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    April 2025 - Citizenship Applications

    Thanks for confirming. Dang it, that's me too now! So there are two possible reasons why, in my case, it might be taking longer (setting aside the possibility that I was chosen at random as a control). I have a super common name (think John Smith and you get the idea) so maybe they have to...
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    April 2025 - Citizenship Applications

    Update - I just noticed on the tracker that near the end of Feb (just a little time ago), apparently things moved for me. Background and prohibitions still waiting, but physical presence and language completed. Oddly, the tracker is saying ti has 7 new updates, with stuff dated last summer...
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    Refugee status cessation and PRs applying for citizenship

    I agree with Judge Go's ruling here. It makes a lot of sense. RPD err'd by finding the applicant was inconsistent about who he feared and didn't properly account for the countermeasures he took (the second probably being influenced by the first - the countermeasures taken make sense against...
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    US B1/B2 Visa Questions

    Actually questions of this nature are best suited on a forum dedicated to them, such as https://www.visajourney.com/forums/forum/143-tourist-visas/ Yes. According to the first answer in...
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    US B1/B2 Visa Questions

    Someone had the same question some years ago (albeit in a different country and embassy), https://travel.stackexchange.com/questions/113610/will-i-be-able-to-bring-my-baby-to-the-us-visa-interview That person was fine and had a good experience with the baby ("not only was the baby allowed in...
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    Lost PR card and beiing asked humanitarian and compassionate considerations for residency requirement

    Not sure about similar cases, but at the top of the page of this forum there's a link to Home. That will take you to some great lawyers if you haven't already found one. (I know, I'm late to the party as usual.) Hmm, I thought these would be looked favourably as H&C factors regarding your...
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    Urgent: Sudden Increase in PR Processing Times for Refugees and Protected Persons (Up to 99 Months!)

    Isn't that kinda the whole point? The one-time adjustment for those 115k folks would have cleared those applications off of the queue, allowing for much faster processing for everyone else. Hence why this period now specifically had such a drastic decrease. (Well, this assumes that the gov't...
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    Protected Person - Open work permit renewal

    I think you presume wrongly? On the advice of an immigration lawyer (not consultant), I submitted renewals around 3-4 months early, back when this was roughly the processing time - and managed to get my new permits before the old ones had expired. Agreed, but important keyword here: usually So...
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    [URGENT] Super Visa – Confirmation Authorized Stay & Need for Visitor Record Extension

    Good luck!
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    [URGENT] Super Visa – Confirmation Authorized Stay & Need for Visitor Record Extension

    Dang, it seems I made a mistake. I wasn't aware of the operational instructions. From that link which you provided, the answer is clear: > be advised by IRCC to contact a Canadian Mission abroad before departing for Canada to request a letter confirming ... > Upon presentation of this letter at...
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    US B1/B2 Visa Questions

    You can't delete it but if you have no appointment and haven't paid for it, you can just ignore it - it won't stop you from making a new and fresh application from scratch. I think it's better to just refile. The officer will most likely just look at the app in front of them only, and it'll...
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    I need your Advice

    Yep, we agree on this much. Hmm. Does IRCC take this into account though when looking at future applications for either temporary (work,study,etc) or permanent status (PR) ? For the sake of argument, you or I might trust the person less perhaps. But unless there are consequences from IRCC, the...
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    WHV IEC Quotas announced 2026

    Hmm. Interestingly enough, if we look at France it's already oversubscribed for this year: Quota: 5,661 Spots available: 5,661 Candidates in the pool: 13,046 https://ircc.canada.ca/english/work/iec/selections.asp?country=fr&cat=wh By contrast, neither Australia or the UK have enough...
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    Interesting Read on an LMIA refusal

    Speaking as someone who'd tried and failed to go through this process from the other side - LMIAs are quite difficult, that's not new. This was the case back in 2016 when I first started looking into it, and I'm not at all surprised to learn that it's still the case even today. That being said...
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    I need your Advice

    So if you look at https://www.canadavisa.com/express-entry-invitations-to-apply-issued.html you can see that there were previous French draws, e.g the 17 Dec 2025 one, where you are very close to meeting the score. Thus I think you're focusing on the wrong language here (though then again...
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