Application to Resume Canadian Citizenship Under Subsection 11(1)

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Important: Please ensure that postal codes are included for all Canadian and overseas addresses.

This application includes the following items:

• Application to Resume Canadian Citizenship [Form CIT 0301]  (PDF, 336 KB)
• Citizenship Photo Specifications
• Fees Receipt
  You have two options to obtain a fees receipt:
  1. Payment of fees on the Internet
     If you have PDF Reader software, a printer, and a Visa, MasterCard or American Express credit card, you can pay your fees online.
  2. Payment of fees at a financial institution in Canada
     If you cannot or do not wish to pay online, you must obtain an original receipt form IMM 5401 in order to pay at a financial institution. This form is not available on the website because an original receipt with a unique serial number must be used. You may order an original receipt by mail.
• Instruction Guide [CIT 0301]

Caution: This application is not for:

• A person whose citizenship certificate has been lost, stolen or destroyed. Please use the Application for a Citizenship Certificate (Proof of Citizenship) under Section 3.

This application is for:

• A person who was previously a Canadian citizen, other than a person whose citizenship was revoked under the former or current Act, and who wishes to resume citizenship under subsection 11(1) of the Citizenship Act.

If you are a person who would have had a claim to Canadian citizenship on January 1, 1947, but who lost British subject status prior to that date, other than by marriage, you are not eligible to resume under subsection 11(1) because you were never a Canadian citizen. Please use the Application for Canadian Citizenship under subsection 5(1) Adults. If you had Canadian citizenship and it was revoked under the Canadian Citizenship Act or under the current Act you also must use the Application for Canadian Citizenship under subsection 5(1) Adults.

• Read your instruction guide and download your application forms.
• Complete, sign and date your application forms.
• Pay the fees. The fee is not refundable. Check the Fee Schedule for Citizenship and Immigration Services.
• Mail your fully completed application to the Case Processing Centre in Sydney, Nova Scotia.