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To apply for citizenship, one is required to have filed taxes for 3 years. 2 of my 3 years taxes were filed when I was a Permanent Resident, but first year taxes I was still a Temporary Resident (Visitor Visa). Is that acceptable or not? Thanks

Filing taxes 3 times for Citizenship, but first year was with temporary SIN number, does that year count or not?

Hello, About the language requirement, if I have an Bachelor Degree from a University abroad, but is a recognized institution by Canada and I have also gotten the equivelancy through WES (World Education Services), is this enough to prove that I do not need to take the IELTS exam?

Hi all, I applied for Inland spousal sponsorship, my file got returned today reason (This document is incomplete, please review and update the document) for my marriage certificate which is an original from Quebec! Does anyone know why this would happen?

Applied for kids passport beginning of June by mail. Money withdrawn from credit card on the 5th of July. Any idea or experience on how long after money withdrawn is passport usually delivered?

After receiving ECOPR my PR tracker tool has been updated and its 2 weeks later. Nothing new shows on the tracker ever since i got ECOPR. However the update has happened twice, is this a ghost update for PR card or not?

In the new Pr tracker tool, ive been approved and received the first portal email. However, today i saw that ive received a document number for COPr and expiry date is february 2022 just like my old passport. Since then i sent a webform with new passport. Any idea if that would affect my Pr...

After 14 months, Eligibility Review has started in GCKEY. PR tracker tool still shows not started. Although PR Tracker shows BG completed and GCKEY doesnt. Insane discrepancies here. Does anyone know what to expect next? How long does eligibility take to complete?

Inland Spousal Sponsorship here, 406 days and counting. Eligibility still has not started. I got a hold of IRCC by phone and asked what is the hold up. I was told, Medical, background, criminality all passed, but eligibility has not yet started. I was told that the normal time is 15 months and...

Hello, So my spouse is a Canadian citizen, declared taxes for 2021, received a letter for family allowance stating: If on December 31 2021 your spouse(ME) was living: In Quebec: he must file a Quebec income tax return for 2021. If he has filed a return, Revenue Quebec will inform us of the...

Very complicated question any help would be appreciated. Moved to Canada in March 2021 on a tourist visa then applied for inland spousal sponsorship and OWP in May 2021. My visa expired in February 2022 but was under implied status due to the fact that i had the OWP in process. I received my OWP...

I tried searching the forums for this but couldnt find anything. Before becoming a PR, do you count 1 year(182 days) of your stay as a TR or 2 years(365 days) towards your obligation of 1095 days?

Hi everyone, So the frustration keeps mounting since ive been waiting for more than a year for my PR. Nothing to do other than wait, but my question is: What should i trust, the GCKEY or new PR Portal? GCKEY says Background check in progress whereas PR PORTAL says completed in December. Any...

Applied for Inland spousal sponsorship 1 year ago today. I am still waiting and the Pr tracker tool still shows eligibility not started yet, although background check completed in December. I sent a webmail 2 months ago and got a reply a week ago that application is in process. I know there is...

Hey all, So just wondering, which is the most accurate and fastest to update? Is it the new tracker tool or ecas? I cannot tell honestly since no updates on either.

Anyone else applied for Inland Spousal Sponsorship in May 2021 and is still waiting for COPR?

So, today IRCC announced a major update to the online processing tool. Now, inland spousal shows 16 months and outland 19 months. How accurate would you say this is?

Hello. I applied for family sponsorship in May, medical exam passed in November, Background check completed in December and since then nothing. Its very frustrating seeing many other applicants who applied at much later dates getting PR and my file at a standstill. Does it help to send a Webform...

Has anyone else has a very slow process? In the new tracker tool, my last update was December 8, thats when background check was completed. All thats left is the eligibility review, which has not yet started. This is very frustrating, any info or input would be appreciated. Thanks a lot.

Hello. If a person becomes a permanent resident but is not residong in Canada, does he have to file taxes and pay income tax on foreign income?