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    Why Exemption from Test Over 55?

    I agree. My spouse was disappointed too, though.
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    December 2024 - Citizenship Applications

    I think this is a really unclear thing, was confused about it myself. Glad it helped.
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    December 2024 - Citizenship Applications

    Are you still looking at the application page where you submitted the app? I don't think that ever updates. You need to create an account and follow here: https://tracker-suivi.apps.cic.gc.ca/en/register
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    No updates since Feb 13 - Outland

    There's no indication anything has gone wrong. The period after submitting bio and medical and the next step happening is the longest and quietest. You can compare to tracker but this is normal processing.
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    Citizenship oath ceremony - I only have a PR card

    Was the PR card the only doc they required? Helpful for others to know.
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    After interview no update

    Try your MP, order gcms notes.
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    Passing down citizenship to minor who was born abroad

    I think the problem is that you are filling out forms for a grant of citizenship, whereas - if the child is eligible - you need to apply for a proof of citizenship (the difference being that if eligible, the child is already a citizen and just needs to be able to show it). So two questions...
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    March 2025 - Citizenship Applications

    I spoke too soon, of course: later in same day got a request for scans of all pages of travel documents. Tedious but manageable. Unlike what's written above, it just says request letter. The wrinkles are: -Their intended limits of 5mb for colour(!) scans of passports with ~50 pages total is...
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    February 2025 - Citizenship Applications

    If you mean the portal to submit, you're correct, they do not update it after submission. If you're looking for more things to worry about for no reason, by all means.
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    April 2025 - Citizenship Applications

    If you check the form carefully, it also says that if the time in last four years is before the date one became a PR, it doesn't count. So yes - you're correct because less than 183 days, but also the other exclusion. Therefore: correct answer is no.
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    April 2025 - Citizenship Applications

    Correct. Relax.
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    April 2025 - Citizenship Applications

    I think they go by whatever your PR card has unless you have updated since. My opinion only: it'll be quicker to get citizenship if you leave it as is. When you get the citizenship certificate, go and apply for passport and ask for new name (with marriage certificate and some photo ID like...
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    March 2025 - Citizenship Applications

    We got the invitation (titled 'notice to appear'). More or less as expected but: -It's an online meeting. -The invitation states that 'if you were sent a "notice to applicant - request for supplementary evidence" ' you have to submit the evidence beforehand. (No such attachment in our email...
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    Name Split in Passport, COPR and PR Card

    Three options: 1) try again with Service Ontario, including at a different location. You might want to do this after changing as much 'private' stuff as you can - bank, utilities, etc - and showing that you are using your name as in foreign passport consistently - everywhere.* [This may be...
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    Webform and VO query

    That's fine. THey'll forward to an office if they need to.
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    January 2025 - Citizenship Applications

    That's plenty! It's an excuse to buy them a coffee, and cheaper than a notary. Another thing: I think most people are kind of honoured to be guarantor/reference for people they know, esp if friends.
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    January 2025 - Citizenship Applications

    I think many stress about this too much. The main thing is to emphasize to people you ask that they are not 'guaranteeing' anything at all, except that they are telling the truth when they sign the form. They're not required to do any research or check that anything is true, only true 'to the...
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    Residency obligation

    Not really. There may be a few other mentions in forums here. I vaguely recall someone mentioning checking whether too much text in some of the text boxes - but that's so vague I don't know if it helps. Also check dates and whether they overlap where they should not.
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    January 2025 - Citizenship Applications

    To be clear, the pick-up I was referring to is at the actual passport office, does not rely upon Canada Post at all. It's a separate line for pickup when the passport is ready and so really is a fairly quick in-and-out. When I did it the pick-up option was $20 or so and basically two weeks.