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    Goods to follow

    Congratulations. Overall our experience was fairly similar and easy. And our preps and docs provided were roughly similar, except perhaps that I only did the 'stuff by box' stage on the day of packing. (Things of value like antiques and art I'd prepared and listed before - but we didn't have all...
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    PRTD (R-1 instead of RC-1), Entry to Canada, and PR Status

    1. I cannot see into IRCC's decision process but I would treat this as, well, 'lucky.' Assuming you are now ~22 and only spent one month in Canada, the usual 'humanitarian and compassionate' (RC-1 code) would not seem to apply. So overall I think your caution is warranted at least at first. 2...
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    PR card renewal - mail not received

    Call IRCC.
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    Permanent residency extension

    Sounds like it to me, I've not been in this situation. Correct - or at least to board a plane TO Canada, you don't need one to leave, and entry by land border/private vehicle can be done without a valid PR card.
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    Changed my name in my home country. problems renewing PR with new name

    Are you working with a lawyer or a notary in Quebec? [A warning to all others: the situation with legal name changes in Quebec is completely different than in other provinces. I don't pretend to know much about it, beyond that, and that it is much, much more difficult to do than anywhere else...
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    Permanent residency extension

    You sign in or create a new account here: https://www.canada.ca/en/immigration-refugees-citizenship/services/application/pr-portal.html I presume there's a way to recover your previous password or whatever but don't know. As noted, while you don't need to renew your PR card (your PR status...
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    March 2025 - Citizenship Applications

    Useful information: we usually see in the instructions from IRCC that the e-certificates and physical certificates are only valid/can only be used 2-3 days after the ceremony. While I'm going to continue to urge everyone to be cautious and NOT rely upon being able to use it, it's nice to know...
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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...