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  1. Seym

    2023 Citizenship Applications

    Were getting closer and closer to this thread never getting a message again. Looking forward to it!
  2. Seym

    April 2025 - Citizenship Applications

    If if matters so much you have to scream in caps lock, well, I have amazing news. You have the option to stay a PR for life. That way you can keep your gold medal and always use it if you want. Just skip the ceremony or go but don't pronounce the oath...
  3. Seym

    Minor 5(2) application submitted while outside Canada

    Thanks @dpenabill for the detailed answer, including for the misuse of the word "terminated" in my original post. Cheers :)
  4. Seym

    Minor 5(2) application submitted while outside Canada

    I can see it happen years from now, when someone in your child's situation will argue that having been naturalized would allow them to transmit the citizenship to their own kid, but retroactively subjecting them to 1095 days of "physical presence" to transmit their citizenship after they went...
  5. Seym

    Minor 5(2) application submitted while outside Canada

    But your child is no longer a PR. By automatically becoming a citizen with the new law, the PR status was terminated on the spot, as a citizen of Canada cannot be a permanent resident. I understand the confusion, but you can absolutely apply for a citizenship certificate for your child, answer...
  6. Seym

    Completing the residence and tax section for the citizenship application

    You can. Some people list absolutely everything, but it's not necessary. As long as you list "significant" statuses, like work or studies visas or anything in places where you lived VS just visited, you're in the clear. Pick the option you're more confortable with and move to the next section.
  7. Seym

    Got an Action for Physical Presence

    You said above that you're "still waiting for AOR", which means IRCC just returned your application without entering it in their system, so nothing to withdraw, you can only submit a new application if I'm not mistaken. So just do that... As for whether you should do it today or once you...
  8. Seym

    Got an Action for Physical Presence

    The "problematic" period for IRCC is probably April to October 2022 as a visitor. Apart from that, nothing much to add to the previous answer. If you wait a little bit more and get 3 years of physical presence as a PR (and that should happen probably soon if you didn't leave Canada often since...
  9. Seym

    Got an Action for Physical Presence

    What was your status before you became a PR? This is quite common for people who were visitors prior to getting their PR, and there have been many reports of this in the forum, if you want to search. People who had work and study permit usually don't get this problem as IRCC can easily...
  10. Seym

    Can minors apply for their citizenship?

    Yes. Minors applying without their parents can do so via 5(1) granted they have accumulated enough days in Canada. See minor 5(1) section here : https://www.canada.ca/en/immigration-refugees-citizenship/services/canadian-citizenship/adult-minor/who.html#eligibility-minors
  11. Seym

    Oath Scheduled for March 7th, 2023 (but haven't received invitation)

    I case you don't get an answer from someone who last posted 3 years ago: it will come soon. Usually one week or a bit earlier from the ceremony date. The tracker updates days before the email is sent for pretty much 100% of the applicants, so don't worry about it.
  12. Seym

    Applying for citizenship, should I include the transfer hotel address before I arrived the destination city?

    Doesn't matter really. Include it if you want and think you'll stress about it if you don't disclose it, but IRCC asks for the places where you actually "lived", not transits or vacation addresses.
  13. Seym

    Citizenship Physical Presence Calculator - Missed a couple of international trips, totalling 7-ish weeks, when I was a temporary resident.

    Neither of those. You are NOT eligible for citizenship, and your application will be refused regardless of how you deal with IRCC's request. You may want to answer IRCC and provide the passport copy to not let their question hanging , but the only thing you absolutely need to do is to tell...
  14. Seym

    December 2023 - Citizenship Applications

    You'll get your personal data as is (minus some potential redacting) regardless of the actual status of said data. Your physical presence being in progress or completed changes absolutely nothing here, apart from the fact that the GCMS notes you'll receive from CBSA will show the PP completion.
  15. Seym

    RESIDENCY OUERY

    1095 days in the 5 years immediately before signing your citizenship application. You control when you're applying. Once back from India, use the physical presence calculator https://eservices.cic.gc.ca/rescalc/resCalcStartNew.do?lang=en to tell you when you'll be eligible if you don't leave...
  16. Seym

    Citizenship application - first generation limit - physical presence in Canada for a Canadian parent

    No, you are not. As your daughter is the first generation born outside Canada (and being naturalized is here seen as equivalent to being born yourself in Canada), she automatically becomes Canadian by descent at birth, regardless of where it happened. Check the first generation example here ...
  17. Seym

    Citizenship application - first generation limit - physical presence in Canada for a Canadian parent

    I just checked the thread title. Are you wondering whether you need to prove presence in Canada to transmit the citizenship? That's for second generation born abroad. You got naturalized, your child is a citizen and there is no calculation involved at all in asking for the kid's certificate of...
  18. Seym

    Citizenship application - first generation limit - physical presence in Canada for a Canadian parent

    This is very unclear. You were already a citizen when you had a kid, and the kid is as Canadian citizen at birth as well. Why would you be asking for "physical presence" calculation? In what context? As a citizen, you're free to live anywhere in the world, the citizenship is for life.
  19. Seym

    Questions regarding the dependent residency

    The kid application would be under 5(2) not 5(1) here : https://www.canada.ca/en/immigration-refugees-citizenship/services/canadian-citizenship/adult-minor/who/minor-types.html#minor5-2 And yes, as long as you're eligible yourself, you can add your PR kid to the application even if they don't...
  20. Seym

    Abnormal wait time on status update

    Easier? Yes, absolutely, at least regarding the physical presence assessment. But that is of minimal interest to you VS trying to estimate whether withdrawing will get you to the oath ceremony earlier. And that is impossible to say really. Maybe IRCC validates the PP in the coming weeks, and...