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    Infant temporary passport

    This may be what you meant so I'm just going to make explicit: in all cases I'm aware of, the consulates/consular sections will issue a passport (probably temporary eg one year) including on basis of having a copy of the application for citizenship certificate (and the related documentation like...
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    March 2025 - Citizenship Applications

    It is indeed possible.
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    March 2025 - Citizenship Applications

    What answer are you looking for? Presumably either "yes, it is possible", or "yes, you did not know that." :)
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    October 2024 - Citizenship Applications

    The interview was done less than ten days ago. Just wait for a while yet. Even when staff are totally on the ball, there are delays like this, and even a few days if it gets physically done at the same time as the interview. If that officer is junior and needs to be signed off, even more so.
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    Hyphenated first name changed by IRCC for an inland sponsorship application

    I believe IRCC removes punctuation from names and uses a space for PR cards. You can call them to ask this. (This is related to international passport standards for acceptable characters in machine-readable docs - although of course there is no single standard despite efforts to do so.)
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    October 2024 - Citizenship Applications

    Congrats. Make a good scan of the hard copy certificate - because it has bar codes and all that, it basically also works as an e-certificate (at least for service canada/passport office, which is the main place you'd need it anyway). That way you can store the hard copy and keep it in good...
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    Spousal

    He can apply without resigning and work until end of his current work permit - and apply for open work permit (after getting AOR). When he gets the open work permit, he can keep working for the same company or change jobs at will.
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    Question about non-driver ID card: Which category to use when applying online?

    I don't think it matters that much. Personally I'd use age of majority card, but driver's licence would probably work too.
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    December 2024 - Citizenship Applications

    You can try. Still within the normal processing timelines.
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    Inland Spousal Sponsorship: Job Change for Sponsor

    No impact as long as not quebec on either. BUT: if you applied as inland, you need to both be residing together throughout the process (until you receive PR). So you should move together. Update address with IRCC and confirm once move complete.
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    Question about non-driver ID card: Which category to use when applying online?

    If you mean provincial ID card, that is equivalent to driver's licence and used to be called age of majority card.
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    PRTD R-1 Granted on Successful H&C Grounds

    Yes, you can work under a dormant SIN. You may not have access to the file and employer may get questions, but perfectly legal - it is (supposedly) mainly a check-identity flag and used to prevent fraud, eg someone claiming benefits under another's name.
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    Non-Routine Application

    Order gcms notes, try inquiring through MP as well. Long delays most of the time are some kind of security check backlog or issue.
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    March 2025 - Citizenship Applications

    After the interview, the tracker eventually updated to say physical presence is complete. So seems correct in this case the interview was bascially about physical presence.
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    Inland or Outland? Canadian sponsor, PA is on student visa and OWP

    I don't know if I can get it exactly right. One I recall is for those out-of-status, there is a formal program from IRCC which basically allows them to stay / reduces risk of deportation order (I implore anyone in this situation to not rely upon my reference to it). There really are not that...
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    March 2025 - Citizenship Applications

    Thank you VERY much for this info. I've been saying for a while here that it seems to me everyone having 'problems' with only the vancouver office suggests it's a functional matter like this, i.e. they'd centralized something in Vancouver. And it makes sense it's background check +...
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    Received PFL for PRTD Application - Need assistance

    I have nothing to add but would draw attention also to the consequences part (impacts on both the applicants and other Canadian residents, incl minors).
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    January 2025 - Citizenship Applications

    I don't want to put you on the spot to disclose your issue (it's your business) - but the bottom line could simply be that IRCC does not evaluate your request for urgent processing as something meeting their requirements to grant that urgent processing.
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    January 2025 - Citizenship Applications

    I see no particular evidence of this. What are you referring to? There are some complaints about the refugee, H&C, and PGP apps processing - and those are arguably reasonable complaints, but they're also choices by government. And there have always been complaints about different programs and...
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    Got an R-1 but have not met the 2 year residency requirement

    I warn the caveats in the thread above, and it still may be worth consulting a lawyer, or waiting until you have good docs of being in Canada, etc. Because as has been pointed out - logically - what is written in the books and procedures is a decent starting point, but practice unfortunately...