Due to the current coronavirus pandemic effective March 17, 2020, until further notice, Immigration, Refugees and Citizenship Canada (IRCC) has cancelled all citizenship ceremonies, tests and retests, hearings, interviews, itinerant service trips.

A new notice to appear will be sent to applicants when appointments resume in local offices and will be treated as their first notice.

IRCC will provide applicants with an additional 90 days to send documents once applicants have notified the local office that they have been affected by COVID-19, are in self-isolation or have recently returned from abroad.

IRCC will also provide applicants an additional 90 days to submit medical opinion forms if they have been affected by COVID-19, are in self-isolation or have recently returned from abroad.

Permanent residents who are applying for citizenship upon return to Canada must meet the physical presence requirements. Extra days spent outside of Canada due to the virus will not count as days in Canada.