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    Citizenship approved in December 2025 but no oath invite yet. Applied in July 2025 and approaching 9 months of mark (and 3+ months since LPP).

    Personally I think the 'Vancouver office' thing is a complete red herring and nothing to do with it - just that Vancouver is or seems to be the office for security clearance/criminal clearances (most anyway), and most files seem to get 'assigned' there for a while.
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    Canadian PR Entry Concerns: Crossing Canada border with Family from Detroit USA without meeting Residency Obligation

    You should indeed contact a lawyer to get a consultation. But there is some chance that although an officer at the border mentioned that there would be an additional interview, that the officer in fact didn't file all the paperwork for further steps, or took it to someone else and that other...
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    Spousal sponsorship

    You can apply any time. You may have improved chances of success if you wait until you get the AOR (acknowledgement of receipt). But far more likely to have an impact is profile, i.e. likelihood of leaving Canada (as with any other TRV application). Not knowing your specific situation, one...
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    Applied for a PRTD and lost my passport

    As far as I'm aware they can issue under the existing application, i.e. usually (almost always) any 'visa insert' (PRTD sort of like a visa in this case, at least form of visa), it's just updating the numbers of the passport. (Assuming of course no other changes like name) So I would suggest...
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    April 2025 - Citizenship Applications

    I think the thing to remember is that it is the GOVERNMENT that came up with the zoom ceremonies, and then KEPT them, because of very large backlogs and difficultly of providing timely service for those awaiting citizenship. It is the GOVERNMENT that has decided it is more cost-efficient and...
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    PRTD - First PR Card

    This is a geeky correction but can be relevant: it's not exactly private vs commercial transport (or depends on definition). For one, things like taxis and ubers and things like that are fine (although may often make more sense to walk over or just have the taxi/uber drop you at the border since...
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    Risk of Being Reported for Residency Obligation Shortfall When Moving Permanently in 2027

    Note that those targets to reduce some categories of residents ONLY apply to temporary residents (i.e. students, temporary workers, etc). There's no indication at present of plans to reduce the number of permanent residents. Might there be more strict enforcement of ROs for current PRs? Could...
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    Birth Certificate

    When you 'upload' (i.e. send by internet whether by email or otherwise), THAT IS A COPY. It can be a copy/electronic scan of the original, a copy/scan of a duplicate issued by the authority, or a copy of a copy if you like. It is physically impossible to 'upload' the original. Because we don't...
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    Updating My PR Card

    You can apply to get a new pr card based on change of name. That's not an issue. Just follow the instructions. Don't know why anyone would question that - and indeed if you changed it legally you should update it. (Note sometimes issue with having passport and PR card in sync - you can show you...
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    Applying under the Family class, living in Canada vs living outside Canada?

    1. If you're living together, you're living together. 2. Don't understand this question. Suggestion: use your best judgment. 3. Yes. 4. Family class living in Canada is by definition 'inland.' That's what it means.
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    Changed my name in my home country. problems renewing PR with new name

    Get the provincial document and provide that. As far as I'm aware that's in the instructions and what you should have done in the first place.
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    Financial support

    -If you have not been 'supporting' each other because you're both self-sufficient, should not really be an issue - just write a short letter of explanation to that effect. Then include some of the small things that you have done and mentioend above. -Having a big public wedding acc to local...
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    ECOPR mistake. urgent help needed

    Posted in your other thread. As far as I'm awware, there is no need to do this.
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    CIC refuses to change wrong passport number in eCoPR

    As far as I'm aware there is no need to 'update' the eCOPR. You are already in Canada, the eCOPR is valid even if the passport doesn't match (as far as I'm aware) - it is a record of having become a PR. Main thing is that they issue you a PR card - which (again) is not linked to a specific...
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    March 2025 - Citizenship Applications

    FWIW my spouse just renewed and it was about 40-45 days (delivered), probably was a bit less than 30 days for the approval. Old card expires later in the year but since lots of travel, we decided to apply well in advance. All very smooth, but one warning, the 'tracker' for the PR card renewal...
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    Application for Canadian Citizenship - A Comprehensive Guide

    I'm not going to discourage anyone from applying as a family (because of course it's nice to do the ceremony together). BUT: by the way it works, it means that the citizenship for all three can only go as quickly as the slowest application. If one of them gets held up for any reason, the others...
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    Need advice – boyfriend about to receive eCOPR but our common-law becomes 12 months in 2 weeks. Should we delay his PR?

    The problem with this advice is that the wait until he gets his eCOPR is uncertain (as far as I'm aware, anyway - but admit I don't follow it closely). So refer to above: if the eCOPR is received before the date you become common law (and assuming there's sufficient evidence to show when you...
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    March 2025 - Citizenship Applications

    Sorry if I missed that. So yep: S.21 - that part is exempt from disclosure to you, and that's the part that would be holding it up. Obviously I can't say for certain that means it will be held up - but interpreting the lack of specific info to mean it's not held up is, well, ignoring the dog...
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    Applying under the Family class, living in Canada vs living outside Canada?

    The rental agreement should be enough, include a short letter of explanation that she's only recently arrived and this is all she has for time being. You could get a mobile phone account/agreement in her name if you like. You advise iRCC that she has moved and is residing in Canada, etc. At...
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    March 2025 - Citizenship Applications

    What about the important part I referred to - any mention of information exempted from release under privacy act, and which sections of privacy act?