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    Urgent Return to Canada with Newborn: Immigration Choices for PR Holders

    When did you apply for the TRV? Before you had returned to Canada? Before or after the AOR came for the child? I'd suggest applying for a TRV again now, basically.
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    September 2024 Citizenship Applications

    You said June 5 in your previous email so don't know what's going on (already passed the date). But we had family member reschedule to in-person, total delay of less than a month. I think that should be comparable to rescheduling depending on circumstances. BUT: a warning, for those who are...
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    March 2025 - Citizenship Applications

    It can take up to a month. Not the most frequent, but it can.
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    Inland v Outland

    I think biggest obvious difference is that inland by def includes those who have already had some form of clearance by ircc or from visa waiver countries. Hence the pool of applicants skews to lower secoery and other background risk and some associated (eg good secoery coop with visa waiver...
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    November 2024 - Citizenship Applications

    Personally I have little faith that the 'not started yet' flag or system status means what it seems to mean. I believe I have read, however, that any files withdrawn and resubmitted get extra scrutiny and take longer. But if you're certain about the meaning of that flag and believe it must be...
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    Inland v Outland

    Leaving aside Quebec files (which are slow for a different reason), many of us think these big differences are not factual and there's some data glitch or other factor that's causing this. No way to know right now. This COULD happen if, for example, they had some backlog of older files that...
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    Spousal sponsorship

    I've heard mostly 2-4 weeks but some places may be slower (I haven't followed for eg India). Obviuosly if concerned, book your travel somewhat after that to be sure.
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    Partner's Dependents claiming PR

    Assuming they are less than 22 years of age, it is sponsorship of dependent children, the whole process again. They will have to have new medicals done (assuming this was done more than a year ago) in most cases. They will do background checks but that may be shorter as they're minors...
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    The Government of Canada introduces citizenship by descent legislation for Canadians

    I looked it up recently, and it's eg five years total in USA of which minimum two over 14 yrs of age (or something similar in composition/definition.) The US definition of time "in USA" is also broader - military service, accompanying family in govt/diplomatic service, etc., and - specific to...
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    CBSA entry/exit record has missing entry - Possible because of using NEXUS card

    We ordered CBSA records prior to my spouse's citizenship app, because a lot of travel and we didn't want to delay application / wanted to be certain day counts were correct. All the entry/exits matched our records except for one airline departure (not to USA). It was obvious something was...
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    The Government of Canada introduces citizenship by descent legislation for Canadians

    One small difference is USA rules are that this applies to ALL US citizen-parents, it's not just 'second-gen.' I think that's notable as it actually does show an example that administration of this type of requirement is not impossible, and no, discrimination against second-gen citizens/having a...
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    Canadian Passport - Mail-In Application Timelines

    Which one?
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    28 Year Retention Rule

    Post in the citizenship forum here: https://www.canadavisa.com/canada-immigration-discussion-board/forums/citizenship.12/ Also note there is a draft law proposed by the government that (if I understand it) would make you all eligible. You may want to consider that and pause/wait before...
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    The Government of Canada introduces citizenship by descent legislation for Canadians

    So basically three-year physical presence (cumulative) before the birth of a child. That's quite a light requirement (not complaining, just noting). At least not a punishment of a requirement like the conservatives had pushed for, reportedly a three years in the last five years requirement.*...
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    March 2025 - Citizenship Applications

    There's less than a handful showing for February yet, although for Jan more than two-thirds (especially assuming some haven't provided info for a while or updated at all, which is common). So probably February will start filling up more in the coming weeks - meaning most likely March cohort...
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    Missing travel history

    Please don't just do the chatbot response.
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    Security screening type A34: comprehensive

    As far as I'm aware, all files transfer to some other office after Sydney - or at least not at all unusual. Sydney just does the initial reception and check/initial review.
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    January 2025 - Citizenship Applications

    Sure. But do they have specific information about what 'non-routine' is, beyond "it's taken longer than the estimated timeline?". That's what I said. I wasn't saying things that I didn't say.
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    Citizenship Application: Optional Document Submission Inquiry

    No. Don't provide all this extra stuff. Fill out the forms, read the instructions carefully, and provide ONLY what they ask for. Providing extra won't speed things up EXCEPT in cases where there is really something unusual about your case that you need to clarify. They will ask for more if they...
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    January 2025 - Citizenship Applications

    I'm not convinced that they're telling you anything of use when they tell you it's routine or not. I think all they're doing is saying "has it gone by the estimated # of months, yes or no?" If yes, non-routine. [Note I think they always just use whatever the current # of months is, that posted...