30 days, 3 attempts, then a hearing.
When IRCC invites you to the citizenship test, the invitation opens a window. You get 30 days and up to three attempts inside it. Most people who fail do not fail the questions; they spend the window badly. This screen practises the window itself: the days, the attempts, and what happens after the third one.
Set where you are and practise the decision itself: when to spend an attempt, and when to stop and study instead.
Your window
This runs on the rules IRCC publishes, with you choosing the outcome, because the point is the window rather than the questions.
Day 1 of 30. 30 days left to write the test.
No attempts taken yet.
- Days left to write the test
- 30
- Attempts left
- 3
Attempt 1
20 questions, 45 minutes, 15 correct to pass. If you pass, the window closes for you and the result goes to your application. If you do not pass, nothing is charged and you can try again.
Study first, then test
You have 30 days. Nobody is scoring the first attempt, so there is no reason to spend it before you can pass.
Citizenship's advice, not an IRCC rule.
The rules behind the simulation
From IRCC, checked 2026-10-13- The invitation sets a 30-day period in which the test must be taken. Source ↗
- Up to three attempts are allowed inside that period, across the online, Teams and in-person formats. Source ↗
- A retake inside the window carries no separate IRCC fee. Source ↗
- After three unsuccessful attempts, IRCC invites the applicant to a hearing with a citizenship official. Source ↗
- If the hearing is not successful the application is refused, and continuing means applying again and paying the fees again. Source ↗
The adult application fee is $653: a $530 processing fee and a $123 right-of-citizenship fee. If the application is refused, IRCC refunds the $123 right-of-citizenship fee and not the $530 processing fee.
What this screen will not do
- IRCC's guidance does not set a minimum number of days between attempts, so an app that tells you to wait a week before retaking is inventing a rule. Source ↗
- IRCC does not publish a fixed expiry for a passing test result, and it says a result can be invalidated, so Citizenship claims no validity period either. Source ↗
Every claim on this screen comes from an IRCC page listed beside it. Citizenship has not seen IRCC's internal system, so this is a practice of the published rules, not a copy of it.
Now practise the part that is scored.
The window is the frame. The questions inside it still have to be answered, and every one of them is tied to a section of the official guide.
Independent Canadian citizenship test preparation. Not affiliated with, endorsed by, or connected to IRCC or the Government of Canada. Practice questions are illustrative and are not official test questions.