After you apply: get next steps – Resuming citizenship

Once your application is received at the Case Processing Centre in Sydney, Nova Scotia, it will be reviewed and we will start processing it.

Some applications may encounter delays. For example, if documents are missing or if your case is complex, we may contact you to get more information or to ask you to send us additional information. Such cases may take longer to process.

You can check the status of your application on-line or by contacting the CIC Call Centre.

You may have to be interviewed by a citizenship judge. If so, we will notify you by mail of the time and place of your interview. If you meet the requirements, we will invite you to attend a citizenship ceremony where you will take the oath of citizenship and receive a certificate of Canadian citizenship.

Your citizenship officially resumes after you have taken the oath of citizenship.

Learn about:

• The citizenship ceremony