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    April 2025 - Citizenship Applications

    Same. For reference though, the original comment just referenced a "previous link" that I didn't immediately see. It's possible that it was mentioned earlier in the thread, or perhaps one can find it by searching that poster's history. Ah! So I cross referenced that and found this from the...
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    April 2025 - Citizenship Applications

    An impossible requirement then, as the US doesn't have open work visas and closed work visas require one to have the job offer first before the employer can start the sponsorship process. That sort of "impossible requirement" reminds me a bit of this...
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    April 2025 - Citizenship Applications

    Perhaps. Worth pointing out that from https://www.tradecommissioner.gc.ca/en/market-industry-info/search-country-region/country/canada-united-states-export/exporting-guide-canadian-businesses/business-travel.html (specifically 6.2.1. ) the NAFTA B-1 business visitor classification seems to cover...
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    April 2025 - Citizenship Applications

    What do you mean by "traveling for work" ? I mentioned this because you originally wrote Which implies that there is some US visa that exists that would help your situation. The rules about expediting are more general, so if you are eligible for a different lettered visa for some work related...
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    April 2025 - Citizenship Applications

    This is probably more likely if you have a common name. What probably happened is that someone with the same name and birth date (or perhaps using your name as a nickname - think of you being named "Fred Brown" and then a "Frederick Brown" who sometimes also goes by Fred) has a record that got...
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    April 2025 - Citizenship Applications

    Any chance of applying for and getting that US visa? I know it's gotten tougher over the past half year but is it still a possibility that a visa may come through in time? US visas can also be requested on an expedited basis...
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    If PRTD application under H&C considerations is rejected

    Ah, yes, that makes sense and is completely clear now. Well, it can't happen for the next year or so. It's only once a person is below 730 days that there is a risk of a report. So there's some time before you (the OP) have to worry about this. I don't have a Nexus pass but as a PR I've been...
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    If PRTD application under H&C considerations is rejected

    I'm a bit confused here - you say you're approaching the 3 year mark - which I take to mean something like 1095 days out of Canada), but also that it's not adding up to 730 days. I'm guessing you're a new PR still within the first five years of PR holding - so if you return to Canada now then it...
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    April 2025 - Citizenship Applications

    I didn't send an I-94 as part of the application, just filled out my travel history. Though I suppose one could do it as part of the initial application, just uploading a copy as one of the supporting docs. A couple of things come to mind. First, possibly they see a discrepancy between the CBSA...
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    ID for Online Citizenship Application (health card has no photo)

    There are a couple different versions of the minor application, so you'd need to check out the specific case. But the most likely one, Parent or guardian applying on behalf of a minor, only requires that one ID have a photo as per...
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    April 2025 - Citizenship Applications

    I didn't need to do this, but from https://www.canada.ca/en/immigration-refugees-citizenship/services/canadian-passports/translation-documents.html I'd guess you'd have to hire the services of a company like https://www.taontario.ca/ to perform it (at your own cost). Note that if the stamps are...
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    ID for Online Citizenship Application (health card has no photo)

    As per the official gov't sources in https://www.canada.ca/content/dam/ircc/documents/pdf/english/kits/forms/cit0007/01-03-2024/cit0007e.pdf and https://www.sac-isc.gc.ca/eng/1516981589880/1572461616199 the IDs used in a typical adult application must include a photo, so a health card that lacks...
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    April 2025 - Citizenship Applications

    That's totally fine, especially if it's just for a few days. The main thing is that you have to remain eligible for citizenship while the application is in process, which among other things mostly means continuing to maintain your residency obligation (the 730 days) to keep your PR. Gov't...
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    PR card recalled and seized?

    Then, strictly speaking, the original comment is wrong, no? As in, one can lose PR without having one, for example by filing for a PRTD under H&C and having it denied, and choosing not to file an appeal over the denial. (Albeit that it would be that one's choice to choose not to file an appeal...
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    PR card recalled and seized?

    Agreed, that's why there's the suggestion from CBSA to inform IRCC (by filing the application with IRCC to replace the seized PR card). The fear here is that, while the PR might otherwise have been able to keep PR indefinitely just by flying out from and back into the US internationally, and...
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    PR card recalled and seized?

    So we already know that this wasn't the case regardless... but .. what could have been the line of thinking is this: Folks caught in (or thought to be in by authorities) that category (namely the "essentially moved to Canada to obtain citizenship while still working in the US" one) would have...
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    PGWP Concern: Worked Before Study Permit Renewal Approved — Need Advice

    On the flip side, while IRCC's website clearly states the rule ("You can work full-time only if you had a valid study permit at the time of PGWP application.") I haven't seen anyone do a deep dive here to trace this requirement to the original law or regulation. That would be interesting to see..
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    PGWP Concern: Worked Before Study Permit Renewal Approved — Need Advice

    Hey, so I think you missed something in the OP's post. Basically the question you're answering is different from what the OP was asking - it's about needing to have a valid study permit at the time of (or to start a) PGWP application (and whether or not implied status would count), not about...
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    PR card recalled and seized?

    Isn't being a VIP member just based on the number of posts and level of activity one has? I went through the stages from Newbie all the way to Hero member just from this. Also, I'm a bit disturbed by the reference to "so called" - it very much reminds me of the anti-immigration lobby, see...
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    PR card recalled and seized?

    Key word being most. Having personally experienced being that minority that exceeds that two year window (for PR, not citizenship), I think you can understand my sympathy for others who - through no fault of their own - end up stuck in a process that takes unreasonably long while having to deal...