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    Humanitarian & Compassionate "re-admitted" question

    So I'm too late to help out OP, but I can still share my two cents that might help future forum searchers in similar situations. I personally experienced issues with paying that RPRF back in 2023 as well. It was - well, a buggy year for IRCC's website and software. Basically I just had to keep...
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    Citizenship application: temporary foreign worker or student/visitor for the time after graduation but before PGWP was approved?

    I had a similar situation - a period of maintained status (in my case between different work permits rather than going from study permit to PGWP). So while it was simple for me to fill out and claim that period of time as part of my physical presence - I did follow the advice on these forums to...
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    What happens to my status during a Humanitarian and compassionate application?

    I think this is because it was answered in the very first reply on this thread, https://www.canadavisa.com/canada-immigration-discussion-board/threads/what-happens-to-my-status-during-a-humanitarian-and-compassionate-application.620630/#post-7730349 To restate (for anyone who is skipping to the...
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    H&C Question- need help urgently

    Agree with all of the responses. Since husband's work permit doesn't expire until August 2027, which is a few years away, the timing does aline well - wife can get her own open work permit if her husband's work permit is eligible (see...
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    H&C question

    Yep - if you try to check official processing times for a new applicant now it just says "more than 10 years" Meanwhile, the official processing time for someone who had already applied back in Jan 2023 - still 30 months to go. So even though it's been almost three years, there's still two and...
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    April 2025 - Citizenship Applications

    Yep, you can find instructions for applying for a Canadian passport abroad here: https://www.canada.ca/en/immigration-refugees-citizenship/services/canadian-passports-abroad/new-adult-passport-abroad.html - from what I understand it's 20 business days + mailing time (when you apply from abroad...
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    April 2025 - Citizenship Applications

    Ahh that's a good point. Mine are all still in progress. I wonder why my language is taking so long... I just included a copy of my IELTS scores that I used ten years ago for PR.
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    Citizenship application: temporary foreign worker or student/visitor for the time after graduation but before PGWP was approved?

    It should be there. On IMM5669 specifically, you have the personal history section. (For paper apps, it's section 8 on page 2 of https://www.canada.ca/content/dam/ircc/documents/pdf/english/kits/forms/imm5669/01-05-2021/imm5669e.pdf ) What activity did you put for the time period between June...
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    April 2025 - Citizenship Applications

    Ah, I just realized I had a ghost update a couple of months ago that I completely missed all this time (from the Updated at: bit in the top right of the page). This is not to long after I fulfilled FP request so it's probably IRCC updating the file with that. Timeline still has no updates, so...
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    Citizenship application: temporary foreign worker or student/visitor for the time after graduation but before PGWP was approved?

    You'd probably put the same answer that you did when applying for PR. I'm curious here - how are so many folks having this question when applying for citizenship? Surely you already had to apply for PR first, and thus already dealt with this question before... Anyways, for citizenship, the...
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    What dates of study permit and PGWP to input for physical calculator for citizenship application. Thanks

    See my answer here, https://www.canadavisa.com/canada-immigration-discussion-board/threads/queries-regarding-citizenship-application-urgent.874235/post-11103498 In short - if you were authorized to work while waiting for PGWP (see https://ircc.canada.ca/english/helpcentre/answer.asp?qnum=1181 )...
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    Question about full/part time status for PGWP eligibility as an International Student

    A letter of explanation (LOE) is a supporting document, so you can include it anywhere that you can add a supporting document. No harm in adding it as a page behind the language test results.
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    implied status for Citizenship application

    See my answer here, https://www.canadavisa.com/canada-immigration-discussion-board/threads/queries-regarding-citizenship-application-urgent.874235/post-11103498 - in short the maintained status counts as a temporary foreign worker. As for dates - what I've seen is that most people put the...
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    Queries regarding citizenship application- Urgent

    Well, didn't you already deal with this when applying for PR/Express Entry (EE)? Back then you would have also had to answer this when filling out your profile (and your actual app post-ITA). So just do the same thing there that you did there back then. So IRCC renamed it from "implied" to...
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    PR Card successfully Renewed - H&C grounds / Not meeting RO

    Huh, I hadn't realized that it'd been so long. I do recall it going back a few months but I guess I joined the party late. Not sure actually that this is the best advice. From an earlier post...
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    PR card renewal obligations

    Another excellent post. I agree with all of it, but especially the line I quote above. I did want to add the following observation. Originally, I interpreted that quote to mean: "If your situation is so bad that 250+ pages are necessary for your file, then you have a credibility problem with...
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    PR Card successfully Renewed - H&C grounds / Not meeting RO

    Yes, I too find that weird that (as per https://www.canadavisa.com/canada-immigration-discussion-board/threads/arrived-on-prtd-pr-card-expired-need-pr-card-for-msp.714641/post-9076721 ) being even a few days short of 730 may put your PR at risk, even after you'd already been approved for a PRTD...
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    PR Card successfully Renewed - H&C grounds / Not meeting RO

    That's definitely one scenario that should be avoided, but from OP's earlier posts I think the concern from OP is more with the risk of getting a section 44(1) report after getting PRTD approved on H&C, landing in Canada, and then applying for a PR card right away while actually starting the...
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    Refugee status cessation and PRs applying for citizenship

    This is a tough one. The first reason - to attend to her ill father - was accepted as "exceptional" by the RPD. This happened during COVID, incidentally. I know that virtual funerals are a thing, https://www.cnn.com/2020/04/16/health/virtual-funerals-coronavirus-wellness - but someone willing...
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    April 2025 - Citizenship Applications

    How do you know that it's half down or that criminality is passed? On the tracker itself I just see this, Background verification In progress Background verification What does Background verification mean? We're checking your background to make sure you can become a Canadian citizen.