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    Eligibility

    Waiver for what exactly?
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    PR Holder - Soft Landing Done, Child birth outside Canada post soft landing– Next Steps for Moving to Canada

    No, that is not right. You need to count from the day you became a PR. If during the first five years (eg if you soft landed in [Feb] 2022, through to [Feb] 2027) you have been OUT of Canada MORE than 1095 days, you are out of compliance. After [Feb] 2027, it is a rolling obligation (at any...
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    Work and school form for citizenship

    Use your best judgment, you've been too vague for anyone to tell you much. Go from the basics: they will see your tax info if they wish, but they're mainly checking your 'main activity' for how it shows you were physically in Canada. Short-term/day jobs or part time while doing another job or...
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    IMM 5562 Required for US Citizens Living in US?

    Your interpretation is correct, if it doesn't specify as required for your country, then it's not. Wasn't required. No big deal of course.
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    March 2025 - Citizenship Applications

    In that case I don't see much you can do but I would respond to the second email (by webform or however they told you to) saying you responded to the message the day before with all the information available.
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    May 2025 - Citizenship Applications

    A fair number get it done more quickly than the site estimate - and if you're looking at activity on this site, it's probably most active in recent months, i.e. precisely those that are getting done in six months or less. It's not clear what precisely IRCC estimates consist of - often usually...
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    March 2025 - Citizenship Applications

    What exactly did you attach?
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    Can this PR spouse sponsorship be approved?

    Answered already https://www.canadavisa.com/canada-immigration-discussion-board/threads/please-help-regarding-pr-spouse-sponsorship-application.872004/#post-11065223
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    Please help regarding PR spouse sponsorship application?

    My phrasing was overly complicated. I see no reason that it will not be approved. Only caveat is I don't know the rest of your file, so assuming everything else is okay. As others noted, since you have several student visa refusals, it may get some extra scrutiny, but that's normal. Strongest...
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    Please help regarding PR spouse sponsorship application?

    On the face of it not a lot here to suggest it couldn't be approved. Assuming other supporting documents good. Just follow the instructions and pay special attention to the checklist. Provide what they ask for - you seem to have the basics (timeline, basic evidence) or can get (a letter or other...
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    Guidance on BSF186 form

    In theory, no. It's one thing if other family members are travelling with you. You haven't specified - is this for immediate family members? Is this brand new clothing or not (i.e. their clothing they did not bring before for some reason)? Technically you can bring gifts for $60 worth per...
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    May 2025 - Citizenship Applications

    Just leave it be.
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    Crossing the Border with a U-Haul – Need Advice

    From my experience - not at ground border - it's okay to group things by box, if the things aren't valuable. Just type up a list and you should be fine, basically. Valuable stuff - serial #s. You may not have much that valuable except for say laptops and consoles.
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    Inquiry from my friend application police clearance issue

    No, because 2018 is more than five years ago, won't even show up on the app.
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    Questions arising from PRTD application

    With a French passport, one viable option available to you is to travel via land border (i.e. via USA). Just present yourself at border crossing as someone who recently received PR status, show what confirmation you have for that.
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    Spousal sponsorship

    Drop McGuinty's office a line, remind that citizens abroad are voters and those returning will vote where they settle - and he lost that vote. You can copy his office as Minister of Defence, and he may have an Ottawa office (in parliament). And even if his people thought it was more appropriate...
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    Dependent doesn't receive portal 1

    Yes, you will not receive a portal letter, but a passport request letter at some point (likely from the visa office that covers your country of residence). I say this assuming IRCC is aware of where you are. I don't know how long. You may get better results / info by posting in the sub-forum...
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    March 2025 - Citizenship Applications

    If you're asked to give them, you're asked to give them. There's no clear info on why, no clear pattern on whom they ask for them. It's quite likely it's mostly random as a sort of audit check (are the people filing for citizenship the same as the people approved for PR), plus some subset (e.g...
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    Accompanying Goods confusion

    I suggest reading the text of the form: https://www.cbsa-asfc.gc.ca/publications/forms-formulaires/bsf186-eng.html "With the exception of wedding gifts, bride's trousseau, alcoholic beverages andtobacco products described in the Tariff Item No. 9807.00.00 Exemption Order, all household and...
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    Guidance on BSF186 form

    It really depends what you mean 'for family members' and the value of those items. You're not, as an individual, supposed to be importing items for other people, even if they're family members. They probably won't care much if it's low value items for immediately family members. If you're...