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Yes he is doing that when filling out the application form but for the checklist what category would even apply? There does not appear to be something for an adult born in Canada/foreign country category...

Hello! Posting again as I did not get a reply yet - This might be a silly question but my friend plans on applying for OCI and he was born in Canada and is above the age of 18. On all the checklists etc. I only see the category of "Application for OCI to Minor Children" but in the list of who...

When did you mail this in btw? I mailed on Wed Oct 11th and it was delivered to BLS on Thurs Oct 12th but no updates on the BLS website yet at all. Says 'No records found' still.

Hello! This might be a silly question but my friend plans on applying for OCI and he was born in Canada and is above the age of 18. On all the checklists etc. I only see the category of "Application for OCI to Minor Children" but in the list of who can apply for OCI in general it does say...

Oh interesting. Guess I will not be providing my license then as proof of address and will do a utility bill instead since I do not need that on hand. Don't like the idea of having my PR card + COPR (given the PR card doesn't have the category on it and so they require that as well) with them...

Looked through this thread but still a bit unclear. For the documents that they need originals of such as the PR card etc., do they keep this with them during the whole processing time? Or if you go in person to BLS do they simply verify these against the copies?

Hey have a friend in a similar situation and just wanted to know if you ended up sending your passport and since you lived in Canada there was no issues. Since you can now make an appointment to land don't see why the 6 month validity is required anymore but just wanted to check based on your...

Update! Looks like the return tracker got activated yesterday but I had checked just before it did so didn't realise until today morning: PPR Email: Aug 17th Passport Sent: August 21st Passport delivery to CPC Ottawa: August 23rd MyCIC status updates to approved: August 24th Return tracker...

Joining this as I have a friend who is also waiting for the passport to be returned: PPR Email: Aug 17th Passport Sent: August 21st Passport delivery to CPC Ottawa: August 23rd MyCIC status updates to approved: August 24th Return tracker activated: Waiting COPR delivered: Waiting

Thanks so much! You're right! It's because of the change in rule and the fact that since 18 I haven't been out of Canada for more than 6 months in a row. But yeah planning to still upload it as part of the LOE given I already have it and they might ask for it later.

Hello everyone! I got my ITA a month ago and have been gathering all my documents and I now realised as I started uploading these that the 'police clearance/certificate' document is not appearing on my checklist to be uploaded (i.e there is no section for me to upload this). I am not sure if it...

That is fine. As long as the system now recognizes there are no gaps and is accepting your entries that mean its recognizes you have provided all the relevant information even if its not in chronological order. I did not reorder by entries and obtained PR so don't worry too much about this.

I had a similar case wherein I had US stamps but there were just because I was in transit in the US. I did not include it in my travel history but simply mentioned it in my LOE. Hence I do not think it would be as big a deal if you omitted it from the travel history and if they can see a stamp...

The Canadian passport size is usually the same specifications so just look at that and compare it to the eAPR instructions. Also please see the following which indicates that sending a diff size etc. will not cause them to reject your application...

I'm sure it should be fine. Especially if that address is the exact one on Annex A. If anything they'll just put a sticker or something on top. The main thing I would think is that you provided a prepaid envelope for them to send your passport back in. I'm sure they'll understand since in prior...

Same here! Looks like mine got activated too!

Also did anyone get a message in their CIC account with further details once it got approved? It said to check your messages for more details but don't see anything?

Yeah probably takes a while for them to put the passport etc. back into each return envelope we sent and put the addresses on etc. Should be sometime today before the evening pick up by Canada Post.

Yup same here. Waiting for the tracker to be activated.

Oh really? That's seems weird. If anything you had two certified pics! Maybe its because they need a blank one to print or scan properly. Just glad it all went off without much further delays. Thanks for everyone's help throughout this whole process!