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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.
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    January 2025 - Citizenship Applications

    Most get the ceremony info ballpark 2-6 days before ceremony, some sooner. No need to stress about it. For a solid ceremony date of end-May, I'd keep it. Passport office has a 30 day 'guarantee' of sorts (faster options for additional $), and there's a pick-up instead of Canada post option for...
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    Canadian Citizen living and working abroad - needing a spouse visa for my wife

    100% this. The only 'complication' is temporary really - because in your case @RichardA22 - she has a TRV, that's a huge advantage that many do not. As noted, you can both just come together to Canada when the time comes. If this is before a PR application is done, there'll be some period...
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    Right of Permanent Residence Fee. Pay it when requested or in advance?

    There are several points at which they often remind with boilerplate to pay any fees you haven't paid. I don't know which this is - one of the regular reminders or the 'real one.' Most people just pay it in advance - reduces confusion. And IRCC is generally good about returning funds paid that...
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    Can I claim Canadian Citizenship now?

    I'm not sure it's necessary to wait for the citizenship certificate. Seems to me the father's birth certificate on its own may serve to attest his own citizenship (putative), and the son's birth certificate showing parentage enough to show a claim ircc can evaluate without waiting for the...
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    PR Card and Extension with 1.5 years left for RO

    They will accept them for the initial period after landing. Because the COPR has a validity date in it, most organizations won't accept them after about a year. I don't know of any way to confirm this in advance, but I would not rely on that document/link in this respect.
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    *******Help Required***** Family class Spousal Sponsorship - Employment Update

    My understanding is that it's required new from all PR applicants. If that has chagned, haven't heard of it.
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    *******Help Required***** Family class Spousal Sponsorship - Employment Update

    Either but better from the sponsor.
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    January 2025 - Citizenship Applications

    There's a pilot project in testing mode now where some can apply online in parallel with the oath, and get the passport quicker - and I think in this program you don't need the 'guarantor' that freaks so many out. (A really excellent initiative, kudos to IRCC/passport office - I bet a lot will...
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    March 2025 - Citizenship Applications

    Yes.
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    March 2025 - Citizenship Applications

    Tracker updated for spouse's application with note that interview required and scheduled for end May (no email notice yet). My only guess so far as to reason is a lot of travel and related (more than one passport for a country that allows more than one). Who knows though? Wouldn't be language...
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    PR Renewal applications April 2025

    Suggest you ask in the refugees and asylum forum, more likely those there will know. https://www.canadavisa.com/canada-immigration-discussion-board/forums/refugees-and-asylum.56/ My guess is those initials mean protected person or PR (respectively), but I do not know for sure.
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    January 2025 - Citizenship Applications

    You get the invitation or notice of oath ceremony - that's how you know.
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    January 2025 - Citizenship Applications

    They don't order FP requests for all, so just wait. I think the ones with FP requests might seem faster - but just because there's movement earlier than for others. The FP step and processing adds some time overall (or at least seems it).