Canada citizenship: required documents

You

• •Your Long-Form Birth Certificate
• •Citizenship Photographs (50x70mm)
• •2 Pieces of Valid Personal ID (1 with Photo)
• •CIT 0001 — Application for Citizenship Certificate
• •CIT 0014 — Document Checklist
• •Application Fee ($75 CAD)
• •Your Marriage Certificate (if applicable) — if_married
• •Divorce Decree (if applicable) — if_divorced

Each ancestor in the chain

• •Birth Certificate
• •Death Certificate (if applicable) — if_deceased
• •Name Change Documents (if applicable) — if_has_name_changes
• •Adoption Order / Court Order (if applicable) — if_adopted
• •Post-Adoption Birth Registration (if applicable) — if_adopted
• •Certified Translation (Non-English/French Documents) (if applicable)
• •Proof of Foreign Nationality (Pre-1977) (if applicable)
• •Chain of Descent Explanation Letter (if applicable)
• •Marriage Certificate (if applicable) — if_married
• •Divorce Decree (if applicable) — if_divorced

Your qualifying ancestor

• •Proof of Canadian Citizenship
• •Canadian Birth Certificate (if applicable)
• •Certificate of Naturalization / Citizenship (if applicable)
• •Immigration / Landing Records (if applicable)
• •Pre-1947 Residence Proof (if applicable)