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    Permanent Residents moving from BC to Alberta - 3 months until being covered?

    Hi guys, Hope you are all healthy during these difficult times. We would really appreciate your help: Me and my wife are thinking of moving to Alberta from BC around July (many reasons why during COVID-19...), we are both Permanent Residents. From what we have read, there is a waiting time of...
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    GST/HST notice - must pay $500 after marital status change

    Hi guys, Can someone please help me to understand my situation? I just received a GST/HSTC notice stating I need to repay $500. I have never even received any government payment / credit regarding GST/HST. Notice states they cannot calculate if I'm STILL eligible (even tho I have never...
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    PNP PR app withdrawn but NO refund for spouse's fees, just for mine

    hi guys, as we recently became PRs under Express Entry I withdrew my PNP PR application and applied for a refund for my RPRF and my spouse's RPRF together with my wife's Processing Fee as her name hadn't even been added to my file and her case hadn't been initiated at that time but the only...
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    Does PR need to maintain FULL TIME employment to apply for Citizenship?

    hi guys, we (my spouse and myself) have recently become PRs of Canada and we wanna work our way towards Canadian Citizenship. We are planning on a 2-3 month long road trip next year (within Canada and maybe few weeks in the States) so being unemployed then and maybe work park time here and then...
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    PNP PR withdrawal accepted but NO mention about REFUND

    hey guys, I applied for my PNP PR application withdrawal together with the fees receipts and I just got a letter of withdrawal approval from CIC but with no mention of any refund process being stared or even considered. Should I send another webform regarding refund to know where I stand? Or no...
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    Landing Appointment without biometrics?

    Hi guys I'm having my Landing Appointment in a couple of days, I'm inland CEC applicant but have never been asked to do biometrics. I know it can be done at the border or in the States as there are no places inside Canada to do so. Yet I got my Landing Appointment scheduled at the CIC office in...
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    Landing Appointment - how to prove last entry to Canada if I never got a stamp?

    hey guys, how can I prove my latest entry to Canada if I didn't get a stamp? that was when I went to the border with my spouse to apply for SOWP. She got a flagpole stamp and then obviously a visa as a proof, I got neither. I just "walked to the States and back", literally. So as it was my...
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    EE CEC approved, should I cancel ongoing PNP PRIOR to landing appointment?

    Hey guys, I got an email yesterday about my scheduled (29/08) Landing Appointment on approved EE CEC Inland. I have had two not related ongoing PR applications, PNP and EE. My PNP hasnt moved any further since August last year but I got my EE accepted. Should I cancel my PNP BEFORE going to a...
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    CEC inland quitting job on a closed work permit

    Hi guys, I have been on a closed work permit for the last almost 3 years and got my CEC inland AOR in May 2019. My closed work permit is not related to my Express Entry application and I did not tick "valid job offer" or "arranged employment" when submitted my application. I just used that work...
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    Job duties with no signature

    My job reference letter I got from my employer included job title, salary, hrs worked, benefits, everything on letterhead, signed by HR manager, dated. I also got 3 pages of my job position duties, on a letterhead but there is no signature or date unlike on my reference letter. When I created...
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    PR refusals - do they happen at last stages?

    So I went thru threads on refusals, read comments on myimmitracker and it seems like in most cases refusals / refections happen during the first checks: PCC issued before one left country, documents missing, wrong NOC codes, wrong format of reference letters - IP1/R10 stages, it seems. But I...
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    Express Entry open work permit after closed PNP permit expires?

    Hey guys, Is it possible to be granted an OPEN work permit under Express Entry CEC application (having eAOR and medicals passed) if my current work permit is employer restricted? I have two ongoing PR applications in - PNP (*NOT* EE PNP) and EE CEC (no LMIA) and my current work permit I...