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    Please advise..best option for my spouse

    I don't think that IRCC would think that needing Canadian citizenship to get a job outside of Canada would be a valid reason to grant expedited processing. Unless it were with a crown entity (ie. Canadian govt or close to it), and possibly a few other (rare) scenarios. Why would they expedite...
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    June 2025 Citizenship Applications Time Line

    Did you have another passport that was valid in the last five years? (i.e. have you renewed a passport in last five years)
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    PR Holder - Could I face any issues with PR renewal, or citizenship or in general?

    As long as you have been OUTSIDE Canada LESS THAN 1095 days (three years) in any five year period (rolling basis, looking back five years from date of examination eg at border/port of entry), then you are in compliance with the residency obligation. [Obviously the dates prior to the date you...
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    Citizenship / Police certificate / clearance requirement

    I believe if you read carefully, the instructions say (at least on the offline form) that 'if you were in your country of origin immediately before becoming a permanent resident and this time falls within the four year period, you are not required to provide a police certificate. Please indicate...
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    IMM5444 - PR Card renewal query

    Retired, not applicable or N/A for employer etc., city-town - either N/A or actual address, decide.
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    Are Finger Print requests by exception, random or everyone?

    There is another use of random, used in statistics and notably in population/sampling theory and practice (notably - and relevant here - auditing, but also medicine, economics, etc), which is randomizing (selecting by draw, essentially) from within some population group for some treatment or...
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    Citizenship / Police certificate / clearance requirement

    You are correct, I was focussing on the question of whether a PCC is needed rather than the specific question. The culpa is mea if this led to confusion.
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    November 2024 - Citizenship Applications

    Mea culpa, but I was going by your text in the previous. At any rate: bring what she has, it'll be fine. It's not a trick, they are just trying to identify the person. (I'm pretty sure my family members only had the PR cards checked but not positive)
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    November 2024 - Citizenship Applications

    It's an in-person ceremony? Have her bring it all. I'm pretty sure foreign passport plus PR card will be fine. If not: note the 'second ID' does not specify it has to be a photo ID, so the Alberta health card will likely be accepted.
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    1344e FORM signatures for Dependent child

    For those who are filling out this form and for whom an explanation will help them 'do it' - this is my understanding: I think the reason for this is that they want the person signing to indicate who they are - because that person should have some legal responsibility, and therefore need to...
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    Citizenship / Police certificate / clearance requirement

    Still no - you were not in your home country for >183 days after you became a PR.
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    1344e FORM signatures for Dependent child

    They want you to type your own name (the name of the person signing on behalf of the minor). Yes, the instructions are not very clear.
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    PR for Mother

    I have to echo @canuck78's comments here: my own experience / understanding is that one weird specificity of Canadian politics is that in some areas, the idea that some things from government should be decided based on money is political kryptonite. The other side of that coin is that Canadians...
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    PR for Mother

    I've looked at it, briefly. As far as I can tell, they've ended up with a system where they charge 'extra' - but not enough to cover actual anticipated (actuarial) expenses, while remaining too low to significantly restrain demand. So they end up with a system where they charge 'extra' but...
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    PR for Mother

    Now there you go again, bringing in points that support my argument. )
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    Are Finger Print requests by exception, random or everyone?

    Not everyone. As far as anyone is aware, some combination of random + exceptions.
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    PR Card renewal window

    I believe this is wrong. PR cards currently have the date with language specifically stating "PR since/RP depuis" - and that should indeed be the date one became a PR (landing date). Now I can't state for certain that PR cards have always contained precisely this field with this meaning. But...
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    April 2025 - Citizenship Applications

    Passports are indeed considered government-issued ID. Only an issue if it specifically says it must be (a) Canadian government-issued ID. [I say 'a' because funny thing in Canada, when they say Canadian government issued, that typically includes provincially issued. And I guess they figure it...
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    April 2025 - Citizenship Applications

    Check instructions carefully but I'm pretty sure it's only required for identification purposes - therefore any (readable) photo ID.
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    Citizenship / Police certificate / clearance requirement

    If you read carefully, I believe it specifies that if your >183 days was immediately prior to becoming a PR, then it's not necessary.