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    US B1/B2 Visa Questions

    Happened to us some years ago. The nice thing about this was we didn't have to repay fees for a new app. When we finally did PR, we then finished the booking (which was on the tail end of covid times so involved some considerable frustration and waiting). However, the appointment itself, in...
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    April 2025 - Citizenship Applications

    Yup, me. I sure hope so ... I mean, we're technically still within normal processing times...right? .... *crickets chirping* .... Right???
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    US B1/B2 Visa Questions

    I'm not sure I've gotten the full picture of your situation, but I suspect that your situation might be uniquely different from others. Based on https://www.canadavisa.com/canada-immigration-discussion-board/threads/us-b1-b2-visa-questions.842149/#post-11082046 and...
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    April 2025 - Citizenship Applications

    This makes sense - I suppose IRCC is more centralized. I do recall the Montreal VO being involved in my PR case a few times, even though I never lived there. Ouch. As someone who applied earlier than you but is still waiting longer than you - I totally get how you feel. I do find myself...
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    Canadian PR Entry Concerns: Crossing Canada border with Family from Detroit USA without meeting Residency Obligation

    I have nothing to add to the great advice given by others. But I have a question. You said you entered together with your family. As you also mentioned that one of your kids doesn't have PR, what was the plan here? Did you bring that kid along, or make arrangements for the child's care in the...
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    April 2025 - Citizenship Applications

    Hey, thanks for getting back to me! This is really useful. Yes, absolutely! No, that's fine. That's not the problem for me. It's the fear that I would have had to wait a number of extra months, or potentially even more than a year. (Sure, it may be an IRCC problem, but I don't hold much hope...
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    Lost PR card and beiing asked humanitarian and compassionate considerations for residency requirement

    Somehow I had missed this, only saw it just now as I happened to be going thru my older posts. I agree with everything you wrote (and want to clarify that I meant if all the above are true, which is not something that I know from the thread - sadly too late to edit the original post now). But...
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    April 2025 - Citizenship Applications

    Since you're especially calling me out, I feel compelled to respond. And, since, we've already politely gone over these points before - see https://www.canadavisa.com/canada-immigration-discussion-board/threads/april-2025-citizenship-applications.869454/page-80#post-11115820 - I'm not going to...
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    Citizenship application REFUSAL for residents in Quebec with PR obtained through EE

    The last update was in Feb, apparently was given a date to take the oath. https://www.canadavisa.com/canada-immigration-discussion-board/threads/august-2025-citizenship-applications.873390/page-64#post-11126220 Hasn't logged in since the day before the oath, so assuming all went well and OP...
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    April 2025 - Citizenship Applications

    Thanks for confirming. Dang it, that's me too now! So there are two possible reasons why, in my case, it might be taking longer (setting aside the possibility that I was chosen at random as a control). I have a super common name (think John Smith and you get the idea) so maybe they have to...
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    April 2025 - Citizenship Applications

    Update - I just noticed on the tracker that near the end of Feb (just a little time ago), apparently things moved for me. Background and prohibitions still waiting, but physical presence and language completed. Oddly, the tracker is saying ti has 7 new updates, with stuff dated last summer...
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    Refugee status cessation and PRs applying for citizenship

    I agree with Judge Go's ruling here. It makes a lot of sense. RPD err'd by finding the applicant was inconsistent about who he feared and didn't properly account for the countermeasures he took (the second probably being influenced by the first - the countermeasures taken make sense against...
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    US B1/B2 Visa Questions

    Actually questions of this nature are best suited on a forum dedicated to them, such as https://www.visajourney.com/forums/forum/143-tourist-visas/ Yes. According to the first answer in...
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    US B1/B2 Visa Questions

    Someone had the same question some years ago (albeit in a different country and embassy), https://travel.stackexchange.com/questions/113610/will-i-be-able-to-bring-my-baby-to-the-us-visa-interview That person was fine and had a good experience with the baby ("not only was the baby allowed in...
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    Lost PR card and beiing asked humanitarian and compassionate considerations for residency requirement

    Not sure about similar cases, but at the top of the page of this forum there's a link to Home. That will take you to some great lawyers if you haven't already found one. (I know, I'm late to the party as usual.) Hmm, I thought these would be looked favourably as H&C factors regarding your...
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    Urgent: Sudden Increase in PR Processing Times for Refugees and Protected Persons (Up to 99 Months!)

    Isn't that kinda the whole point? The one-time adjustment for those 115k folks would have cleared those applications off of the queue, allowing for much faster processing for everyone else. Hence why this period now specifically had such a drastic decrease. (Well, this assumes that the gov't...
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    Protected Person - Open work permit renewal

    I think you presume wrongly? On the advice of an immigration lawyer (not consultant), I submitted renewals around 3-4 months early, back when this was roughly the processing time - and managed to get my new permits before the old ones had expired. Agreed, but important keyword here: usually So...
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    [URGENT] Super Visa – Confirmation Authorized Stay & Need for Visitor Record Extension

    Good luck!
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    [URGENT] Super Visa – Confirmation Authorized Stay & Need for Visitor Record Extension

    Dang, it seems I made a mistake. I wasn't aware of the operational instructions. From that link which you provided, the answer is clear: > be advised by IRCC to contact a Canadian Mission abroad before departing for Canada to request a letter confirming ... > Upon presentation of this letter at...
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    US B1/B2 Visa Questions

    You can't delete it but if you have no appointment and haven't paid for it, you can just ignore it - it won't stop you from making a new and fresh application from scratch. I think it's better to just refile. The officer will most likely just look at the app in front of them only, and it'll...