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    Applied to sponsor my family through Ottawa, Ontario but I always travel internationally from Montreal

    I mean, really should add here that Montreal is a major transfer airport for international travellers both inward and outbound (less than Toronto, sure, but still important). I've no idea how much CBSA/DOT track on an individual level how many 'exits' from/entries into Canada via airline...
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    Applied to sponsor my family through Ottawa, Ontario but I always travel internationally from Montreal

    Wouldn't worry about it, much of the federal govt flies out of montreal, too, and vast swathes of eastern ontario as well.
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    Bill C-3 citizenship question

    I think you are missing the point. iIn your case (and all cases now in past*, if I understand correctly), someone who is a citizen when they have a child can pass on citizenship (i.e. if your grandmother was a citizen when your father was born) - and this is regardless of whether they became a...
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    Security check for more than years. PR card about to expire

    Spouse did this, took about 45 days for the PR card (basically the expected timeline at the time). Got stopped at secondary entering Canada a couple times between when the new card was 'approved' (mailed) and received - no problem, they were just checking because two valid PR cards in existence...
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    Bill C-3 citizenship question

    Haven't watched the video but yes, we all get the point. I believe the distinction @hawk39 was getting at between your case described here: ...and a case with the so-called 'grandfathering' under C-3 where someone claims citizenship based on an ancestor's citizenship. I think there is a...
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    Canadian citizen sponsoring spouse on study permit — advice on first steps, proof, and whether to hire a lawyer?

    There is a wealth of information in all of the threads here. Download the application forms, read through them and the instructions, start to fill them out. Do it iteratively - don't worry if you don't get the details first. Make a list fo stuff you need, and questions. Then come back here and...
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    Section 44 Report after CBSA allowed Entry

    And if not clear, I'd support comments that seeing a lawyer is recommended.
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    Section 44 Report after CBSA allowed Entry

    It strongly implies that the situation has not been resolved. If there were nothing remaining of issue in the file, you'd likely have received a card with five year validity.
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    Validity of current PR card after a new PR card is issued

    Both cards remain valid for a specific period, with the old one being invalidated after (I believe) 60 days after the date of issuance (it's in a regulation that is on the web, don't have the reference handy). Meaning, the card can be used to board a plane. My spouse had this for a while - was...
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    March 2025 - Citizenship Applications

    I'm not sure it is backwards from their perspective. It's risk reduction. Active threats that can be reduced by some action get priority. People outside Canada (eg PR applicants) can be prevented from coming and representing an active threat in Canada (assuming that the individuals in question...
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    March 2025 - Citizenship Applications

    Exactly, it's not even a justification. It's just a circular categorization. To be clear, I think *most* of the time these things do get resolved. Fingerprints? Slow but they show up (they're doing by mail in an e-world). My spouse had physical presence 'on the edge' due to a missing exit...
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    March 2025 - Citizenship Applications

    I think the vast majority of 'needs a bit more poking' can be resolved fairly quickly - at least if evidence is there. Examples here: minor inconsistencies with dates (that don't challenge the 1095 days, or not significantly), fingerprints, extensive travel, smallish test delays - they tend to...
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    Returning Resident? Or First Time Settlement??

    I don't think there's any functional difference - 'settler' just means someone arriving as a PR for the first time to settle. (And yes, they do make a distinction between someone arriving to 'stamp their PR ticket' and 'settling', i.e. they don't consider someone to have 'settled' as a PR until...
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    London UK to Canada 20 years later

    Is this lawyer a Canadian immigration lawyer?
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    March 2025 - Citizenship Applications

    I think there is no such thing as "file marked non-routine" as the MP's office said - although I can't say whether they learned to say that themselves or IRCC actually said it. As far as I can tell it is just IRCC's terminology for files that are taking longer - although they can use it to...
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    London UK to Canada 20 years later

    I don't think your plan is realistic at all. You probably don't have any strong H&C grounds ('removed when a child' - well, you've been an adult for 10+ years and not tried to return before this). If you get through at border, you'd really have to/best wait a couple years before applying for a...
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    Entering Canada to Live with Husband

    It should go okay and don't be nervous about it. The problem cases seem to be mostly when someone shows up at a land border with a truck with all of their items piled up on top like the Beverly Hillbillies and say they're 'moving' with complete disregard for fact Canada is a separate country...
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    Returning Resident? Or First Time Settlement??

    I would see how it goes with call to CBSA. (Note CBP is the USA customs service - they have no say or likely information on this, it's a Canadian customs matter) But my inclination would be to ONLY fill out the returning resident/settler form. (I think they're the same?) After all, neither of...
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    Do you like the "one generation rule" of passing canada citizenhip abroad?

    I was upset with the Harper govt modification because I was born abroad and it affected my child (despite the fact my entire family is Canadian, returned to Canada less than a year after I was born, spent most of my life in Canada and indeed have now returned) - my child did get citizenship but...
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    Returning Resident? Or First Time Settlement??

    So caveats: -I'm not an expert; -Your text is very dense and full of extraneous information with little to do with your question. Seriously, edit. And when you talk to customs/govt - boil it down to most important facts and let them answer questions, and respond /briefly./ If I understand...