Immigration Forum / Canada / June 2006

Hi there,

I'm in the midst of applying for citizenship and was looking through
the application guide when one thing struck me as puzzling.

It seems some landing papers are still required as supporting documents
even though I seem to recall that the Maple Leaf card is to supercede
everything else. I'm afraid I might have misplaced those papers as I
have been moving from place to place over the years.

Shouldn't the Maple Leaf card be proof enough of our legal status in
Canada? What about our SIN card and OHIP card and all that?

I had initially thought perhaps the online instructions had not been
up-to-date, and had called the customer service line to clarify.
According to the agent I spoke with, the papers are required when our
application goes through as they will need to have them updated.

I'm still not sure if I understood him totally. What is there to update
when the papers are supposed to have been obsolete since we got our
Maple Leaf card?

I'm thinking of ignoring that part of the instructions and go ahead and
submit my application first. Will apply to have a certified true copy
of whatever they need when they write back to request for it. Wonder if
this would jeopardize my application in any way. It just seems stupid
to pay for some obsolete documents only to have them invalidated the
next moment. If those are not obsolete papers, they shouldn't have
misled us into thinking they were!

Any kind souls out there who're in the know, please kindly advise.
Thanks.