Application for Canadian Citizenship - Minors
For help with Completing an application form visit the CIC Help Centre.
Important: If your application is incomplete or missing information, it will be returned to you.
We have updated our application forms. The most current versions, are dated “02-2013”. We will return minor applications that use forms dated December 2011 (“12-2011”) or older. The date of the form can be found in the lower left corner and uses the format MM-YYYY.
This application includes the following items:
- Application for Canadian Citizenship — Minors (including the Document Checklist [Form CIT 0003] (PDF, 162 KB)
- Citizenship Photo Specifications
- Fees Receipt
You have two options to obtain a fees receipt:- Pay your fees online.
- Pay your fees at a financial institution in Canada
You will need an original fee receipt.
- Instruction Guide
This application is for persons applying for citizenship for a child under 18. The child must be a permanent resident of Canada and have at least one parent who is a Canadian citizen or will become a citizen at the same time.
- Read your instruction guide and download your application forms.
- Complete, sign and date your application forms.
- Pay the fees.
- Mail your fully completed application to the Case Processing Centre in Sydney, Nova Scotia.
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