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    Citizenship Certificate Photos During Covid?

    What are the options for citizenship certificate photos for a minor during the pandemic? Do all the same requirements for the photo hold? I am not keen on taking a child to a professional photographer and have them remove their mask indoors.
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    New Citizenship Guide to Warn Against "Abhorrent" Practice...

    ...of female genital mutilation. http://www.cbc.ca/news/politics/female-genital-mutilation-citizenship-hussen-1.4502068
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    Pressure Builds to Revoke ASSK's Honourary Citizenship

    http://www.cbc.ca/news/politics/trudeau-myanmar-violence-muslim-phone-call-1.4287855 So, can honourary citizenship be revoked?
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    "High Number of Women Failing the Citizenship Test"

    Discuss: https://www.thestar.com/news/immigration/2017/07/03/high-number-of-women-failing-citizenship-test-reflects-barriers-they-face-advocates-say.html This was interesting: "Since taking power in late 2015, the Liberal government has granted more knowledge and language waivers than the...
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    US Supreme Court Hears Case on Citizenship Stripping for Misrepresentation

    http://thehill.com/regulation/court-battles/330718-supreme-court-skeptical-of-broad-power-to-revoke-citizenship Its an American case, but interesting nonetheless in the context of an evolving international standard on when a government should be able to take someone's citizenship away.
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    Bill C-23

    If it passes Canadian citizens will be subject to arrest by US officers on Canadian soil? Or something like that. #Canadiansoverignty. http://www.cbc.ca/news/opinion/bill-c-23-1.4014113?cmp=rss
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    Decline in Citizenship Applications Due to Higher Fees?

    http://www.cbc.ca/news/politics/canadian-citizenship-applications-decrease-1.3976140
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    Canadian Dual Nationals Banned From US or Not?

    http://www.cbc.ca/beta/news/canada/canadian-affected-trump-travel-ban-refugees-immigrants-1.3957059 This seems to suggest no, but they appear to be making it up as they go along, so who knows? Anyone have issues entering the US recently?
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    Was There Misrepresentation on Cabinet Minister's Refugee Documents?

    https://www.thestar.com/news/canada/2016/09/22/afghan-born-maryam-monsef-says-she-broke-down-on-finding-she-is-born-in-iran.html Is the Cons IRCC critic implying she could lose citizenship over this? What are the big consequences she is referring to?
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    "Children Born Abroad to Canadians, May End Up Lost Canadians"

    http://www.theglobeandmail.com/news/politics/children-born-abroad-to-canadian-parents-may-end-up-as-lost-canadians/article30938653/
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    Woman Fights to Get Citizenship Back.

    https://www.thestar.com/news/immigration/2016/08/28/bc-woman-fights-to-get-citizenship-back-after-obscure-rule-leaves-her-stateless.html Good Grief, they still haven't fixed this?
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    Dual Citizens Will Soon Need a Canadian Passport to Fly to Canada.

    https://www.thestar.com/news/immigration/2016/08/18/ottawas-new-air-travel-rule-catches-dual-citizens-by-surprise.html
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    Cautionary Tale: Attempting to Fly Back to Canada w/o Passport

    https://www.thestar.com/news/gta/2016/06/04/air-canada-grounds-toronto-family-after-passports-are-stolen.html
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    "Frustrations Abound for Immigration Call Centre Users"

    Hard to believe they need 23 weeks of training to do what they do....which is usually nothing. https://www.thestar.com/news/immigration/2016/05/13/frustration-abounds-for-immigration-call-centre-users.html
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    McCallum Waffling on Setting up IRCC Ombudsman....

    https://www.thestar.com/news/immigration/2016/05/08/creation-of-ombuds-office-urged-to-tackle-immigration-snafus.html
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    Auditor General Slams Citizenship Process

    https://www.thestar.com/news/canada/2016/05/03/auditor-general-slams-canadian-citizenship-process.html No mention of insane waiting times, lack of transparency or inconsistent treatment of applications, just you know, a few people who shouldn't have gotten citizenship slipped through, so lets...
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    Manitoba PC Leader Spends 20 percent of His Time Abroad

    So, is Brian Pallister a "Canadian of Convenience"? Lucky for him, he doesn't have to account for his time abroad to IRCC/CIC, because he doesn't really recall. :D And this guy wants to be Premier...
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    Anyone Understand This Case?

    http://www.theglobeandmail.com/news/national/supreme-court-wont-hear-citizenship-case-of-ottawa-born-man/article28435213/ What do the courts mean when they say he could ask for Canadian Citizenship? On what grounds?
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    Are Ted Cruz's Daughters Still Canadian?

    As you know, US Senator and Republican presidential candidate Ted Cruz was born in Calgary and was thus a natural born Canadian citizen by birth--even though he appeared to be ignorant of the fact until just before launching his Presidential bid. However, due to the nationalist pressures of US...
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    "Decision Made" in ECAS, Pending Clearance Expiration

    So I am familiar with a case where ECAS just changed to "Decision Made" last week. There is no notice of an oath date, but this person's FOSS clearance will expire at the end of next week. Will CIC attempt to schedule and oath before the clearance expiration or does it not matter anymore since a...