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    Residency Obligation & Long Absence from Canada Before and During the 5-Year Period.

    Agree with above. I'd just note, you'll need a police clearance certificate, so plan in advance how to get it.
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    April 2025 - Citizenship Applications

    You either wait for the email invitation to the tracker, or you just try to register for it before that. Usually a day or two (or more) after AOR.
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    April 2025 - Citizenship Applications

    We did get separate mail about tracker, about ten days after the AOR. But we had already logged into the tracker etc before that (after a couple days I think).
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    Medical exam waiver for dependents kida

    Agree with @scylla. I'd note to them that they can (hypothetically) be sponsored as long as they are under 22, and that while they may not be interested now, that could change - for example if they wanted to study in Canada. If not - well, you tried. You can get a letter from them saying they...
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    January 2025 - Citizenship Applications

    You should do what my spouse does: get your spouse to check obsessively and then ask them once a week if there's any news. See above in this thread. There are opinions about which offices are fastest, or slowest - and those opinions may or may not be correct or up-to-date. There are some...
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    January 2025 - Citizenship Applications

    Unproven but a lot of opinions. Everybody who thinks their file is going slowly thinks 'their' office is slow. One poster in March thread called IRCC and got info that ALL files go through vancouver office for some part (background I think). If that's true you can see the issue: people who are...
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    inland spousal sponsorship

    A side note on this: it's unclear to me how much the (much) longer estimated times for inland are a technical issue (my suspicion) or something else going on. (That number jumped quite a lot a few months ago and now has fallen again by >6 months). I for one no longer have confidence that it...
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    December 2024 - Citizenship Applications

    Or possibly in fact all or almost all applications pass through Sydney and Vancouver, so any identification of them as 'slow' is meaningless, because they're also the offices through which all the fast files pass through: Sorry, I had to edit, the new post / embedding is terrible, here's the...
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    inland spousal sponsorship

    I cannot, of course, tell you that this exactly will be enough. That's for IRCC to consider with your application. But for some comfort, what you've described doesn't sound that unusual and I wouldn't expect it to be a big problem. Just document well your relationship from the past (with...
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    January 2025 - Citizenship Applications

    The big ones, for normal files where presence and language is clear - because they may depend on non-IRCC people - are the background check and prohibitions, as both can involve security checks. And there can be backlogs with those.
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    SOWP or PR for wife of a Citizen ?

    As far as I'm aware the only option is PR.
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    inland spousal sponsorship

    -You were not required to report a 'conjugal' relationship. -I repeat what I said before: it will help your app if you have some friends (from here is fine) attend your wedding in absence of family, and have some event for them (even if small, even if cheap like a small party at a bar). -If your...
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    Traveling without valid Canadian PR

    -The big thing for almost all PRs without a valid card is they can't board a plane without one (or a PRTD). IRCC won't issue them a 'visa' or an ETA - only a PRTD. (They can go to land border if they can travel through USA). -US citizens are an exception from this rule. The only issue - rare -...
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    January 2025 - Citizenship Applications

    We did not do family (separate apps and ceremonies) so I can't say for sure. I presume they let you have one invitee per applicant but not certain.
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    inland spousal sponsorship

    I agree with the comments above overall - I'd just note even if you do a court marriage, have friends attend. Get some pictures. Have some kind of 'event' for some group of friends, even if it's only a small event in a restaurant. Pictures. You should be careful about your status - I do not...
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    Declaring imports during soft landing

    Depends what you mean by soft landing. If you will be arriving (again) in future and before your container (esp if you haven't sent container yet), then you don't need to do it now. You do the forms for things arriving separately when you next return. Just answer questions truthfully - your...
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    Common-law and married to the same person

    If it's been any significant length of time since the (unrecognized) marriage and they have the history of residing together to meet common law, I think that's the more reliable route. IMO.
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    January 2025 - Citizenship Applications

    Scarborough.
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    Finding a commissioner for a legal name change in Ontario

    Notary public. You can search online where you are, there are 'online' ones where they'll set you up with someone local-ish for the stamp and signature/witness part (whatever is required). I believe most lawyers can do this as well, and there are other options, but the notaries specialise in...
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    January 2025 - Citizenship Applications

    We had two go through it and it was applicant + one person - pretty sure that is standard. My spouse went as invitee (both times) - impression was that there was no extra room / addl invitees wouldn't be admitted, but I do not know for sure and it may depend on location etc.