRCC will end in:

• “@cic.gc.ca”
• “@canada.ca” or
• “@international.gc.ca”.

Please add these to your “safe senders” list in your email program and check the junk mail folder in case important emails get filtered. If we find that your email address does not work or no longer exists, we will communicate with you by mail.

By giving us your e-mail address, you are hereby authorizing us to send your correspondence, including file and personal information electronically to this address.

Home address in Canada

• Apartment (Apt.) or Unit, if it applies to you
• Street Number (No.)
• Street Name. Do not abbreviate words (Street, Avenue, Boulevard, Drive etc.) except for directions (NW, SE, W, etc.)
• City or Town
• Country or territory
• Province or State
• Postal Code
• District, if it applies to you.
  • Correspondence will be sent to the person applying on behalf of the minor and not the minor directly
  • All correspondence will go to this address unless you give us your e-mail address.
  • Indicating an e-mail address will authorize all correspondence, including file and personal information, to be sent to the e-mail address you specify
  • If you wish to authorize the release of information from your application to a representative, indicate their e-mail and mailing address on the IMM5476 (opens in new tab) 

Note: Canada Post’s Mail Forwarding Service does not forward parcels and a citizenship application package is considered a parcel. If we need to return your application package to you because it is incomplete, the package will be returned to us instead of being forwarded to the address you have indicated with Canada Post. If your application package is returned to us by Canada Post, it will not be processed.

Mailing address

Select “yes” from the drop down menu to tell us if the address you live at is the same as your mailing address. If “No”, type the following information:

• P.O. box, if it applies to you
• Apartment (Apt.) or Unit, if it applies to you
• Street Number (No.)
• Street Name. Do not abbreviate words (Street, Avenue, Boulevard, Drive etc.) except for directions (NW, SE, W, etc.)
• City or Town
• Country or territory
• Province or State
• Postal Code
• District, if it applies to you

Phone number(s)

Check the correct box to tell us if your other telephone number is from Canada, the United States or Other (any other country).

Choose the type of telephone:

• Residence (home)
• Cellular (cell or mobile)
• Business (work)

Type your telephone number including the country code, area or regional codes, etc.

If you have an extension number, write it after your phone number under “Ext.”

Email address

If you have one, type your e-mail address using a format similar to the following: name@provider.net

Note: Make sure you check your email regularly. Any emails sent to you by IRCC will end in:

• “@cic.gc.ca”
• “@canada.ca” or
• “@international.gc.ca”

Please add these to your “safe senders” list in your email program and check the junk mail folder in case important emails get filtered. If we find that your email address does not work or no longer exists, we will communicate with you by mail. By giving us your e-mail address, you are hereby authorizing us to send your correspondence, including file and personal information electronically to this address.

Tell us if someone helped you complete your application package using the drop down menu

If you are appointing an individual, firm or organization as your representative, you must complete the Use of a Representative Form (IMM 5476) (opens in new tab)  and include it when you send us your application. Once you appoint a representative, all correspondence from us about your application will be sent to the representative and not to you.

Physical Presence and the five (5) year eligibility period

The eligibility period is five (5) years before the date you sign your application. The minimum amount of time you need to be physically present in Canada is 1095 days within the five years immediately before applying.

You must complete and submit the printout of your Online Physical Presence Calculation. If you have not already completed this step please do so by visiting the Online Physical Presence Calculator.

You may be able to use some of your time spent in Canada as an authorized temporary resident or protected person towards your physical presence calculation. Each day spent physically in Canada as a temporary resident or protected person before becoming a permanent resident within the last five (5) years, will count as one half day, with a maximum of 365 days towards your physical presence.

Temporary resident status includes lawful authorization to enter or remain in Canada as a:

1. visitor,
2. student,
3. worker or,
4. temporary resident permit holder

A protected person is someone who:

• was found to be in need of protection or a convention refugee by the Immigration and Refugee Board

  or

• received a positive decision on a Pre-Removal Risk Assessment from Immigration, Refugees and Citizenship Canada.

If you are claiming time as a Protected Person, the only time allowed is the time from when you received a positive Protected Person decision on your refugee claim or PRRA application until the day before you became a Permanent Resident.

1. Enter the “To” date from your physical presence calculator. This date is the last day in your eligibility period which is found on the physical presence summary or printout.
2. There are very rare situations that will allow you to count time outside of Canada towards your physical presence calculation. If you resided outside of Canada because either:
   • you; and/or
   • your Canadian citizen or permanent resident spouse or common law partner; or
   • your permanent resident parent

   were employed outside Canada (not as a locally engaged person) in or with:

   • the Canadian Armed Forces
   • the federal public administration
   • the public service of a province or territory

Select yes from the drop down menu, complete the Residence Outside Canada (CIT 0177) (opens in new tab)  and submit any supporting documents requested in that form with your application.

