CIT0001 Application Walkthrough. Part 1, Sections 1-7
My husband is eligible for Canadian ancestry by descent. After carefully reviewing all the instructions for completing the CIT0001 application, filling out all the forms, getting photos, paying the fee, and assembling all the documentation proving ancestry, we FedEx'd our packet on Sunday. Then on Monday, I saw this very helpful video on YouTube. Alas, too late. We had done a couple things wrong on the CIT0001 application. So much for double and triple checking the instructions. Anyway, if you haven't sent in your application, watch this video first. It clarifies some of the confusing/ambiguous parts of the form. The videos are nice and short, get right to the point and don't waste time with a lot of the usual YouTube video blah, blah, blah.
Our mistake was not realizing in the very first section, to check the box that says:
"I never had a citizenship certificate and I was born outside Canada, AND my parent was a Canadian citizen before I was born; I wasn't adopted by my Canadian parent"
I mistakenly checked the box that says, "I think I am Canadian and want to know for sure".
In Section 8, and Section 9, I didn't click the box "Parent (Grandparent) is/was a Canadian citizen, and add the remark that my husband's mother, and grandfather, who were born in the US, were Canadian citizens by descent. So that part is screwed up.
We are hoping once our application is delivered, someone will contact us and let us upload a corrected version of the CIT0001. I am really worried our application may just be rejected once the reviewer sees we have made some mistakes on the form. Fingers crossed.