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  1. Seym

    August 2023 - Citizenship Applications

    Thanks! I suppose you can always make the request by phone or webform, but dunno if you'll actually get your wish granted. Also, "whole family and friends" may not be possible. In the invitation for the in person ceremony in Montreal, the invitation specified that there could be "one guest per...
  2. Seym

    August 2023 - Citizenship Applications

    There are. I attended one for a family member of mine 3 weeks ago, in Montreal.
  3. Seym

    Citizenship not started, but everything else complete. Help!

    Could be anything from "next day oath date in tracker" to a couple months really. Odds are you'll be done in January, but beside that, impossible to say.
  4. Seym

    Citizenship not started, but everything else complete. Help!

    You don't need any "help", just a bit of patience. IRCC agents were obviously not working these last 2 days, and most won't work today either. You'll get your oath ceremony very probably in January, and finish the process long before the current processing time, which IRCC puts at around a year...
  5. Seym

    Does my address and job history in the citizenship application need to match what I provided in my PR application?

    As far as I know, there's no way to retrieve your PR application that is not "look at your laptop or USB files". And frankly, it would be overkill. No need to worry about it. Your work and address history just need to match reality. Do your best to give accurate information and keep it at that...
  6. Seym

    GCMS notes meaning: NPR Verified?

    Well, non-routine cases take a long time, significantly more than the processing average (which is around a year right now!), and you're free to dig into the threads of this forum yourself.
  7. Seym

    GCMS notes meaning: NPR Verified?

    NPR very probably mean "non permanent resident", here for physical presence days before PR. What matters here is that IRCC cannot validate the days of presence you claimed before you for your PR. You were probably on a visitor status and not a student or worker with a "bulletproof status". IRCC...
  8. Seym

    Canadian New Passport from USA

    You can apply for a passport from most countries on the planet, including the US. A Google search would easily confirm it : https://www.canada.ca/en/immigration-refugees-citizenship/services/canadian-passports-usa/new-adult-passport-usa.html
  9. Seym

    2023 Citizenship Applications

    I suppose that you need some signed letter from that institute saying that you passed your langage exam with this score on that date and that the document sent to IRCC is indeed the one they delivered you. But honestly , speak with a lawyer. Maybe it's overkill, but you wanna make sure you avoid...
  10. Seym

    2023 Citizenship Applications

    @blueeye2019 please talk to a lawyer. IRCC thinks you sent a fake language proof. Either you did and you're in deep shit and it's probably worth asking a lawyer what your current options are, or it's a genuine proof and a lawyer can help you navigate this.
  11. Seym

    2023 Citizenship Applications

    You've applied 3 years ago and IRCC cannot even hide behind the "other agencies" excuse. It's absolutely ludicrous. TBH, if there's an issue with your physical presence, they should have told you in 2024 and you would have reapplied since then and gotten the citizenship, and if they think your...
  12. Seym

    Application for Canadian Citizenship - A Comprehensive Guide

    1) you asked an identical question for work history. The same answer obviously applies. 2) where in the online application does it ask to attach the signed physical presence document? Absolutely nowhere? It means that isn't not needed. Same for every other document you may think of that is not...
  13. Seym

    Citizenship application - first generation limit

    You can only see your own timeline, or in your case your kids' timelines through the tracker, but many people who apply and don't have to go through extensive security checks and physical presence issues routinely get their citizenship in 4 or 5 months (including me and most of my family). As...
  14. Seym

    Citizenship application - first generation limit

    This is not really an answer to your post but something worth considering : If you've already applied for their citizenship, they will probably get it very soon (a few months max probably). It won't really make a difference to them whether the certificate of citizenship lists the day they get...
  15. Seym

    Application for Canadian Citizenship - A Comprehensive Guide

    Doesn't matter, pick one and move on. If there's a bug with the one you picked (let's say you enter a date before the 5 years and the system complains) pick the other.
  16. Seym

    Application for Canadian Citizenship - A Comprehensive Guide

    No. The same way you don't need to list that one time you slept in the couch of a friend or a weekend chalet.
  17. Seym

    Application for Canadian Citizenship - A Comprehensive Guide

    You should be good to go without a PCC, at least to have a complete application for IRCC, but please note that IRCC can ask for one anyway. Country of origin isn't necessarily the country of citizenship, but the country where you lived when you applied for PR and waited for its processing. In...
  18. Seym

    How long for ceremony after application shows completed

    The only answer you can get is "usually not too long". Can go from a single day to see the ceremony date in the tracker, to a few weeks. There's just no way to know how it will go for a specific application.
  19. Seym

    Update new address on driver's license before submitting application?

    I have nothing to add to my answer above, except maybe this : IRCC officers are actual people living in Canada,. They will understand when someone puts a new address right before applying but provide an ID that would need more time to be updated. They've been there too. Relax.
  20. Seym

    Citizenship applications for Protected Persons

    There's no real way to answer this question. Officially, there's no difference. How long a specific application will take depends on many factors. Nationality may (not necessarily will!) be a factor for a lengthy application, if you're wondering about factors that the applicant can't control...