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    Lost PR card and beiing asked humanitarian and compassionate considerations for residency requirement

    Remember that you aren't out of compliance yet. If you don't actually leave Canada, you're on track to fully comply with the obligation in a year plus change. And the whole point of them coming to meet you is so you can follow the rules and stay in Canada to comply with RO, so ... I would be...
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    PR card renewal obligations

    We'll just have to agree to having a difference of opinion here. Agreed - and already noted in my previous reply. Hmm. I went back to that thread and didn't see where the OP actually said this. Perhaps you saw a post elsewhere that I missed? (which is likely) That would make sense. Ah - I...
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    PR card renewal obligations

    Agree with armoured with basically everything, though I have one caution: There is a recent case reported here of someone in a similar situation...
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    Lost PR card and beiing asked humanitarian and compassionate considerations for residency requirement

    If you were past your five year window and needed 420 days in Canada to meet RO again after being out of compliance, then this would have made more sense. But that's not the case - you are within 435 days of your initial five year window and just need to be in Canada for 420 of those. I'd...
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    PR living in US (H1B) – Issues with US Plates and Residency Scrutiny at Border

    Whoops, I didn't take a close enough look - I thought it was from August. (It came up incidentally when I was looking up an older post in response to...
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    PR living in US (H1B) – Issues with US Plates and Residency Scrutiny at Border

    Unfortunately, I'm not sure if there is a way. While as far as I can tell, this doesn't break any rules or laws, it's definitely a "borderline" kind of situation that you'd best be advised on by a competent attorney who specializes in cross-border immigration matters. That being said.. I've...
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    Refugee status cessation and PRs applying for citizenship

    That is awful. Ditto. Nor do I know of one where e.g. contact with the home embassy along was enough. You were proven right about the former - I must say though that I'd really hate to be proven right about the latter. Thank you. Spreading this message is as important as ever.
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    Lost PR card and beiing asked humanitarian and compassionate considerations for residency requirement

    Ah, there's a similar case here: https://www.canadavisa.com/canada-immigration-discussion-board/threads/applying-for-prtd-during-pr-renewal.853599/post-11043443 No updates, but usually people post back when things are resolved in their favour, so I'm assuming that this fellow person from India...
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    Lost PR card and beiing asked humanitarian and compassionate considerations for residency requirement

    What citizenship/nationality are you? As unfair as it is, I believe the expected timeline for an PRTD (which normally can only be applied for once you are already outside of Canada) can vary based on this, along with the location you are traveling to. This is a really tight timeline. And on...
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    No updates in my Citizenship application

    Thank you for doing this. This is indeed really helpful! One minor nitpick - I don't believe anyone is actually saying this. No one has alleged that all files order than 16 months are dropped/ignored - it's just folks noticing a trend of longer delays once getting into security screening. I...
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    Renew refugee travel document

    how long did it take? i know it's a big ask but if you could reconstruct an approximate timeline it might be really helpful to the folks here.
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    Canadian PR Entry Concerns: Crossing Canada border with Family from Detroit USA without meeting Residency Obligation

    It looks like OP was around recently so hopefully can respond directly. I suspect not however, considering the lawyer's advice and what dpenabill agreed with in his lengthy but informative post above. Rather I guess that the OP is simply in a bit of limbo, preparing in case they are ever...
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    Moving to Canada without a Job Offer (as a Citizen): Thoughts on the Matter

    Ah, I missed that. Now that makes a lot more sense - you were simply addressing the other person who is sharing the same account. I agree with this - assuming it's still possible. (Enough time has gone by that perhaps the spouse in the home country has already left the post and it's already...
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    No updates in my Citizenship application

    I, who applied back before May, am now in the same boat as you. Have also hit 16 months. Alas it seems this is more normal now, as when I check the tracker at https://www.canada.ca/en/immigration-refugees-citizenship/services/application/check-processing-times.html it says that I have a month...
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    April 2025 - Citizenship Applications

    My bad, I saw July 2026 instead of 2025 - now it makes sense, thank you. I'm in a similar situation actually - i got my only FP request roughly a year ago now, but haven't gotten a second one yet...
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    April 2025 - Citizenship Applications

    Huh - I wonder why FP was requested twice.
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    US B1/B2 Visa Questions

    I hear what you are saying about this and it makes a lot of sense from a fairness point of view. Unfortunately, the administration down south is .. not really known for fairness, to put it mildly. The long and short of it is that even though the refugee travel document is issued by Canada, it...
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    Moving to Canada without a Job Offer (as a Citizen): Thoughts on the Matter

    If I'm reading correctly it's the new OP who has (and is giving up) the job, not the spouse who's already in Canada. Even so, a good point is being made here - would doing a soft landing and heading back to the assistant prof job be an option? Unless you land a comparable job in Canada. Maybe...
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    Protected Person - Open work permit renewal

    Wondering if "first time renewal" made a difference here. While it won't speed things up either, you could try ordering GCMS notes. They don't always reveal anything, but it's possible a careful read might reveal a potential cause. Yeah... the other thing that came to mind is perhaps the...
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    PR Card Renewal Before Completing 730 Days: Can I Apply Within 9-Month Renewal Window?

    Yep, that's more or less the same advice in this forum - if you can get in *, just stay and don't leave Canada until RO is met. * Well, I should add that getting in means getting in legally, that is through an official port of entry that allows border officials to inspect you if they chose to -...