If you have no time to count, select no and continue to the next question without filling out the form CIT0177.

Address History

Write all of the minor’s addresses inside and outside of Canada during your 5-year eligibility period, including the postal codes, starting with your current home address. If the minor was residing, working or studying outside Canada, you must list all of your foreign addresses, including the country postal or mailing codes. Press the plus (+) button if you need more space. You don’t need to include addresses of family, friends, hotels or resorts where you stayed while on vacation.

Provide information that covers the 5-year eligibility period. Do not leave any gaps during this period and do not leave this section blank. If you do, your application will be returned to you as incomplete.

Tell us if the minor has had immigration, permanent resident status and/or citizenship in any other country outside of Canada (e.g. your country of birth)

• Check either “Yes” or “No”.
• If you check “Yes”, complete the chart.
• Tell us which countries you have held status in, and exactly what status you held or currently hold (Citizen, permanent resident, visitor, worker, student, protected person, refugee claimant)
• Date you obtained each status(YYYY-MM-DD)
• End date if no longer valid, if applicable (YYYY-MM-DD). Leave blank if you currently hold this status

1. Select “Yes” or “No” to indicate if the minor has attended an educational institutional or participated in English/French language training for this five (5) year eligibility period.

   If the minor is under 14 years of age on the date you sign the application, please submit photocopies of official education record(s) in which the minor attended an educational institution in the past 5 years.

   Official education records are:

   • Report cards
   • Transcripts
   • Attendance records

   Note: Student identification cards and letters from institutions, teachers or principals are not accepted as official education records.

   Home schooling: If the minor was home schooled in the past 5 years, submit photocopies of written proof of registration as determined by the respective Ministry of Education in the province or territory where you live.

   If no, explain why these documents are not in your possession in the space provided.

   Note: Minors 14 years of age and over on the date you sign the application are not required to submit education records upfront with the application

2. Select “Yes” or “No” to indicate if you have all of the required photocopies of official education records.

3. Tell us what you have been doing during the five (5) year eligibility period. You must list all your work and study history including English/French language training inside or outside Canada for the five (5) year eligibility period. Press the (+) plus button if you need more space.

   • If you were not working because you were studying, unemployed, retired, a caregiver, homemaker or volunteering for any part of this time, provide that information, including the location.
   • If you were self-employed, you must provide details of your self-employment.
   • If you have multiple occupations/activities that are present, type “present” instead of putting a date.

   You must provide information that covers the five (5) year eligibility period, being sure to account for each month.

   Do not leave any gaps during this period and do not leave this section blank. If you do, your application will be returned to you

   Note: If the minor was not alive during part of their eligibility period, use their date of birth as the start of their eligibility period

To determine if the minor was required, under the Income Tax Act, to file income taxes, please refer to the Canada Revenue Agency (CRA) information on Newcomers to Canada (immigrants). To check the minor’s personal tax information, you may refer to the CRA’s My Account online service.

1. If you have one, provide the 9-digit number for your
   • social insurance number (SIN)
   • temporary tax number (TTN), and/or
   • individual tax number (ITN)
2. In the chart, tell us about your income tax filing for the last 5 years.
   • Under the Required to file column
     • check “Yes” if you needed to file a tax return that year
     • check “No” if you didn’t need to file a tax return that year
   • Under the Taxes filed column
     • check “Yes” if you filed a tax return that year
     • check “No” if you didn’t file a tax return that year

   Note: The tax years are auto generated once you enter your eligibility period in question 9. Additionally, you need to complete this chart in full even if you didn’t live in Canada for part of your 5 year eligibility period.

3. Select “Yes” to authorize the Canada Revenue Agency (CRA) to provide details of the minor’s tax filing information (including income, benefit, and residence information) to IRCC. By selecting “Yes” you are also authorizing IRCC to collect the minor’s tax filing information from the CRA to help determine whether the minor meets the income tax requirement and physical presence requirement for citizenship as well as to examine the minor’s tax information in activities to support quality assurance and integrity in the citizenship program.

Please note that if consent is not provided, the application will be returned as incomplete and will not be processed.

Tell us if the minor held travel documents and/or passports during their five (5) year eligibility period by checking the appropriate box Check either yes or no.

• If you check yes, complete the chart:
  • Type your valid passport or travel document number exactly as shown on the document. Make sure there is no space between each number or letter.
  • Select the name of the country or territory that issued your passport or travel document (issuing authority)
  • the place (city or town) the document was issued
  • the date the document was issued
  • the expiry date of the document. Leave blank if there is no expiry date.

