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Once you've filled in the application form, and attached the required
paperwork (a copy of your immigration landing record, copies of two
pieces of identification such as driver’s licence or health insurance
card, plus the two citizenship photos), you should mail it in to the
address given in the application.
When your application for citizenship is received you will receive a copy of the book A Look at Canada
in the mail. This is an important book - it contains the answers to
virtually all the questions you will be asked during the Citizenship
Test, so study it well.
At some point, usually within a couple of months, you (and all
co-applicants aged 18-54) will receive a Notice to Appear for a
Citizenship Test. In most cases, this is a written test, though it can
also be an interview. Children and those over 55 do not need to sit for
the test.
If you pass the interview, well, Congratulations! In short order, you
will get to take the Oath of Citizenship which is administered by a
judge (go formally dressed, and please, no headgear unless it is for
religious reasons).
At the ceremony, you may either swear on a holy book or affirm the
“oath of citizenship.” Swearing accommodates those who wish to
refer to their religious beliefs, while the affirmation is intended to
accommodate those who do not wish to use a holy book during the
ceremony. If you wish to swear the oath of citizenship on your holy
book, please bring it with you to the ceremony.
Once you have taken the oath of citizenship, you will be a Canadian
citizen. You will be given a certificate of citizenship - a small card
that you can use to prove that you are a Canadian citizen. You also get
a commemorative document that shows the date when you became a
Canadian.
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