ONLINE CITIZENSHIP TOOL LAUNCHED

Immigration, Refugees and Citizenship Canada (IRCC) has launched a new website tool that allows citizenship applications to be submitted online.

IRCC had already been developing and testing this new tool, as part of a citizenship modernization initiative, with the goal of making the application process more efficient. 

IRCC had released the tool previously in 2020 to test the platform’s capacity, and is now ready to open the online citizenship application to more cohorts of applicants, using a phased approach.

As of today, August 11, 2021, IRCC has opened its online application to all applicants age 18 and over who

• are applying as an individual (not as a family)
• are not declaring residence outside Canada as a crown servant or with a crown servant family member