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    Visitor / supervisa and name change

    My wife and I would like to apply for a visitor or supervisa for her mother to come visit us. We're just starting the process, and have run into an issue: When my wife was born (Philippines) her mother is listed on the birth certificate as [Nickname] [Maternal LN] [Married LN]. She has been...
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    Day trips to US and police certificates

    Looking for opinions here: if someone lives in a border town and makes regular (one to three times a month) day trips to the US for shopping, visiting relatives or for a meeting in their company's US office for anywhere from three to eight hours at a time, do those trips count as days toward the...
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    October 2017 Citizenship Applications

    A thread for those of us applying in October 2017. My wife and I are applying on October 10, with 1475 days physical presence. Hope a two-week buffer would be sufficient. Also hoping to beat the rush and get our apps in before C-6 changes go into effect. She could have actually applied in...
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    Husband and wife applying separately?

    My wife and I landed four years ago today. I know that it's stated that families should apply together, however would there be any advantage or problem for her to apply before me? She has been out of Canada only 21 days since we landed, and is from the Philippines. I have been out of Canada 72...
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    Goods to Follow not acknowledged on landing three years ago

    Hi All, My wife and I landed at Rainbow Bridge back in June of 2013. We had been here as temporary workers since 2010, and had already imported all our household goods from the US on my first entry as a worker then. Because I did not have a PAL (firearms license) I left my hunting firearms at...
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    Definition of "date came to live in Canada"

    I came to Canada on a work/temporary resident permit at the end of May 2010. I began working between five and six days a week, and spent the greater part (13+ hours a day) in Canada, and returned to the US to sleep (at a relative's house) for the first four months I was here, until I could get...
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    My FBI certificate expired yesterday

    My police clearance from the US expired yesterday, it was issued 27 March 2012. I couriered my application to Sydney on 1 June, received 6 June. AOR 6 November, still waiting for medicals. ECAS stiill says "Application Received". I had a request 26 February for my adult son's birth certificate...
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    ECAS is back, but my address changed back to the old one

    I wasn't able to get on ECAS for almost two weeks. When I was able to get back on yesterday, my mailing address changed back to the old one (that I changed on January 5), and the new address which was the residence address has disappeared. Anyone else notice this with their status? I don't know...