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The thread on Secondary Reviews currently runs to several pages and in excess of 40K views. In the past an option explored by those under SR was to withdraw their delayed application in writing and resubmit a fresh application. This especially if: 1. You knowingly applied with a shortfall of...

New details on the Electronic Travel Authorization Scheme. Its effective August 1, 2015 but compulsory from March 15, 2016. Will be interesting to see if this increases the risk of PRs that are visit visa exempt nationals with no PR Card or expired PR Card but in breach of the RO being caught...

Federal Court WOM decision reaffirms that: 1. Splitting family files where one applicant is RQd is based on CIC decision and CIC can and will decide not to split files. 2. Residency RQ files will not be split. 3. Processing times for WOM application appear to be based on currently quoted...

So you want to set up a "Canadian Business" to avoid the RO? Watch out the courts might just bounce your appeals for PR Card renewal rejection, PRTD application and loss of PR status via sec 44 inadmissibility report. This Federal Court Judgement where there was no substantive evidence of...

Recent WOM driven decision in which the applicant as it turns out revised his physical presence days 4 times from 1134 down to 711. For some reason there always seems to be an 'immigration consultant' behind these types of cases and again the ME features. That WOM may just not only get you...

Amendments announced with effective date as January 1, 2015.

This CBSA bust shows why even having a passport with entry and exit stamps is not in itself necessarily conclusive proof of physical presence and is yet another reason for being RQd since there are PRs abusing their dual citizenship to mask absences from Canada. CIC/ CBSA need to know about...

So the first fraudulent citizenship case has been decided by the Federal Court in favor of CIC. It explains why the ME and any associations thereof are such a problem for CIC and why CIC is justified (and will argue the case) in closely scrutinizing applicants with any ties to the area! It...

If have applied for a PR Card that is delayed then decide to take the risk of leaving Canada and applying for a PRTD but: 1. you are not visitor visa exempt to facilitate air travel back where you will deal with CBSA on Canadian soil 2. do not have a US Visa to facilitate a land border...

Message for all Citizenship applicants is to not breach the Residence Obligation. If you are in a lengthy processing Local Office such as Winnipeg and or have got RQd be especially careful unless you have a significant cushion of days i.e. if you applied at day 1096 on your way to the airport...

OB530B confirms that you really should: 1. Attend the test 2. Best pass it 3. Failing a second time will see you meeting the CJ with a long waiting time. Still no file split for joint applications where one of the applicants has residency issues i.e RQ!

So the Citizenship Commission lists 32 Judges inclusive of 1 Senior Judge (The Boss). Geographical spread: ON - 16 (of which 14 are in the GTA area!) AB - 3 MB - 1 SK - 1 QC - 5 BC - 6 Guess why applicants in GTA are processed much faster all other things being equal? They have almost...

http://decisions.fct-cf.gc.ca/site/fc-cf/decisions/en/item/63502/index.do Applying with less than 1095 physical days is effectively becoming a risky proposition. There is already a waiver clause in the Citizenship Act to take account of hardship etc...working and studying abroad doesn't...

http://www.cic.gc.ca/english/resources/manuals/bulletins/2013/ob530A.asp http://www.cic.gc.ca/english/resources/manuals/bulletins/2013/ob529A.asp Speeding up the process - OB530A is effectively confirming my take that applicants should test pre-application...that way everyone is on paper oath...

Operational Bulletins on June 5, 2013 offer some hope on speeding processing times OB 529 on file splitting http://www.cic.gc.ca/english/resources/manuals/bulletins/2013/ob529.asp OB 530 on retesting http://www.cic.gc.ca/english/resources/manuals/bulletins/2013/ob530.asp

Below a FRC as per CIC operational policy from last year...obtained via an ATIP request by a user on an another immigration forum (kudos to him) detailing the processing at Sidney and the local Office. For those who got RQ check the Triage Criteria/Risk Indicators and see if they apply. FILE...

PMM, Its obvious the political will isn't there to expedite Citizenship Processing timelines including the issue of RQs. In your opinion why isn't the legal profession beating a path to applicants to file a class action or issue a writ of Mandamus for RQd applicants? It would be helpful to...