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    Spousal sponsorship

    GCMS notes are IRCC's internal notes on the file; you have the right to order/access them under access to information policy: https://www.canada.ca/en/immigration-refugees-citizenship/corporate/transparency/access-information-privacy/requests-information-act.html
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    April 2025 - Citizenship Applications

    Yes, during that period.
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    January 2025 - Citizenship Applications

    I'm not 100% certain but IIRC basically after the oath is scheduled, you won't see anything until 'complete' - and that may be some time after you do the oath and get citizenship and the certificate and all (not high priority to update for them - and you already have everything).
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    May 2025 - Citizenship Applications

    Return at that point basically off the table - that's what the AOR means.
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    Spousal sponsorship

    Potentially. We don't know. You should order gcms notes.
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    Dependent Child Sponsorship -2024

    Completely meaningless and quite common. If you want to worry about nothing, this is one you can focus on.
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    April 2025 - Citizenship Applications

    Could be yes or no, not a given either way.
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    November 2024 - Citizenship Applications

    Nothing too significant, just a level of seniority for sign-off. PM03 is not terribly senior, but not a clerk or junior officer. Not meaningful in itself IMO.
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    Spousal sponsorship

    I can't speak to your experiences, and every country is different - and one's situation in any given country can matter more (eg if relatively privileged). My point overall - from experience - is as I referred to above, one's expectations may not match local - not necessarily because one is...
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    Dependent Child Sponsorship -2024

    I don't find any of these minor differences in timing are very meaningful. But can't say for sure. As far as I'm aware Sydney only does the intake / first letters and after that some other office. I don't follow closely office details but general comment: it seems to me fairly clear that over...
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    Spousal sponsorship

    If this type of delay is too much frustration, moving to a different country may not be for you. I don't say that as a criticism - but you're going to need thicker skin than that. (Wait until you meet the health care sector). Systems are different everywhere, and the 'match' to expectations...
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    Scans of all passport pages for citizenship app

    From what I see here, it's not common at all for IRCC to ask. Infrequent at best. Perhaps not 'rare', but not at all common. ("Common for some" doesn't really mean much). I think it's a waste of time for most, but for anyone who wishes, go ahead. I think providing more info than...
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    Scans of all passport pages for citizenship app

    Not for the online app, only the mail app. Don't do the mail app.
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    Goods to Follow List - Moving more than one year after Landing

    So they've been living in Canada and did not bring their valuable stuff when they came to settle? Different case, I've no idea what applies to them. As far as I'm aware, this has nothing to do with the goods-to-follow scenario, which is for things brought 'following' when settling - but don't...
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    Goods to Follow List - Moving more than one year after Landing

    [Note, I don't know your case, you jumped into somebody else's thread] I don't know what they did before or who advised them to proceed this way. But as long as they only did a soft landing last time and did not settle in Canada, yes. Now note: with goods to follow forms, the typical is that...
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    Is this an AOR letter from IRCC?

    Happy to bow to your knowledge on this one.
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    Goods to Follow List - Moving more than one year after Landing

    Goods to follow forms are only submitted when actually moving to Canada to reside, i.e. settling. Therefore, nothing out of place, you should not have submitted when soft landing anyway. (PR status and actual residence for tax/customs purposes are different concepts - it's confusing.).
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    Is this an AOR letter from IRCC?

    I don't think this is AIP. It's just eligibility confirmation, which this early should be considered same as AOR. Not 100% certain I admit though.
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    Spousal sponsorship

    Fundamentally your file is not late - eight months is still well within normal, and your gcms request is - by my calc - less than two weeks late. And while ordering gcms notes CAN be useful, it's usually not for those that aren't actually delayed (although interesting). And you had an MP's...
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    Illegitimate child

    No-one can give you advice on this aspect. I don't believe the spouse in Canada formally has to give permission - but this doesn't make it a good idea. As with the question of custody of the other child, these are things you're going to have to work out on your own or with professional...