On Jul 23, 2:57 pm, Clark F Morris wrote:
> As a landed immigrant, I have never heard about a citizenship ID card
> and must remember to ask if one exists. The SIN is the Social
> Insurance Number and it also is 9 digits.
Have you naturalized? If you have, go to Canadian Citizenship's
website and request "proof of citizenship". They will send you a
booklet in the mail with a receipt. You pay the receipt directly at a
bank and send it in with your proof. It goes through everything you
need.
A natural born Canadian citizen can also request this card, which I
recommended to many of my customers who had the "I don't have much ID
because I don't drive" problem. So far as I know, almost everyone I
know who has one has landed and naturalized.
Just check the website... don't "ask if it exists", ask how to get
"Proof of Canadian Citizenship". And if that's too much trouble, ask
the folks at your local corner store (in Ontario for certain, not sure
about other places) to see a laminate of valid ID. It shows a picture
of the card I'm talking about.
S.
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