I won't go through the thread right now seeing where they got that
Same. For reference though, the original comment just referenced a "previous link" that I didn't immediately see. It's possible that it was mentioned earlier in the thread, or perhaps one can find it by searching that poster's history.
the urgent processing info for application for citizenship doesn't have such language:
https://www.canada.ca/en/immigratio...p/become-canadian-citizen/apply/urgently.html
Ah! So I cross referenced that and found this from the operational bulletins and manuals
https://www.canada.ca/en/immigratio...file-processing/urgent-application-cases.html
- a subsection 5(1) grant applicant has 1095 or more days of physical presence in Canada and faces loss of employment or of employment opportunity because they are not a Canadian citizen
- the applicants are Canadian citizens and face loss of employment or of employment opportunity because they are not in possession of a document establishing Canadian citizenship
So basically the wrong line from the manual was copied, it should have been the line above.
It seems to have been like this for a while as you can find a copy of this from 1999 with identical language,
https://epe.lac-bac.gc.ca/100/201/301/citizenship_policy_manual/cp_13/99-07/cpe13.pdf?nodisclaimer=1 (on page 13 or section 8.3)
This does leave open the possibility that they'd do so for getting a job somewhere else. (I still think it would be daft). However it does say exceptional cases, and I don't know if that's what they'd put in the basket of exceptional.
Alas, the manual - what IRCC officers, including citizenship judges, look to for guidance on what exceptional means - says that the loss of employment opportunity is enough to count as exceptional. The plain language seems to be clear and unambiguous.
That said, it's possible that there's some interpretation that "employment" here refers only to Canadian employment. I know that the rule is that working remotely while on visitor status for overseas employers - who have no Canadian branches and aren't part of the Canadian labour market - is permitted as per
https://settlement.org/ontario/empl...ly-in-canada-for-a-company-outside-of-canada/ (presumably because this isn't Canadian employment and doesn't hurt the employment opportunities of Canadians).
Alas, urgent processing isn't guaranteed and it seems that decision isn't appealable to any board, tribunal, or court, thus I doubt that there's any relevant case law to explore or provide insight.
(I still think it would be daft).
I've reconsidered. If it's a citizen who's trying to get proof for a foreign employer - well that's fine actually. Citizens are among those owed the highest level of service from the gov't, after all.
For a non-citizen requesting an expedited grant of citizenship and fearing a loss of employment opportunity for a foreign employer - personally I'd feel that this by itself shouldn't count as exceptional by itself alone, but I'm willing to accept that within this general category there are exceptional cases where this can be an extra factor.
A made up and heavily contrived example: a PR is also a PI (private investigator) who needs to get hired as a foreign company to get access to it and investigate it, and the investigation may result in the rescue of Canadian citizens. The foreign company is able to hire Canadians under that country's law (perhaps an expedited process due to an FTA with Canada, similar to what NAFTA provided with the TN-1) but the PR's original nationality isn't eligible for some reason (maybe the foreign company's country is at war with the PR's original country).
