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    Crossing the Border with a U-Haul – Need Advice

    From my experience - not at ground border - it's okay to group things by box, if the things aren't valuable. Just type up a list and you should be fine, basically. Valuable stuff - serial #s. You may not have much that valuable except for say laptops and consoles.
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    Inquiry from my friend application police clearance issue

    No, because 2018 is more than five years ago, won't even show up on the app.
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    Questions arising from PRTD application

    With a French passport, one viable option available to you is to travel via land border (i.e. via USA). Just present yourself at border crossing as someone who recently received PR status, show what confirmation you have for that.
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    Spousal sponsorship

    Drop McGuinty's office a line, remind that citizens abroad are voters and those returning will vote where they settle - and he lost that vote. You can copy his office as Minister of Defence, and he may have an Ottawa office (in parliament). And even if his people thought it was more appropriate...
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    Dependent doesn't receive portal 1

    Yes, you will not receive a portal letter, but a passport request letter at some point (likely from the visa office that covers your country of residence). I say this assuming IRCC is aware of where you are. I don't know how long. You may get better results / info by posting in the sub-forum...
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    March 2025 - Citizenship Applications

    If you're asked to give them, you're asked to give them. There's no clear info on why, no clear pattern on whom they ask for them. It's quite likely it's mostly random as a sort of audit check (are the people filing for citizenship the same as the people approved for PR), plus some subset (e.g...
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    Accompanying Goods confusion

    I suggest reading the text of the form: https://www.cbsa-asfc.gc.ca/publications/forms-formulaires/bsf186-eng.html "With the exception of wedding gifts, bride's trousseau, alcoholic beverages andtobacco products described in the Tariff Item No. 9807.00.00 Exemption Order, all household and...
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    Guidance on BSF186 form

    It really depends what you mean 'for family members' and the value of those items. You're not, as an individual, supposed to be importing items for other people, even if they're family members. They probably won't care much if it's low value items for immediately family members. If you're...
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    Spousal sponsorship

    To be clear: for ages now, Canadians living abroad have been able to vote. I did it when I was abroad, and you vote according to the 'most recent' place of residence in Canada (if I remember correctly). Your spouse - the citizen at any rate - should write and make it very clear to that MP that...
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    January 2025 - Citizenship Applications

    This comparison is inherently 'statistical', whether formal or not. Objectively, you're comparing it to others that have completed LPP, and excluding consideration of those that haven't made it to LPP (i.e. those that are taking longer). If you're happy with that comparison, fine of course -...
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    Spousal sponsorship

    Your MP's staff are poorly informed (probably new staff, quite possibly stupid). Pick a place where your family live or where you expect to settle, contact them. Tell them the other MP refused - this works best if it's a different party. When you get help from one, write a short note to that MP...
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    Language Skills passed, Physical Presence and Prohibitions still in Progress - Feb 2025 AOR, no document or interview requests

    So when you wrote "I got my Physical Presence updated to complete on 7 June 2025", you meant something else? ;)
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    Language Skills passed, Physical Presence and Prohibitions still in Progress - Feb 2025 AOR, no document or interview requests

    Since they updated to complete, it may be that. Or even one set of eyes, and they require it for all with less than [x] days - and that person looked and it was straightforward and nothing more to do.
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    Language Skills passed, Physical Presence and Prohibitions still in Progress - Feb 2025 AOR, no document or interview requests

    They updated yours to complete. They were satisfied. Don't overthink it.
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    PR Renewal applications April 2025

    PR renewals don't seem to provide useful updates for a month or so - by which many applicants already got their cards in the mail. You submitted less than ten days ag0 - I'd just leave it and not look at the tracker until July, needless stress for little return. (I know, easy to say, harder to do)
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    January 2025 - Citizenship Applications

    Because you're sampling from more recent months, you're biasing the data by including only faster files (excluding all that haven't made it this far). To compare to a sample including slower files, you should go into files further back, ideally including ones that are past the estimated...
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    Language Skills passed, Physical Presence and Prohibitions still in Progress - Feb 2025 AOR, no document or interview requests

    My spouse had more days (not very many though) and complicated travel, and had interview. Physical presence was cleared shortly thereafter, others not (we were told about the background etc taking a while from the date of interview). So it's my guess that the manual check can result in PP...
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    PR Holder - Soft Landing Done, Child birth outside Canada post soft landing– Next Steps for Moving to Canada

    VERY IMPORTANT: from the day you became a PR, how many days outside Canada? (In other words, compliant with residency obligation or not?) Answers to subsequent questions will be partly dependent on this. Yes. Not clear whether they will grant it. Does the child hold a US passport? You can...
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    Residency obligation

    You should expect that it won't be fast.
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    Spousal sponsorship

    To avoid any issues, strongly suggest you make sure to give biometrics for the spousal app - otherwise may have to give twice. Usually that comes not long after the AOR (that you just got). You could decide to wait for that before applying for TRV or not. Personally I'd give it a week or two...