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    Questions regarding my partner immigrating with me to Canada

    If you're not common law (have resided together at some point for more than 12 months) or not married, you won't be able to include her or sponsor her later. It's up to you two to decide whether your desire not to get married / antipathy to another marriage is so strong that it prevents you...
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    190 days short for RO 730 days

    The back of your PR card should have a date, "PR since:". As for how to calculate the last five years: I suggest you open the form and see what and how they ask you to fill it out. The five years for eligibility is from the date you apply, and five years back. If you apply Oct 31, 2025, it's...
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    Rescheduling Oath Ceremony

    If you mean you will be out of country at that time, tell them you'll be away until such and such a date. It seems that in almost all cases where the absence is more than a week or two, they tell the applicant to notify them again when back in Canada. (I presume they have found by experience...
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    March 2025 - Citizenship Applications

    Ghost updates seem to mean that someone at IRCC 'touched' the file - updated something minor, checked it, possibly re-assigned it, etc. While it doesn't show anything concrete, it seems to mean - at least some of the time - that there is some movement and it might move on to the next step. At...
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    PR Card Renewal – Urgent Processing Submitted Sept 23, Travel Oct 20 — Advice & Reassurance Needed

    While I agree with the statement, I want to emphasize that the burden is effectively on the CBSA officer to find that it's been revoked (i.e. by the computer system). Revocations are rather rare - the vast majority of PR holders (ever, or at least those alive) are either still PRs or have become...
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    PR card renewal obligations

    Just my opinion but: there is NO application for which 250 pages is needed. IRCC has the ability to ask for more information - when they determine they need it. But let them ask for what they want, and then respond to that. For the initial application: submit what they ask for (two pieces of...
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    PR card renewal obligations

    https://www.canadavisa.com/canada-immigration-discussion-board/threads/pr-card-renewal-%E2%80%93-urgent-processing-submitted-sept-23-travel-oct-20-%E2%80%94-advice-reassurance-needed.874777/ Overall I think the context you may be missing - IRCC changed the requirements when filing these forms a...
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    Application for Canadian Citizenship - A Comprehensive Guide

    For 1: I would only include citizenship, PR status, and long-term work visas (i.e. > 6 mos.). 2. Passports or rare other travel docs (not visas). Some seem to include Nexus here, which doesn't make sense to me, but certainly won't hurt.
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    Baby born in India to Canadian Parent

    Thanks. I'd just note for children born outside of India, the process is quite similar (easier in some respects, possibly), at least for steps 4 & 5 - applying for the citizenship certificate and obtaining a passport. But in most cases I'd suggest contacting the Embassy/High Commission...
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    PR Card Renewal – Urgent Processing Submitted Sept 23, Travel Oct 20 — Advice & Reassurance Needed

    You'll be travelling with your foreign passport, of course - that's your main ID. The expired PR card gives them your 'was once a PR' status (and once a PR usually means probably still a PR) - and means they at any rate definitely have a file (database stuff) on you. (Which - as @Ponga points...
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    December 2024 - Citizenship Applications

    Standard for delivery is 30 days, they can request an extra 30 days (the 'we're busy' response). Any times less than that were just lucky and no reason to worry.
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    PR Card Renewal – Urgent Processing Submitted Sept 23, Travel Oct 20 — Advice & Reassurance Needed

    You asked same question elsewhere. Since you're in compliance with the RO, no issue. Carry your expired PR card, usual ID, and copy of the main bits (the form) of your renewal application. And for self-flagellation, a printed copy of your 250 page encyclopedia. No-one will look at it, but it...
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    PR CARD RENEWAL 2025 August

    The key question is whether or not you are in compliance with the residency obligation. If you are - no risk, just need to go through land border. Carry your usual id (including even expired PR card), and would be good to have a copy of your PR renewal app (eg on phone or physical) and you can...
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    Am I a Canadian Citizen

    I don't think so but not an expert. The citizenship act of 1946 required five years residency. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Canadian_Citizenship_Act,_1946 I don't see that his service in the RCN conferred citizenship, but that is a potentially tricky bit. The fee to apply for a certificate...
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    Application for Canadian Citizenship - A Comprehensive Guide

    Right on the tracker page where you saw that you have a ceremony it says to wait until ~6 days before to receive the email - indicating it's perfectly normal.
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    April 2025 - Citizenship Applications

    Sure. Looks fine to me. You may wish to clarify earlier in the letter and state specifically that your work permit extension was not refused, but withdrawn (because not needed with receipt of PR status). And go over once more perhaps to simplify/for language.
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    April 2025 - Citizenship Applications

    That's going to take some time and likely they will not provide either clear answer or written proof. @Pathamah52 - This isn't that complicated: sure, write a short letter of explanation just to cover the bases.
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    2023 Citizenship Applications

    Please - that is exactly what you said, "The minimum wait is 24 months now." You may think it applies, and it might be relevant in this case - but it's not some 'minimum.' Just say something simple like 'it seems files that are delayed this long are taking 24 months or more.'
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    2023 Citizenship Applications

    I don't believe this 'minimum wait' is true. It may be for some specific pipeline or subset of apps, or a series of apps that have actually taken >24 months, but no way to know in advance (as far as I'm aware) that one's app is "in" some group for which 24 months is a minimum.
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    NA

    This sounds different than what you first posted. I leave it up to you to figure it out.