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    Domestic Passport

    I assume you are referring to what is called an 'internal passport' in many countries, esp of the former Soviet Union. No, these are considered national identity documents valid only within the country of origin, and not (international) 'passports.' There is no need to supply them with a...
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    Should Principal Applicant include all children who are not dependent in form IMM 5406

    Repeat, none of these children over 22 should be included on the IMM0008 form.
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    Unlink Joint Applicaiton - Citizenship Application Delay

    You are wrong. One must remain in compliance with the residency obligation until one becomes a citizen. This is a corner case admittedly - one has to either/and be out of Canada for quite a while and have one's application take a very long time indeed.
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    Got calls during citizenship test—will it be a problem?

    I don't know the answer and would say there's no way to know, frankly - I think it will just come down to the subjective impression of the officer checking it. Also no way @manchestercase can find out other than waiting. But good advice to all others: TURN OFF other programs and potential...
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    Just Got Invited to a "New Citizenship-to-Passport Initiative Pilot Program" By IRCC

    I think one needs patience for all interactions with IRCC. But yes, this one too.
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    Application for Canadian Citizenship - A Comprehensive Guide

    Almost certainly IRCC will not care one way or the other, it's a thing people know.
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    Unlink Joint Applicaiton - Citizenship Application Delay

    I think it was - originally - more about having ceremonies together, from days before virtual ceremonies. And of course 'family' apps for those with minor children means a joint app with the kids- does save time compared to parents getting citizenship first, THEN applying for minors (but no...
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    Just Got Invited to a "New Citizenship-to-Passport Initiative Pilot Program" By IRCC

    Thanks, very useful. I *thought* it was the case that Canada Post PO boxes - i.e. those in 'rural' areas - are supposed to be exempted from any such restrictions. Because they're 'official.' (And BTW they don't seem to be just 'rural' anymore, they're using them for a lot of new suburban...
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    Do My Wife and I Need Separate PR portal Accounts for PR Card Renewal?

    Yes. In effect, these are two separate applications, you are each PRs in your own right.
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    HELP PLEASE! Airline denied boarding with valid COPR (issued before March 18 2020)

    Why are you responding to a bunch of threads from years ago? Some weird legend-bulding strategy? AI training? When do you start spamming?
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    Do I Need to Update Sponsor Address After Spousal PR Approved?

    Doesn't matter, they don't care about updating addresses after you land and are not tracking where you live.
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    Dependent Child Sponsorship -2024

    I believe you missed the point in this that it seems to be about a dependent child *OVER* age 21. By standard IRCC approach, children over 21 are not dependants and cannot be sponsored. To extent there are exceptions - by definition exceptional and rare.
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    Just Got Invited to a "New Citizenship-to-Passport Initiative Pilot Program" By IRCC

    Yep, there've only been a handful of reports here on experiences. Your approach is right: if you're not in a rush and you're not going to stress. It does save having to get the guarantor to sign, and a few other bits simplified (online, after all). Anyone freaking out about time to get the...
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    Just Got Invited to a "New Citizenship-to-Passport Initiative Pilot Program" By IRCC

    As far as I'm aware a week of silence for the regular passport program is normal, too. Seems expectations went from "hope I get my passport in a couple months" to "what, it's been 24 hours and no confirmation it's been printed yet" very quickly.
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    Supporting Attachments for inland spousal sponsorship

    Focus on showing you have lived together for the time period you claim. I would NOT worry about adding a lot of extra evidence about periods before that - except where the instructions tell you to do so. In a cover note/relationship explanation, you can just note the travels to see each other...
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    Citizenship / Police certificate / clearance requirement

    Applied without. No issues. No need to attach the old one.
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    Withdraw and reapply?

    That is your choice but I believe the test for mandamus is excessively delayed or similar concept. Ten months - barely current estimated processing time. Mandamus timelines - think two-three or more standard deviations, not "more than average." This is to have chance of succeeding in...
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    Withdraw and reapply?

    Remains up to you. I don't think anythng anyone here tells you is going to convince you either way.
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    Withdraw and reapply?

    it is up to you. But you are assuming that the issue is your physical presence days, when you do not actual know. Timelines have gotten longer, ti seems, in recent months. And if you reapply - there are comments here that withdraw-and-reapply get pulled out of the regular stream and take longer...
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    Declaring spouce children from boyfriend

    Can only suggest speak to a lawyer. If they recently got PR without declaring that kid as a dependant, would say chances are slim - they immigrated without claiming that the child is a dependant. (As it is - the base assumption in law is that children over 21 are not dependants) Not to mention...