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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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    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...
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    March 2025 - Citizenship Applications

    All I can say is that it's quite incoherent. There's clearly some assumption plugged in there that makes no sense.
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    March 2025 - Citizenship Applications

    Last month, there were fully five month-cohorts listed as two months remaining, which is of course impossible.
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    Advise on renewal of PR when residency obligations are met with a gap.

    I do not know (and I doubt it's known for certain exactly) which criteria they use to decide who is required to pick-up their PR card in person. It is possible - given your absence of two+ years and limited 'current' evidence of residing in Canada - that they'd ask you to do a pickup. But also...
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    I missed my canadian citizenship ceremony

    I do not fully understand this but if you have told them that you're out of Canada, they probably will not schedule a new one until you advise that you are in Canada (or possibly of a planned date of arrival).
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    Religious Marriage Certificate

    This podcast episode (by immigration lawyers in Canada) addresses this topic: https://podcasts.apple.com/ca/podcast/216-inside-ircc-answers-to-representatives-emails-1/id1140657563?i=1000767203521 This episode is lawyers/consultants sharing the responses they get through the email response...