Submit your application

When your forms and documents are ready, you can

• pay the application fees
• mail your application

1. Pay the application fees

   The citizenship application fee for a stateless person is [Error loading fee. Check the fee list.].

   How to pay

   Pay the fee only when you’re ready to submit your application.

   1. Sign in to our online payment system.
      • Create an account if you don’t have one.
   2. Pay your fees.
   3. Print and include the receipt with your application.

   If you’re submitting more than 1 application at the same time, you can pay all the fees together (1 receipt) or separately (many receipts). Include a copy of your receipt in each application.

   Pay your fees online

   If you don’t pay the correct amount

   If you don’t pay enough, we’ll return the entire application. We’ll start processing the application only after we receive the full amount of the fee.

   If you pay too much, we’ll refund the difference and process your application normally.

   Getting a refund

   You can get a full refund for your application fee if you cancel or abandon your application. We’ll send it to the person named in the “Payer Information” section of the receipt.

   Learn how to request a refund if you cancel or abandon your application.

2. Mail your application

   To avoid delays or a return of your application package, follow these steps before you mail it.

   1. Before you sign the form
      • Confirm you still meet the citizenship eligibility requirements.
   2. Check completeness
      • Confirm that you have included every required form, document and payment receipt.
      • If applying as a family or a group, put all complete applications and receipts in one envelope so that we can process them together.
      • If any application is incomplete, we will return the entire package
   3. Sign and date the form
      • Sign the application form yourself.
      • Use the actual date you sign the form. Do not back-date or post-date.
      • The date you sign your application form must be the date you enter in the physical presence calculation section (section 9, line B).
   4. Send the package right away
      • Courier or mail the application package within 90 days of the signature date.
        • Tracking your application: We recommend that you use a postal or courier service with tracking so that you have proof your application was delivered. Find out how to check if your application has been received.
      • We’ll return the package if it arrives after 90 days.

      Send your application package to the appropriate address:

      Courier: Option 1 of 2

      IRCC Digitization Centre – Citizenship
      3050 Wilson Ave
      New Waterford NS B1H 5V8

      Regular mail: Option 2 of 2

      Case Processing Centre – Sydney
      Citizenship Grants
      Po Box 7000
      Sydney NS B1P 6V6