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    February 2025 - Citizenship Applications

    Read the tracker page carefully. It says contact them if you don't get the invite by six (IIRC) days before the ceremony. Most get it before then, I don't recall more than one or two cases where it came later or there was a problem.
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    Do I need to notarize a section of a foreign legal document in order to submit it to IRCC?

    Do you mean that the extract is part of the law (legal code or whatever) in that country? Is the original in English? Generally docs that are already in English or French don't need to be notarized. I'd guess that if it's a public document (such as a published law), even more so - an extract...
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    Apply early before 5 month trip, or wait till after return?

    When did she become a PR? If she became a PR more recently than five years ago, counting days in Canada is not the most accurate. The formula to use is this (in my opinion): to be compliant, the number of days ABSENT from Canada must be LESS than 1095, counting ONLY days in the last five years...
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    Apply early before 5 month trip, or wait till after return?

    Safest is to apply when she is back and is in compliance, as @Besram put it. Note though: pls double check that you're only looking at presence/absence in the last five years. It looks like this is the case so just reminding.
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    Application for Canadian Citizenship - A Comprehensive Guide

    Try to read it and see if you can figure it out. It's not a trick question. It's open book. You can use the internet to search to find out what temporary resident status is.
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    Application for Canadian Citizenship - A Comprehensive Guide

    Formally they have to do it all themselves - or if you're going to be representative, they have to apply by paper. But I doubt IRCC is devoting enormous resources to checking that you're not there kind-of sort-of doing a lot of the typing for them.
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    How long it takes from "we mailed your card" to receive it?

    Not much you can do but wait. Just note, there was the CP strike, and a bit of a backlog (although they seem to have mostly caught up, may depend on location). And of course IRCC was holding them from mailing during the strike. More importantly (in my experience with IRCC): when they say...
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    Are Americans immigrating more?

    So far not much but anecdotes, eg reports of more doctors and nurses applying through various provincial programs to fill shortages (great but in overall immigration numbers, a drop in the bucket), and some high profile individuals. Numbers? Won't see much for a while. And it will be fuzzy data...
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    Application for Canadian Citizenship - A Comprehensive Guide

    What part of this do you not understand? You entered Canada with a valid visa. You were not a permanent resident. Therefore you must have been a ... ?
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    PFL for Non-accompanying dependents (ages 19&20)

    I see no reason to think that the (crazy) long times (i.e. years and years in some cases) for processing PR applications under the H&C program necessarily apply to H&C consideration under another type of application. I agree the time is uncertain and could be 'long' (we have no idea how long)...
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    PFL for Non-accompanying dependents (ages 19&20)

    That is a good point that it seems it's not via a spousal sponsorship, I realised that and mentioned in different thread. That said, I think point still stands that saying applicant should ask for 'H&C' does not mean (necessarily) that they are being told to do a full H&C application.
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    Non-accompanying dependent (non custody)

    Sorry, to clarify one thing - is this for children in a spousal sponsorship or another type of app? You should note one thing, although this comes up in family sponsorship (not rare even if not common), if it's an economic app, that's a different case. I don't follow those and so keep in mind...
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    Non-accompanying dependent (non custody)

    Sorry to hear that. I haven't delved into all the details but it sounds to me like you've done what you could. Note that the one that is 22 can't be sponsored in future anyway (aged out) but remains in this app only because was 21 when you filed.
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    Dependent Child Sponsorship -2024

    You respond to all in the child's name.
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    Non-accompanying dependent (non custody)

    How old are the children? Over 18? Is there any chance that those children will sign a letter of some sort themselves simply saying they do not wish to submit and understnad this means they can never be sponsored? Anyway - responded also in other thread. I think you're doing everything you...
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    PFL for Non-accompanying dependents (ages 19&20)

    I think this interpretation is wrong - there are of course H&C applications (the ones right now that are getting overloaded), but H&C relief (or leniency) is a general concept/process used all over in IRCC, including for non-compliance with the RO, etc - many are somewhat routine. This is the...
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    I cannot find the Annex A anywhere...someone please help!

    It's just height and eye colour. Create a table - free format - where each applicant (eg principal applicant plus all children included in app) by name, date of birth, passport#, height, eye colour. Yes, Annex A is just a table, it is possible but difficult to find, and not worth the effort -...
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    ALL Names in Native Language - IMM5406

    I was guessing likely Vietnamese. You'll have to use your judgment. My guess - not knowing the language - is that this is not that big a deal. If there are no common versions of names with different diacritics, or they're not considered 'different' names, it won't ultimately matter much -...
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    ALL Names in Native Language - IMM5406

    I do not know which part you're referring to, exactly. International passports - in the 'English' machine-readable parts - generally exclude tone marks, diacriticals, and other (so-called) non-standard marks (it's an international standard). That's what I'd use for the 5406 'English' part for...
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    Proving cohabitation without joint lease/bills for a same-sex couple outside Canada

    I can't say whether that will be enough or not. It's a good start - continue to prep etc. Other things would include preps that cover you, physical moving preparations (info gathering / correspondence), etc.