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  1. Seym

    Completing the residence and tax section for the citizenship application

    You can. Some people list absolutely everything, but it's not necessary. As long as you list "significant" statuses, like work or studies visas or anything in places where you lived VS just visited, you're in the clear. Pick the option you're more confortable with and move to the next section.
  2. Seym

    Got an Action for Physical Presence

    You said above that you're "still waiting for AOR", which means IRCC just returned your application without entering it in their system, so nothing to withdraw, you can only submit a new application if I'm not mistaken. So just do that... As for whether you should do it today or once you...
  3. Seym

    Got an Action for Physical Presence

    The "problematic" period for IRCC is probably April to October 2022 as a visitor. Apart from that, nothing much to add to the previous answer. If you wait a little bit more and get 3 years of physical presence as a PR (and that should happen probably soon if you didn't leave Canada often since...
  4. Seym

    Got an Action for Physical Presence

    What was your status before you became a PR? This is quite common for people who were visitors prior to getting their PR, and there have been many reports of this in the forum, if you want to search. People who had work and study permit usually don't get this problem as IRCC can easily...
  5. Seym

    Can minors apply for their citizenship?

    Yes. Minors applying without their parents can do so via 5(1) granted they have accumulated enough days in Canada. See minor 5(1) section here : https://www.canada.ca/en/immigration-refugees-citizenship/services/canadian-citizenship/adult-minor/who.html#eligibility-minors
  6. Seym

    Oath Scheduled for March 7th, 2023 (but haven't received invitation)

    I case you don't get an answer from someone who last posted 3 years ago: it will come soon. Usually one week or a bit earlier from the ceremony date. The tracker updates days before the email is sent for pretty much 100% of the applicants, so don't worry about it.
  7. Seym

    Applying for citizenship, should I include the transfer hotel address before I arrived the destination city?

    Doesn't matter really. Include it if you want and think you'll stress about it if you don't disclose it, but IRCC asks for the places where you actually "lived", not transits or vacation addresses.
  8. Seym

    Citizenship Physical Presence Calculator - Missed a couple of international trips, totalling 7-ish weeks, when I was a temporary resident.

    Neither of those. You are NOT eligible for citizenship, and your application will be refused regardless of how you deal with IRCC's request. You may want to answer IRCC and provide the passport copy to not let their question hanging , but the only thing you absolutely need to do is to tell...
  9. Seym

    December 2023 - Citizenship Applications

    You'll get your personal data as is (minus some potential redacting) regardless of the actual status of said data. Your physical presence being in progress or completed changes absolutely nothing here, apart from the fact that the GCMS notes you'll receive from CBSA will show the PP completion.
  10. Seym

    RESIDENCY OUERY

    1095 days in the 5 years immediately before signing your citizenship application. You control when you're applying. Once back from India, use the physical presence calculator https://eservices.cic.gc.ca/rescalc/resCalcStartNew.do?lang=en to tell you when you'll be eligible if you don't leave...
  11. Seym

    Citizenship application - first generation limit - physical presence in Canada for a Canadian parent

    No, you are not. As your daughter is the first generation born outside Canada (and being naturalized is here seen as equivalent to being born yourself in Canada), she automatically becomes Canadian by descent at birth, regardless of where it happened. Check the first generation example here ...
  12. Seym

    Citizenship application - first generation limit - physical presence in Canada for a Canadian parent

    I just checked the thread title. Are you wondering whether you need to prove presence in Canada to transmit the citizenship? That's for second generation born abroad. You got naturalized, your child is a citizen and there is no calculation involved at all in asking for the kid's certificate of...
  13. Seym

    Citizenship application - first generation limit - physical presence in Canada for a Canadian parent

    This is very unclear. You were already a citizen when you had a kid, and the kid is as Canadian citizen at birth as well. Why would you be asking for "physical presence" calculation? In what context? As a citizen, you're free to live anywhere in the world, the citizenship is for life.
  14. Seym

    Questions regarding the dependent residency

    The kid application would be under 5(2) not 5(1) here : https://www.canada.ca/en/immigration-refugees-citizenship/services/canadian-citizenship/adult-minor/who/minor-types.html#minor5-2 And yes, as long as you're eligible yourself, you can add your PR kid to the application even if they don't...
  15. Seym

    Abnormal wait time on status update

    Easier? Yes, absolutely, at least regarding the physical presence assessment. But that is of minimal interest to you VS trying to estimate whether withdrawing will get you to the oath ceremony earlier. And that is impossible to say really. Maybe IRCC validates the PP in the coming weeks, and...
  16. Seym

    2023 Citizenship Applications

    Fingers crossed! You've been waiting way too much and we're rooting for you. Good luck.
  17. Seym

    Citizenship Application Question

    The expiration date is when your status finishes, not the date written on the document, and your worker status finished when you got PR, so just put the expiry date as the date you became a PR, or the previous day, whatever the system accepts.
  18. Seym

    Abnormal wait time on status update

    Both options will give the exact same report. The 5$ version is actually meant for the general public to ask for documents and reports from a given federal institution, but it also allows a specific individual to ask for reports on anything directly related to them, while the free version is...
  19. Seym

    Abnormal wait time on status update

    GCMS is the internal system IRCC uses to process applications. GCMS notes are simply the content of that system regarding your own application. Also, please note that ATIP requests only require a 5$ fee if you ask for your GCMS notes through the Access to Information Act. As you're asking for...
  20. Seym

    2023 Citizenship Applications

    Finally. Huge congrats!