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Congrats :) I am sweating on my certificate. Got the letter back on June 17th, saying 12-15 months, but I'd requested a fast track, so they marked it as "Urgent". (see my other thread). Still no news from them and my flight is supposed to be September 21st :(

Yep that's what I was told too - but not by anyone official... If you enter on a UK passport and then 'become' Canadian while in Canada, your UK passport eventually gets flagged and they send Immigration to find you? That's why the Consulate told me to enter Canada on a Canadian passport only...

Well, it states on the CIC website - A Citizenship Certificate is not a travel document. I have an email from the Canadian Consulate in London which says - "Once you receive your certificate, you will be eligible for a Canadian passport. If you are moving to Canada, you should enter the country...

I have a letter from the Consulate which says they returned the certified copies of my documents, and tells me that they have passed on my application for processing - it states that it may take 12-15 months - but on my letter, this part is crossed out and a yellow highlighted URGENT is written...

But I would be entering as a British Citizen, because I can't tick "Canadian" on the Immigration Card unless I've actually got a Canadian Passport. You aren't allowed to travel as a Canadian without it. Usually if you ticked "holiday" and said 2 months stay, they would want to see proof that you...

Thanks for the advice. I assume that if I enter as a visitor - they will want to see proof of funds in my bank account and things like that - so I can prove I can be self-sufficient for a few months? Also I don't have a return flight booked - because at the moment I am hoping to get my...

Hi all. I have a claim to citizenship via my mother, who was born in Halifax. I am a British Citizen, living in the UK. I have a job opportunity in Canada, and as such I applied last month for my citizenship certificate. It has now been sent from Britain to Canada for processing. I was advised...