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    Renewing PR Card questions

    I applied for citizenship online in February and still have not received AOR. I am planning a trip outside Canada early in 2022 and my PR Card expires in May 2022. I wanted to know how long is the process to renew the PR cards, should I do it soon? or is it too early.
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    My experience landing at Queenston-Lewiston Bridge.

    Hello there. I just wanted to share my experience landing at the Queenston-Lewiston Bridge in Niagara. First I want to thank everybody here for being so helpful with all the immigration questions I have had. Now to the story. I dropped off my Fiancee, daughter, and sister in law at the Niagara...
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    Flagpoling at Queenston Lewiston Bridge

    Hello. I am planning to do my landing on Queenston-Lewiston port of entry on Saturday but I came across this thread: http://www.canadavisa.com/canada-immigration-discussion-board/wow-no-more-flagpoling-at-queenstonlewiston-bridge-t189215.0.html Can anybody confirm you can still land at this...
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    Flagpoling at Queenston Lewiston Bridge

    Hello. I am planning to do my landing on Queenston-Lewiston port of entry on Saturday but I came across this thread: http://www.canadavisa.com/canada-immigration-discussion-board/wow-no-more-flagpoling-at-queenstonlewiston-bridge-t189215.0.html Can anybody confirm you can still land at this...
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    Does my spouse have to land with me?

    I got my COPR a couple of weeks ago but I have just been waiting for the right time to go to a border crossing and flag pole my way back into Canada. I just wanted to know if my fiancee and daughter have to come with me as I mentioned them in the application but they were born in Canada...
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    How much longer do I have to wait?

    I got an email asking to mail my passport on Feb 16 and I mailed my passport to the CPC in Ottawa on Friday Feb 24. Last week my PR application online was closed and approved. Today is friday March 3 and My passport has not been back yet with the visa stamped and when I go and track the...
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    Landing at Niagara Border

    My PR Application profile online has been closed so I guess I will get my passport back in the next few days as I mailed it last week to the CPC in Ottawa. Is there anything I should bring with me to the border for landing? any special forms? Also, what are the best times for landing? I am...
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    Best times for Landing at border?

    I got my confirmation of PR and I was planning on Landing on the weekend in the Niagara area. Is there a best time to do this?
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    Paternity Leave while on Open work permit

    Hello There. My fiancee has been on Maternity leave for the last 9 months. She is a canadian citizen. I am a foreign national on a open work permit since the last 2 years. We are looking into switching the last couple of months from her parental leave to me so I can take time off from work. We...
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    Landing at Border Crossing

    I am already living in Canada but I am awaiting the confirmation from CIC. Can I just go through any border crossing for my landing or is it specific ones that deal with the landings?
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    Photographs request

    Does CIC care much about the size of the photographs? They are asking me to send them photographs that are 50 mm x 70 mm but a passport photo is only 35 mm x 45 mm. Where can I get this kind of photograph taken? Shoppers drug mart?
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    What passport do I send to the CPC?

    I have dual citizenship. One from a country that needs visa to enter Canada and one from a country that only needs eTA. When I submitted my e-APR I uploaded both of my passports but the one that needs the visa expired yesterday. I just got a letter from IRCC asking for my passports. Should I...
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    Passport/documents request

    I woke up this morning to an email from IRCC.CPCO-FinalRequest-CTDO-DemandeFinale.IRCC@cic.gc.ca> saying the next step is to send my documents to the CPC in Ottawa. The reason I am asking this is because I have no updates showing on my express entry profile online. Is this legit or some sort of...
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    Do I send my passport?

    Hello. I woke up this morning to an email saying to get all my documents ready to send them to the CPC. I applied through express entry and I went online on my profile to see any updates and I didnt see any. Is this some sort of fraud? I mean, why arent there any updates on my online profile and...
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    Processing Times

    Hello There. I submitted my PR Application in early in December. It says it should take 6 months to process but are do they mean 6 calendar months or 6 months in working days? I just want to make sure if I have to wait to hear something by July or August. Thank you.
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    Changing jobs after submitting application

    Hello there. I submitted my Application for PR About 3 weeks ago via express entry thanks to getting an LMIA from my employer. Thing is I dont like working here and I have an offer for another job in a completely different field. Is it okay if I changed jobs now that my application has been...
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    Job offer questions

    I just went to finalize my PR application through express entry and I noticed they added some more questions to the Intended Work In Canada Section since the last time I checked my profile. They ask if my current employer is shown on my current work permit. I said no because I am on a PGWP...
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    IELTS Expiration

    Hello. I got my IELTS back in November 2015. And I created my Express entry profile in may 2016. I am about to apply for Permanent Residence. Are my scores still valid?
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    Cannot get police certificate

    The only document I need to finish my express entry application is the police certificate from my home country, Venezuela. There are so many problems in my country right now I have been waiting for my police certificate for weeks now and I don't think I will ever get it. I have the certificate...
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    From temporary SIN to Permanent SIN

    I just wanted to know how do I do my taxes once I get my PR and full time SIN. I have done my taxes on my temporary SIN (starting with 9) for the last two years. What happens when I get the new SIN? Do I have to file taxes twice?