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    Oath Ceremony Waiting Thread – All Citizenship Tabs Completed

    I believe the website says you'll get the info in detail no less than six days before. No need to worry.
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    Canadian PR Entry Concerns: Crossing Canada border with Family from Detroit USA without meeting Residency Obligation

    Ah, I had misunderstood what you were saying in the post I looked up earlier.
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    April 2025 - Citizenship Applications

    Ah, don't know about that.
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    Canadian PR Entry Concerns: Crossing Canada border with Family from Detroit USA without meeting Residency Obligation

    I'm not going to comment on this part of the plan. -Have you spoken to the lawyer that you have used? -While you are in Canada (as now) with family etc., I believe it is a fact that they must take into consideration your current situation (that is, at the time they decide and finalize the...
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    April 2025 - Citizenship Applications

    If you apply through CBSA with the same request (eg for all citizenship-related documents, notes, and records) you'll basically get the same info as from IRCC. But - ironically to some - often more quickly and possibly slightly fewer redactions, or at least different in form (which can allow...
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    Submitted application right on deadline of online system, will it cause a problem?

    No.
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    March 2025 - Citizenship Applications

    Same.
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    PR card renewal timing – 730-day residency obligation with a long absence after landing

    It's on a five-year rolling basis, always looking back five years from the relevant date (eg of examination/interaction, date of citizenship app, etc). You don't lose any days by changing PR card or indeed not having one. You do lose them when they fall outside that five year window.
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    What options do I have to enter Canada by land?

    As a small note on this point: if presenting at a land border, the question will clearly arise of how/on what basis the individual entered the USA (that is, using what documents). And since the answer is almost certainly "using the new/acquired citizenship and associated passport", it seems to...
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    What options do I have to enter Canada by land?

    Yes, there are bridges across which you can walk. This may or may not raise questions eg for those crossing with baggage and the like (as opposed to tourists no a day wander who just decided that was easier).
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    American entering with intent to marry/apply for PR

    Dates and timelines have been a bit hazy and vague in this thread. @starbeyondflames, you should be more clear and specific - on the one hand, 'getting married within weeks of entry', but marrying in Feb/Mar, then travelling. If indeed he's entering in October/November, I would share some...
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    American entering with intent to marry/apply for PR

    It's probably not that big a deal either way, but since you may not get the marriage certificate in time anyway (some provinces I've heard are taking more than a month), probably easiest to plan on submitting when you're back.
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    American entering with intent to marry/apply for PR

    While I agree with most of the points above in principle... ...truth is, that while he should prepare overall and keep in mind all the stuff above, I think the main thing is to not overthink and not stress about it. (Yes, nervousness will tend to be picked up and result in higher chances of...
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    PR CARD ISSUE

    Odd. Definitely call them - mainly to advise and check how to get it fixed and replacement in your hands.
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    Going on a vacation after applying for my citizenship

    On top of that, interviews are fairly rare, and the travel's planned for only a couple of months after applying - not much chance that a late-October applicant's going to be called for either an interview or oath in the first three months after applying. And if either of those thigns come to...
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    PR CARD ISSUE

    Clarification, are you sure that the document you have is the eCOPR? I have personally only seen the COPR format, in which familiy name is separate (two differently lines) from given names. Does yours split this the same way? PR cards are also issued this way but without family/given indication...
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    Urgent question - I got married after receiving Ecopr

    Good point - very important to clarify.
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    Urgent question - I got married after receiving Ecopr

    To be honest you've made a complete hash of it. Suggest you speak to a lawyer. You were SUPPOSED to be in Canada to receive the eCOPR. You MUST marry only after becoming a PR. So the question is, does your PR status take effect upon issuance of the eCOPR if you are not in Canada? I do not...
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    Can I Renew My Canadian PR Card Before Completing 730 Days? Under these special circumstances

    Have you looked at the form and seen how they count it? Input your dates away to see what total you get? Take a look and read the part in the box on 5.5 (towards the end of the box, i.e. just before 5.6): "If your total time spent outside Canada ... is equal to 1095 days or more, you may not...
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    Can I Renew My Canadian PR Card Before Completing 730 Days? Under these special circumstances

    Do not bother with these 'will I meet them by such and such a day' calcs. Get the form, download it, and see how it calculates. It asks you whether you have been OUTSIDE Canada more than 1095 days in last five years, discarding days before you became a PR (i.e. since you became a PR) - that is...