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    Residency Obligations - Bank statements

    Since the instructions specify providing just two items ("two pieces of evidence"), obviously a NOA (one NOA) from one of the previous five years would constitute one of the two items. That is, any one CRA NOA "for the five (5) years immediately before the application" is an example of one of...
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    Is providing CBSA useful?

    We do not know anywhere near enough about the underlying criteria that triggers complex or non-routine steps in processing grant-citizenship applications to definitively identify a lot of the factors or circumstances that can lead to delays. Some are obvious, of course, which includes various...
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    March 2025 - Citizenship Applications

    . Main thing: lawyer-up: To pursue the extraordinary Writ of Mandamus in an effort to compel IRCC to advance processing a grant-citizenship application, obtaining paid for input from a qualified immigration lawyer with experience in litigating complex grant-citizenship application issues is...
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    Residency Obligation Shortfall Due to Prolonged Health Issues ( Got PR in March 2022 - now not in Canada, now in my Home Country) - Seeking Advice

    . Overall: recognize that how it goes is specific to the particular individual. Similar cases can illuminate procedural aspects but not offer much insight into how this will go in your case (or any other individual case) given the extent to which individual variables will influence how it...
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    Has anyone been through a similar situation after receiving a 44(1) report? URGENT ‼️

    . I have not had a similar experience, but am familiar with numerous similar cases and I understand the process other than what is kept behind the confidentiality curtain. The response by @Ayomide101 covers the essentials, so far as we know. That said, what IRCC does in cases like this, more...
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    Complex file review - Citizenship Interview

    Your assumption is erroneous. As for your opinion, well, probably good that you admit it's opinion, thus FWIW (regarding which I will withhold my opinion of its worth, consistent with my effort to focus on information more than opinion). I do not need repeated advice about what information to...
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    Complex file review - Citizenship Interview

    This is more for those who offer informational help here . . . There is no doubt that Canadian immigration officials generally approach enforcement of the PR Residency Obligation with leniency and flexibility, much more than IRCC citizenship officers and Citizenship Judges approach assessing...
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    PR Residency Obligation: COPR June 2024, PR Card Jan 2025

    . There is no shortage of forum participants who similarly did what many call a "soft-landing" when they became a PR. There are scores and scores of their queries and responses here. I am not among them, but I have been following RO compliance and enforcement, including actual cases as well as...
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    IRPA 28(2)(a)(ii) Calculation: Soft Landing Only + Co-habitation with Citizen Spouse Prior to Divorce

    . There are cases in which IRCC requested additional information from sponsors to show they had plans to relocate to Canada, going back more than five years, more than a decade. These are illustrated by the relatively unusual, but occasional anecdotal reports attendant queries in this forum...
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    Complex file review - Citizenship Interview

    . Generally being required to participate in an interview does not, not in itself, signal there is a serious issue. Remember, until Covid ALL adult applicants were interviewed. Generally, those who are interviewed just need to be prepared to present originals of all documents submitted and...
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    IRPA 28(2)(a)(ii) Calculation: Soft Landing Only + Co-habitation with Citizen Spouse Prior to Divorce

    . Your observation might not be based on conflating different processes, but it is nonetheless confusing in regards to which processing you are discussing or how your observation applies to @Robert278462 (the OP). It is not clear what "situation" you are referring to here. In particular, so...
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    IRPA 28(2)(a)(ii) Calculation: Soft Landing Only + Co-habitation with Citizen Spouse Prior to Divorce

    . For professional guidance, pay a lawyer to review your particular situation in detail. (Free consultations are worth little if any more than what is paid for them.) I am not a Canadian lawyer. I am no immigration expert. Otherwise . . . what is confidently known includes . . . recognizing...
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    Appears that the IRCC literally screwed up

    . But @appwarez mostly refers to factual events and evidence. That's not opinion. You can indeed share your opinions, for what they are worth. Many here, me included, are far more interested in information not opinion. Only a fool would think it did. For others: How would an individual...
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    Refugee status cessation and PRs applying for citizenship

    Update of Cessation Cases I have already mentioned the long awaited Slepcsik decision, which was actually issued last year, in November. Slepcsik v. Canada, 2025 FC 1840, https://canlii.ca/t/kgkv2 As I previously noted, Justice Gleason rejects the constitutional challenges, which is undoubtedly...
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    Refugee status cessation and PRs applying for citizenship

    For clarification . . . some tangential observations . . . I'll suggest that "playing with fire" understates the risk if preserving status in Canada is a priority. It is worth cautioning that for a PR-refugee who travels to their home country, even if there was no hint of a problem when they...
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