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    PR Cards Stuck in IRCC Address Loop – Wife Received, Mine Pending Despite Multiple Updates, Child No Update

    Ask your MP's office for help. However: any of you who are not in Canada should IMMEDIATELY apply for a PRTD (permanent resident travel document, basically a visa to use for re-entry to Canada instead of a PR card). If you point this out (the processing issues) it's quite possible the...
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    Is my marriage considered proxy if we were physically together but nikah was performed online?

    I don't think that's likely true, but I'm not an expert: strongly suggest speaking to an immigration lawyer. Keep in mind: the question touches on many different aspects, like whether a marriage performed (arguably) in a different country than the officiant is in is even legal. I don't know...
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    Religious Marriage Certificate

    I'm not inclined to disagree, particularly across international borders (not to mention a sea or two). I just meant to say that the 'both not present' has (had) historically a different meaning in terms of marriage by proxy, where there could - in many contexts - be a different person (a...
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    Religious Marriage Certificate

    Overall I agree with your approach, although I admit I don't know and would note that the "both parties" not physically present at the marriage could refer to as both being represented by another person (the literal sense of proxy). Hence it could equally come down to question of whether the...
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    March 2025 - Citizenship Applications

    I'm sure that there may be cases where you can get something useful, but as far as I'm aware (having rec'd one gcms notes recently, an update on a previous): -you may find with respect to some clearance or step "bring forward date" or due date (the latter at least you can see in a spot where...
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    Common law sponsorship - issue help

    You say you applied for the student visa in early 2021, and then separated later that year. No issue, if that's the case.
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    October 2023 - Citizenship Applications

    Order your gcms notes from IRCC and from CBSA. And when you have those, get a consultation with a lawyer. You may not have many options other than waiting or filing a mandamus request (with assistance of lawyer).
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    Common law sponsorship - issue help

    Just tell the truth. You can be common-law with someone while not being formally (legally) divorced yet. I would make this explicit in the letter of explanation: separated, we have separation document, but we have not completed final divorce procedures. Now: anyone will likely tell you that...
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    2023 Citizenship Applications

    It is normal for it to not come right away. I believe the tracker will say something like if you haven't received three days or something like that before ceremony, contact them. No point worrying before then. Cases where people don't get the invitation by email are quite rare.
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    PR Card Renewal applications Jan/Feb 2026

    Assume they have entry and exit information, and can check it if they wish to.
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    Sponsor unable to make tracker account?

    There is almost zero useful information available - or frankly needed - on the sponsor's tracker. Just use the PA's.
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    Canadian PR Entry Concerns: Crossing Canada border with Family from Detroit USA without meeting Residency Obligation

    A point that I think is important - when you say H&C relief, you mean if/when you enter and are let in by CBSA officer at the border (by necessity since you have no PR card)? Or you mean eg apply for PRTD and get the passport stamp with RC-1 (code for this formal H&C)? I presume you mean the...
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    June 2024 - Citizenship Applications

    Can you provide please the Supreme Court ruling or some kind of info for others to look into/use?
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    Non-Routine Citizenship Applications (2024–2025) – Timelines

    For the most part, "non-routine" in IRCC designation is a catch-all term that just means "delayed beyond normal timelines." (They may also use the term to refer to any application for which non-typical checks or steps needed, but less frequently encountered.) So for the most part, it's a...
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    Sponsorship for a spouse who overstayed 3yrs

    While I'm sure it feels somehow like a dunk to treat it as a reward and deny that lollipop - does it really make sense? Who benefits from that? Now, assuming it's a bona fide application and the officer has determined it's likely to be approved, what's the counterfactual? The person sitting at...
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    PR CARD RENEWAL QUERY

    I'm not involved in that and not going to be.
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    PR CARD RENEWAL QUERY

    It's really not worth it to stress over it if you've submitted recently. They seem to be completing most in between 3-8 weeks (many basically in ~30 days). As for the JSON PR hack: not worth it in my opinion. At best gives not-wrong but not-actionable information. Far too often it gives...
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    Name change process in BC

    Changing name after citizenship will be fine. You can even begin the process before you get the citizenship, given it takes so long. The key then is: get the citizenship certificate, get the name change docs, get a Canadian passport in new name (on strenght of name change docs). That way you...
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    PR Renewal Residency Clarification

    It will not work and there are no legitimate ways to make this work with your own company. They will look through the ownership and control.
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    Citizenship 'consultants' - are there any official requirements like for immigration consultants?

    I guess I could have made that question easier if I'd written 'is this a regulated profession.'