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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.'
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    Citizenship 'consultants' - are there any official requirements like for immigration consultants?

    I pretty much put the question in the title. Does anyone know the answer to this? Is there a requirement to be officially registered or join a college for those providing services only for citizenship applications? For that matter, any requirements for citizenship certificate applications vs...
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    Citizenship Backlog Surge 2026

    I think I mentioned that above - a) Applicants for citizenship by descent do not apply for citizenship grants, but citizenship certificates - and those have different estimates and timelines. So in theory they shouldn't be included there. It's a different form and everything. b) It is...
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    Child born abroad

    I can only suggest you follow the instructions first, and contact the high commission directly for details specific to country. They usually list the documents they require - i.e if they don't ask for ultrasound copies, do not provide.
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    May 2025 - Citizenship Applications

    Definitely call IRCC tomorrow, first thing in morning is your best chance.
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    Citizenship application for minor (Refugee)

    https://eservices.cic.gc.ca/rescalc/redir.do?redir=faq#Q5 My understanding is that time as a Protected Person (with that official status) does count, but I bow to superior knowledge of others - I'm just going by what is in this reference.
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    March 2025 - Citizenship Applications

    My belief is that Vancouver office is a step for the security parts (BG&P), i.e. either all or those with certain types of security (the ones that take longer than bog-standard) go through Vancouver/are managed for that portion out of Vancouver. So it's not "Vancouver is slow", but "Vancouver...
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    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).

    It's understandable, but the potential problem is that 'trying to make sense of things' means seeing patterns where they aren't. We are heuristic machines and really want to understand stuff, to find the key. (I do this myself). But when it comes to the offices and what they do and what issues...