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    March 2025 - Citizenship Applications

    How are you applying for the GCMS notes? When I've done, every single time there is a confirmation email from the ATIP system that the application for gcms notes has been received. IRCC does not provide a request number, CBSA does - and overall I've found the CBSA request system (through the...
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    Kids citizenship under 19 age problem

    I wasn't aware that they (still?) request proof of landing documents, you can try to push back on that (check the instructions carefully). (Or is this a case where the children do not have other supporting documents? But to answer specific question: you cannot get a new copy of landing...
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    GCMS notes say 'I do not appear to meet physical presence requirement'. Referred to PS for review/decision. What to do now?

    I agree with this overall with one caveat: in some cases for those using pre-PR days, particularly if there are periods where extensions have been granted (e.g. visitor record), IRCC seems to get stuck on whether their systems reflect that the applicant's status was valid. And while it seems...
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    PR Card Name Change

    -If you're resident in Canada (more than one year in most cases), you are eligible to change your name here acc to the civil procedures. -Your home country passport not yet reflecting that is normal. -Other side of that, home country passport is your problem and responsibility. I /think/ many...
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    Pregnant sponsor apply visitor visa for husband while waiting for his family sponsorship

    Good luck. In due course (after the AOR) it might (repeat, might) be useful to try your MP's office, explain the situation, and emphasize you woulnd't bother them as in one sense it's routine, but you're pregnant and family reunification important, etc. I believe you're right that /sometimes/...
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    Residency Requirement Question

    I understand, a lot of people are skeptical about the 'accompanying' provisions, but I think that's more about cases where circumstances with a lot more holes in the story. Keep in mind, can only apply I think nine months in advance of it expiring. And with US passport, returning as a PR - with...
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    Residency Requirement Question

    -Stress less about this. You're overthinking, IMO. -If you've been together most of this time, file confidently and put a letter of explanation. Your fact of being effectively partners in your work should provide plenty of ways to demonstrate that you've accompanied each other for work purposes...
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    Pregnant sponsor apply visitor visa for husband while waiting for his family sponsorship

    You'll hear a lot of noise out there - suggest dialling that down. Credible advice beforehand would have been to NOT apply for the TRV and to prioritize getting the sponsorship app in first - but too late to unring that bell. Now it makes sense to wait until AOR. There has been an explicit...
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    Pregnant sponsor apply visitor visa for husband while waiting for his family sponsorship

    Agree on both counts. I haven't followed how long AOR is taking recently but TRV mightn't be instantaneous either, and at 23w, not a lot of buffer time. With luck he shan't be held up too long, but it can't be relied upon .
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    Pregnant sponsor apply visitor visa for husband while waiting for his family sponsorship

    They do seem more lenient for those with sponsorship applications in process - I personally doubt there is much you can do in addition (although do what you can per other comments) except to emphasize that yes, there is a sposnorship app in process, you wish to be reunited (due to pregnancy)...
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    Name change process in BC

    I have no specific experience with BC - but as far as I'm aware it's comparable process to most of the other provinces (incl Ontario where I am familiar, and note 'most other provinces' excludes Quebec b/c very different there). The only other specific difference province-to-province (excl...
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    Withdraw and reapply?

    I don't see any reason not to complete the test.
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    Canadian Citizenship Application -- PCC Needed ?

    The text reads: "You need to provide a police certificate from each country, other than Canada, if you were there in the past 4 years for 183 days or more in a row" That's it. Don't overthink it. If in the last four years (as of date of application) she did not spend more than 183 days in a...
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    Withdraw and reapply?

    Okay, now I understand. It would indeed be required for you to have met the PP requirement as at the time of the new application. As far as I'm aware, there is no such thing as a PP waiver, and even if they understood and are sympathetic about the reasons for missing the oath ceremony (i.e...
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    Deadlines to return Canada and to renew PR Card

    I emphasize, it means the border officer MIGHT allow you to enter without issue - but they also might issue the 44(1) report for non-compliance, and that revokes your PR status (it is subject to appeal, but I woulnd't even suggest that many appeals are successful - don't know). Yes, if you're...
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    Canadian Citizenship Application -- PCC Needed ?

    If i understand the timeline above - what you're saying is that she was not outside Canada/in another country for more than 183 days in a row in the last four years. In which case - she would need to provide a police certificate for every country in which she was for more than 183 days in that...
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    Withdraw and reapply?

    Just to clarify, I believe we have seen some apps go for clarification where eg the applicant's presence info was contradicted by CBSA. When that happens, it's not automatically fatal to an app, just depends on the facts. (CBSA info can sometimes be wrong, or sometimes the discrepancy isn't...
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    Withdraw and reapply?

    I do not know the answer. I simply don't see info about where @Kiranmayi is actually residing/how much time in Canada. Other posts refer to being 'in Europe' re test, that is, I understand to mean 'now', and presumably the previous abandoned app meant was away back around time of that oath...
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    Citizenship Backlog Surge 2026

    The April update to the citizenship waits / numbers are out, and some of the info relevant to this question. The headline figures: timeline for most recent month applying (March 2027) is now shown as 12 months, whereas it's been at 13 months for some time now (at least 4-5 months). The max...
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    Deadlines to return Canada and to renew PR Card

    For RO compliance: you count the number of days OUTSIDE Canada in the last five years, discarding any days prior to becoming a PR; if the total of days OUTSIDE is LESS than 1095, you are in compliance. It applies whether or not your card is valid or not (but you cannot board a plane to Canada...