{"id":30511,"date":"2026-07-19T11:30:29","date_gmt":"2026-07-19T11:30:29","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/immigrationglobalspace.com\/blog\/?p=30511"},"modified":"2026-07-19T15:29:50","modified_gmt":"2026-07-19T15:29:50","slug":"wrong-photo-specifications-are-a-top-reason-proof-of-citizenship-applications-are-returned-heres-how-to-get-them-right","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.cicnews.com\/2026\/07\/wrong-photo-specifications-top-reason-proof-of-citizenship-applications-returned-0778183.html","title":{"rendered":"Wrong photo specifications are a top reason proof of citizenship applications are returned. Here\u2019s how to get them right"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Preparing to submit an application for a Canadian citizenship certificate? Steer clear of one common mistake that sends applications back. According to Ala Bujac, a Canadian immigration lawyer at Cohen Immigration Law, submitting photos that don\u2019t meet Immigration, Refugees and Citizenship Canada\u2019s (IRCC) specifications is one of the most common reasons proof of citizenship (PoC) [\u2026]<\/p>\n<p>The post <a href=\"https:\/\/www.cicnews.com\/2026\/07\/wrong-photo-specifications-top-reason-proof-of-citizenship-applications-returned-0778183.html\">Wrong photo specifications are a top reason proof of citizenship applications are returned. Here\u2019s how to get them right<\/a> first appeared on <a href=\"https:\/\/www.cicnews.com\">CIC News<\/a>.<\/p><p>This <a target='_blank'  href=\"https:\/\/www.cicnews.com\/2026\/07\/wrong-photo-specifications-top-reason-proof-of-citizenship-applications-returned-0778183.html\">post<\/a> was originally published on <a target='_blank'  href=\"https:\/\/www.cicnews.com\/\">this site<\/a><\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Preparing to submit an application for a Canadian citizenship certificate? Steer clear of one common mistake that sends applications back. According to Ala Bujac, a Canadian immigration lawyer at Cohen Immigration Law, submitting photos that don\u2019t meet Immigration, Refugees and Citizenship Canada\u2019s (IRCC) specifications is one of the most common reasons proof of citizenship (PoC) [\u2026] The post Wrong photo specifications are a top reason proof of citizenship applications are returned. Here\u2019s how to get them right first appeared on CIC News.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":789,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[1],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/immigrationglobalspace.com\/blog\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/30511"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/immigrationglobalspace.com\/blog\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/immigrationglobalspace.com\/blog\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/immigrationglobalspace.com\/blog\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/immigrationglobalspace.com\/blog\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=30511"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/immigrationglobalspace.com\/blog\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/30511\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":30513,"href":"https:\/\/immigrationglobalspace.com\/blog\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/30511\/revisions\/30513"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/immigrationglobalspace.com\/blog\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/789"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/immigrationglobalspace.com\/blog\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=30511"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/immigrationglobalspace.com\/blog\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=30511"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/immigrationglobalspace.com\/blog\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=30511"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}