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    Traveling without a PR Card Help

    I'd try calling IRCC now. -My understanding is that actually you can apply for the PRTD before departing (seemingly not officially but not really an issue). I wouldnt do right now, but I can't suggest when. -Flight return date may limit your capacity to get the PRTD in time. -Flying out is not...
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    Application for Canadian Citizenship - A Comprehensive Guide

    As far as I'm aware, you shouldn't need the UK one.
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    Current processing times (chart by month with applicants ahead)

    Tabular data for those who prefer numbers: I hope this works and is readable, I hate having to use imgur for this, but if it doesn't work, don't know that I'm going to be able to better it.
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    Current processing times (chart by month with applicants ahead)

    I've looked at the processing times by month, fiddling with the new processing time information (available here: https://www.canada.ca/en/immigration-refugees-citizenship/services/application/check-processing-times.html ). And I'm a dork, so I couldn't help but eventually tabulate and make this...
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    2023 Citizenship Applications

    Huge step! Fingers crossed for you both
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    March 2025 - Citizenship Applications

    This worries me. Clearly a sign of the apocalypse. What's next, locusts?
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    March 2025 - Citizenship Applications

    I didn't mean to imply it didn't happen - just that it seems quite exceptional.
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    March 2025 - Citizenship Applications

    Literally never heard of anyone receiving a substantive reply to a webform in less than a week. So I'd still recommend calling. Good to know it happens, but I'm not holding my breath to see it generalized.
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    March 2025 - Citizenship Applications

    Call IRCC. Webforms take weeks for anything to happen.
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    No updates in my Citizenship application

    As far as I can tell, yes - I don't understand the exact differences between background and prohibitions, but it seems not at all rare that prohibitions get held up even after background is marked cleared. (Note that sometimes at least all three of the secondary, language-physical...
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    Only 1 year remaining before PR expiry

    Short form answer (you will see other stories here about what has happened): -They will ('must') consider all reasons for H&C - but how much weight they put on the reasons is up to them, and whether or not they consider them sufficient reason to be lenient is uncertain. -Since you have a valid...
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    No updates in my Citizenship application

    Order your gcms notes, from cbsa and from ircc. It's not likely it will tell you much although sections redacted under the security exemptions may indicate that security clearances are the hold-up. If so, there's not a lot that can be done in most cases except wait. It's more common for some...
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    Fastest way to renounce PR?

    You submit a reununciation form. https://ircc.canada.ca/english/information/applications/guides/5781etoc.asp Don't know how long it takes, probably less than three months, but only a guess. I don't see that doing it in Canada would be faster. Is there some reason that the speed is important?
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    Transleded ducaomans

    I take a slightly different position than many here - I think it depends partly on what language and what the nature of the docs are. Frankly the people at IRCC are not idiots and they're going to figure out what docs in Spanish are; I submitted some in Russian because I was quite sure the...
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    Questions on Adult New Passport Application Form

    I think you should start by saying "what proof do I have", and choose that. The title of the document is ... on the document. If you both have become citizens recently, it is probably citizenship certificate. I don't believe they issue naturalization certificates anymore.
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    Spousal sponsorship

    Yes.
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    Spousal sponsorship

    Not required, CBSA will not ask. I can't comment about why the instructions have that, but one simple reason is that the rules for coverage vary by province, and it used to be more common to have waiting periods (of 3 months usually).
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    Who would like to explain the "at the time of that application"117(9)(D)? Does it include "the first time landing"

    I do not fully understand your question - you're phrasing this as if it is something still in process, and not in the past. So I will try to answer but given the confused phrasing, I don't wish to mislead. -Someone who is an applicant and whose application is approved, will receive a visa that...
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    August 2023 - Citizenship Applications

    What you say is logical but unfortunately, I don't think it's entirely true - there does seem to be a 'higher bar' for citizenship clearances than for PR - which may not make sense from a risk perspective. I think there are two different things, one - a perception that citizenship is 'more'...
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    Citizenship Application for Minors

    After one of you gets citizenship, you'll be able to apply for them directly as PR-children of a citizen. I forget whether this is 5(1) or 5(2).