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  1. Seym

    2023 Citizenship Applications

    Every message keeps confirming the 2 to 2.5 years expectation for the vast majority of applicants who were stuck on BC! Closer and closer to the death of this thread!
  2. Seym

    Why Exemption from Test Over 55?

    The language proof and citizenship test, unless there's something problematic like forging a diploma (extremely rare!) or failing the test many times (much more common but still very rare), don't affect the timeline much and get validated relatively quickly. Your application will go pretty much...
  3. Seym

    October 2025 - Citizenship Applications

    Answer here : https://www.canada.ca/en/immigration-refugees-citizenship/services/canadian-passports/travel-documents-references-guarantors.html If it's TLDR, yeah, one guarantor and 2 refs, the guarantor can be family but the references cannot.
  4. Seym

    Citizenship Application Help: PR Date Falls During Travel

    Since the physical presence tool expects you to be in Canada on PR grant day, the best thing to do : 1) Split your vacation in halves, with one return on PR date and one departure on the same date. 2) Add an explanation letter, say that you added a day of presence in Canada for technical...
  5. Seym

    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).

    Well, here's the thing : your expectations are unreasonable. You're still significantly under the current average processing, and under the IRCC service standard for citizenship, 12 months ...
  6. Seym

    Group Family Citizenship application Guidance

    No. Representatives are usually immigration lawyers or consultant applying on your behalf, not you filing the forms for your kids.
  7. Seym

    Lawyer for mandamus

    @meyti your request is in nature different from what people deal with in this specific section of the forum. Canada, just like any other country, is free to allow or deny a foreigner admission. So, if your mandamus is successful, it just means that Canada must take a decision, but nothing...
  8. Seym

    Application for Canadian Citizenship - A Comprehensive Guide

    Look for threads for this exact situation. Many do, it's mostly about keeping a precise journal of your daily crossings, report every single one in the physical presence section (yeah, it's tedious, still needs to be done) and, highly recommended, keep a healthy buffer over 1095 days.
  9. Seym

    2023 Citizenship Applications

    There's no FIFO here really. It's more like reasonable expectation based on how others went through it. December applicants have now waited nearly 2 years and a half, which is pretty much what many people stuck in security faced before finally being done, but those are broad observations, and...
  10. Seym

    Do I need to mention years lived (2013-2018) in the US in my citizenship application?

    Well, of course you do. Have you EVER is crystal clear. Put it as 2 separate entries, one for the student status, one for worker.
  11. Seym

    Citizenship Application - Question regarding MAINTAINED STATUS / Change situation / parttime

    1) It's a common situation, and it probably doesn't matter whether you put it as a separate entry as a student or in its own entry, since IRCC has all your information and can easily verify it, but if you're unsure and concerned about it, add a short explanation letter. 2) Congrats. IRCC...
  12. Seym

    2023 Citizenship Applications

    Not really possible to say. Fingerprints are for criminality, and you can receive a second request after it expires whether security has concluded or not, and it all depends on the security screening : if it's finished, you're very close to the finish line, if not, well, the fingerprint request...
  13. Seym

    Withdraw and reapply?

    Well, that changes everything for sure! Good luck with the third try, wishing you a speedy processing by then. :)
  14. Seym

    2023 Citizenship Applications

    Your security screening was completed so they marked background as complete , but your criminality expired as it only last a year, and they put it back in progress while waiting for the new criminality clearance. Don't worry, those are very quick, your background will go back to completed very soon.
  15. Seym

    Withdraw and reapply?

    "When" not if. Also, none of my business, but it may still take more time to be refused than to withdraw and reapply with the LOE @armoured spoke about once you're back from your trip and get the citizenship. You never know what the future has for you, you're not in a rush today, but...
  16. Seym

    Withdraw and reapply?

    Thabk you for the clarification! As @Kiranmayi has been a PR for many years, I don't see how there would be such a discrepancy here to be honest. I'd understand for a visitor status where the applicant may be able to prove their presence and convince IRCC, but this isn't the situation here...
  17. Seym

    Withdraw and reapply?

    @Kiranmayi 1) yeah, the test and PP assessment are separate. 2 and 4) dunno really, but in practice, it doesn't matter much because of the answer to 3. 3) 99.999999999% refusal. The citizenship act is very clear, you cannot be given citizenship as you're not admissible, unless you get it...
  18. Seym

    employer address changed citizenship

    @Ricky09 yep. That works.
  19. Seym

    employer address changed citizenship

    You need to put the address where you went to work. So yes, if the company address change meant you also changed where you went to work (and it's not some headquarter move that didn't affect you), list your job twice with the relevant address and date.
  20. Seym

    How to enter continuous trip

    1 trip, to the first country. Add "also visited Portugal and Spain" in the details section. No need for details beyond that.