If the minor does not have a travel document or passport that was/is valid during their five (5) year eligibility period or there are gaps of time between the validity of any passports or travel documents, explain why in the space provided.

Certain conditions outlined in the Citizenship Act may affect a minor’s application for citizenship. Answer all of the questions by selecting yes or no. For any yes responses provide details for the minor.

IRCC does not need to know if a minor has been found guilty of an offence under the Youth Criminal Justice Act if the sentence was a youth sentence and it has successfully been completed.

• Check the declaration to confirm to confirm that you have read and understood the situations that prevent the minor from becoming a Canadian citizen.
• If you checked yes to any of the situations that prevent the minor from becoming a Canadian citizen provide details in the explanation box

The minor’s fingerprints and/or court documents may be required to ensure that the minor is not prohibited under the Citizenship Act. Please do not include fingerprints and/or court documents in the application. If needed, a separate request will be sent by IRCC. The minor may also need to attend an in-person interview. If you receive a notice to appear, both you and the minor must attend the interview.

warning: The minors’ citizenship can be taken away (revoked) if, at the time they take the oath (required if 14 years of age or older), you or the minor knows that any of the above prohibitions apply to the minor.

If your application is approved you will be issued a citizenship certificate as proof of citizenship. Citizenship certificates come in either paper or electronic (printable PDF) format. Citizens can have only one type of certificate but are allowed to print a copy of their electronic certificate.

Check the box next to the type of citizenship certificate that you would like to receive, either paper or electronic citizenship certificate.

Unless you have requested a paper certificate, you must provide an email address in the application form to receive your e-certificate.

Select “Yes” if you authorize IRCC to provide your personal information to your federal Member of Parliament (MP).

Select either “Yes” or “No” to indicate if the person applying on behalf of the minor authorizes IRCC to disclose the minor’s name, residential address, and preferred official language to the minor’s federal Member of Parliament so that a letter of congratulations can be sent if the minor becomes a Canadian citizen. No other information will be forwarded.

Select “Yes” or “No” to indicate if a minor under 14 years of age wishes to participate in a citizenship ceremony and take the oath of citizenship. Minors under 14 years of age are not required to attend a citizenship ceremony to take the oath of citizenship. Generally, citizenship certificates are mailed to the applicant.

If a minor aged 14 and over is unable to take the oath of citizenship due to compassionate grounds, they can request a waiver of the oath of citizenship.

• To request an oath waiver for minors aged 14-17 due to a medical reason, please provide a Medical Opinion Form for Citizenship Waivers (CIT 0547) (opens in new tab) , filled out by a medical professional licensed to practice in Canada. You should also provide any additional documentation that we should consider with the waiver request.
• To request an oath waiver for minors aged 14-17 due to other compassionate grounds, please provide a Waiver Request Form for Minor Applicants [CIT 0554] (opens in new tab)  with any additional documents that support the request.
• Requesting a waiver does not guarantee it will be approved. Waiver requests are assessed on a case-by-case basis.

Sign the form

The person applying on behalf of the minor (i.e. the person who checked question 1 stating that they have custody of the minor, or are empowered to act on behalf of the minor by virtue of a court order or written agreement or by operation of law) must sign the application. Please print and sign the application form with the signature you currently use on other official documents.

Minor applicants between the ages of 14 and 17 years of age must also sign the application.

If the minor is requesting a waiver of the requirement for a person with custody of the minor or who is empowered to act on the minor’s behalf to make the application, the minor must check the box under the signature box declaring that they cannot obtain the necessary signature of the person who can make the application, and are therefore requesting a waiver of this requirement.

When this box is checked, we will consider the request and may ask for supporting documents or evidence to support the decision to be taken on the minor’s waiver request regarding the signature of the guardian or person empowered to act on their behalf.

• Type the city where you are applying from
• Type the date you will sign the application. The date you sign the application must be the same date as the application date in the printout of your Online Physical Presence Calculator.

Print and provide a handwritten signature.

Note: Your application will be returned to you if it is:

• not signed and dated
• dated more than 90 days before we receive it
• post-dated (dated into the future)

Make sure that the date of signature on the application and the application date on the physical presence calculator printout are the same.

The minor must be eligible to apply for Canadian citizenship the day before you sign the application form.

Validate the form

Once the application is completed, click on the “Validate” button located at the top or bottom of the form. This will generate a barcode page– see image below. If this application form is completed on a computer and printed, you must place the barcode page on the top of your application (or if applying as a group, each individual application package).

• If a barcode does not appear, find out why and how to fix the issue.

Note: This barcode page will not appear if you fill out your application by hands