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    Is a foreign retirement pension taxed by CRA?

    Yes, I missed that. Still would suggest speaking to a professional. As I recall, SOME dual-tax agreements have special treatment for certain special accounts. Granted, probably not in this instance.
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    Is a foreign retirement pension taxed by CRA?

    While I agree with the comments by others that your pension will be taxable income, worth noting that if you are paying tax on the pension payments in Brazil, you MAY be able to deduct the taxes paid at source from your taxes payable in Canada. Usually this depends on whether there is a...
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    Dependent Child Sponsorship -2024

    In both cases your spouse should enter HER name (the person taking legal responsibility for 'signing' for the minor's name must be entered, not the minor's). Do you have the PR card to include? yes, you can use the previous receipt.
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    oath to e-cert timeline

    So in sum - the answer to this flurry of messages is "just wait a day or two before freaking", right?
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    Spousal sponsorship

    No, but the application biometrics fee will need to be paid at some point for the child (if bios are required - they/re not taken for children under 14, I believe). [Note: I corrected my typo above just now, sorry if any confusion. Only biometrics fee would need to be paid for a...
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    April 2025 - Citizenship Applications

    I won't go through the thread right now seeing where they got that but the urgent processing info for application for citizenship doesn't have such language: https://www.canada.ca/en/immigration-refugees-citizenship/services/canadian-citizenship/become-canadian-citizen/apply/urgently.html This...
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    April 2025 - Citizenship Applications

    That was my point - the employer presumably wants the applicant to have either some kind of visa that allows work OR Canadian citizenship, because the latter qualifies many for some jobs with minimal paperwork (is done at border, I understand). This is the question. Personally I think it would...
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    Some tips for virtual oath ceremony

    We had one family member request in-person after getting the invite for virtual. The switch to in-person was all handled smoothly and was two or three weeks after the original (sorry, I just don't recall). I've no idea how representative that is - it was GTA/Scarborough where there are frequent...
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    February 2025 - Citizenship Applications

    That is what is called 'deep, deep Scarborough' in the GTA.
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    Possible to waive medical exam for non-accompanying dependent?

    No fixed timeline.
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    I finally met my biological parents! Now, Can I change the name of my parents in my immigration documents?

    I don't believe, if you were born outside of Canada, that Canada retains the register for or any legal document attesting to your parentage whatsoever. IRCC may have had some documentation before when you told them who your parents were, and a copy of your birth certificate. I doubt there is...
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    April 2025 - Citizenship Applications

    Presumably means undertaking actual employment with a US company (for which Canadian citizenship may work using NAFTA (and its redheaded-stepchild mutant offspring CUSMA) rules.
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    Outland Spousal Sponsorship

    I do not understand what you are asking / what your concern is.
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    Passport Renewal or Citizenship?

    1. Doesn't really matter. 2. Yes. If you submit the citizenship app before you receive your new passport, you won't have to update that info to IRCC. If IRCC subsequently asks for more information/pages of all passports, then you would have to provide copies incl of the new passport. This isn't...
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    January 2025 - Citizenship Applications

    There were a few cases I recall posts about here, at least a couple of months ago. They were very positive, saved time and hassle. It's a pilot though so I do not know how fast processing is compared to eg urgent application. If you don't have travel planned for say 4-8 weeks after doing your...
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    I finally met my biological parents! Now, Can I change the name of my parents in my immigration documents?

    This is all your business, no need to worry about that. If you reside in Canada, you should do this by changing your name by the procedures in your province. In all provinces but Quebec, it's quite straightforward and rather similar, you file an application with the relevant ministry (usually...
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    April 2025 - Citizenship Applications

    Very unlikely a request to a member of parliament is going to have any impact - especially for a citizenship app that is still well within the estimated timeframe. You can consider making a request to IRCC for urgent processing. It may or may not work / be accepted. If your application is...
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    Outland Spousal Sponsorship

    Sounds like they are very close to issuing your PPR. No, I don't know exactly how close.
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    Spousal sponsorship

    Take the estimated processing time for your type of app. Count the months from the day you applied. That's when expected (although could be sooner).
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    Citizenship or renew my passport

    You definitely should apply to renew the passport. While it's possibly you'd get citizenship done before then, you'll definitely be stressing while waiting since you plan to return home. I do not see any reason to delay applying for citizenship though. Apply now. If you get it before your...