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  1. Seym

    citizenship calculation time

    I gave a generic answer elsewhere (please don't post a question many times!) but since you gave more details : Your eligibility period is 5 years prior to signing your application, let's say you're applying today, that would be from August 8, 2020. Dyring that period, you were in Canada under...
  2. Seym

    1095 days citizenship physical presence, am I good or should I withdraw my application?

    Yep. Also, may be obvious, but to complete the answer : just make sure that you're "officially" in Canada for part of the day for it to count. Landing in Canada before midnight but only making it to customs after midnight won't allow you to count the time before midnight although, technically...
  3. Seym

    2023 Citizenship Applications

    It's good to know that the number of security screening requests has nearly doubled in the recent years, but it's a mediocre article at best. At a bare minimum, the journalist should have tried to quantify the effect on the average SS duration, maybe ventilating it by type of application, the...
  4. Seym

    Application for Canadian Citizenship - A Comprehensive Guide

    All we can say is that all days spent in Canada prior to becoming a PR only count as half a day for citizenship purposes, up to 365 days. Why it's 319/2 instead of 343/2 has to do with the information you provided the calculator, you should easily figure it out.
  5. Seym

    Proof citizenship delay

    The average processing time for proof of citizenship is currently at 5 months. You're already at more than twice of that. Your application may be non-routine, and any non-routine application at IRCC will just take the time it takes, we can't really say when you'll get your citizenship proof. You...
  6. Seym

    2023 Citizenship Applications

    Part of it is covid-related, but yeah, it's egregious.
  7. Seym

    Application for Canadian Citizenship - A Comprehensive Guide

    The PCC requirement clearly speaks about spending 183 days in a row in a country. I highly doubt you can squeeze 183 days in a month or a month and a half.
  8. Seym

    2023 Citizenship Applications

    Also, the bright side : I can point to at least ONE (to be honest, that's the only one I've seen!) successful self-representation that went all the way, and with a positive decision, so it's certainly possible... Kudos to Ali Jebelli :)...
  9. Seym

    2023 Citizenship Applications

    I'm not advocating for it either to be honest. My answer above was merely "matter of factly" and says nothing of the degree of complexity involved in the process. I've seen FB and whatsapp communities pushing for self-representation, and per se, why not, but part of my observation was the huge...
  10. Seym

    2023 Citizenship Applications

    Mandamus self-representation only costs the federal Court 50$ fee ( https://www.fct-cf.ca/en/pages/law-and-practice/court-costs/court-and-registry-fees ) , and if a second step mandamus step is needed, the potential fees to notarize your documents.
  11. Seym

    1095 days citizenship physical presence, am I good or should I withdraw my application?

    The above from @Lavenaa is pretty much your best case scenario : a fast application that due to the absence of buffer went through minimal additional scrunity and got finalized in 6.5 months instead of maybe a couple weeks or a month earlier, which is by the way still largely under the average...
  12. Seym

    2023 Citizenship Applications

    Fair enough... And 2nd opinion of a professional is a far cry from "go for mandamus" after all. That we can agree on. To be perfectly honest, for every "mandamus success story", there is also a counterbalance anecdotal story of people who just stayed put and got their oath in 2 3 years, and I'm...
  13. Seym

    2023 Citizenship Applications

    There is no arrogance in saying that, if someone actually spoke to a lawyer, it's better to take the backseat and not tell them that what the lawyer suggested is wrong. You may have that opinion but it's based on what, a hunch? Obviously, no "opinion" on the internet should sway an adult one...
  14. Seym

    2023 Citizenship Applications

    With all due respect : "At one point in time, if they do not process your app, you have no choice than to pay the blood sucking lawyers for the mandamus to get the justice you deserve." isn't an opinion, or at least isn't expressed as such, especially that there absolutely are people who got...
  15. Seym

    2023 Citizenship Applications

    Also, if someone is stuck due to 13.1, aka for "serious" reasons, and not the blanket "security checks are ongoing", the mandamus process isn't gonna help.
  16. Seym

    2023 Citizenship Applications

    While I understand the sentiment, it's not needed to tell others to spend good money while even a lawyer they spoke with told them not to. Unless there's a very good reason to completely put an application aside (example : cessation proceedings that may take years and years), most applications...
  17. Seym

    Travelling to USA for 3 days after applying Canadian Citizenship- Please help

    Nah, they won't care. IRCC wants to be notified in order not to schedule you for something during your trip, and obviously, nothing that requires your presence in Canada will happen in the next few days while you didn't get your AOR yet.
  18. Seym

    2023 Citizenship Applications

    The citizenship is indeed a privilege. That being said, IRCC absolutely must render a decision at some point, not necessarily within a specific timeframe, but it cannot delay the decision making indefinitely. It's because IRCC has a public duty to act that there are successful mandamus...
  19. Seym

    2023 Citizenship Applications

    Mandamus IS suing the government. And you can ask for costs when you do...
  20. Seym

    2023 Citizenship Applications

    We've seen a few mid-2023 applicants get to the finish line (not necessarily in the forum), but it doesn't mean much. Earlier 2023 applicants are still waiting and some late 2023 applicants also got lucky. It's unclear how CSIS works really (and most people waiting from 2023 are stuck with...