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This is intended to be a reference thread. I have titled it "Criminal Inadmissibility" but anticipate it will include discussions with references that are about security inadmissibility. And related issues. Thus, for example, here is a reference and link to the statutory provision that...

As of this month, June 2022, IRCC has implemented a new interactive pdf form to use when applying for EITHER a PR card or a PR Travel Document. Thus, to apply for either a PR card or for a PR TD, the same pdf form is used. The content of the form being completed will vary depending on how...

I have been responding to queries off-topic in the "PR Card Renewal & New - 2022 Processing Timeline" topic. The last of those queries specifically asks about a factor in RO enforcement I often mention, the APPEARANCE of being well-settled in Canada factor. May be time to give this factor a...

In Form, the Citizenship Process Same For Refugees As All Others: The eligibility requirements, the application forms and checklist, and the procedures for obtaining naturalized citizenship, apply the SAME for PRs with protected person or refugee status as they do for those who obtained PR in...

This thread and discussion was triggered by a recent (June 9, 2021) decision in the Federal Court by FC Justice Nicholas McHaffie, in regards to PR Giacomo Metallo, in which judicial review was granted. At the time Metallo applied for a new PR card he was in breach of the PR Residency...

There has been rather little discussion about interviews with Citizenship Officers. These have been part of the process, a NON-routine part of the process, since 2015. There have been occasional references here to being scheduled for an interview or hearing with a Citizenship Officer, but very...

I have been researching the working-abroad-RO-credit issue in depth. This homework was inspired by the stark contrast of conflicting views about possible RO credit for "business trips" (in an effort to get it right), but of course it has involved reading scores and scores of sources dealing with...

CAUTION: Who-accompanied-whom can make a difference when a PR claims credit toward the PR Residency Obligation based on time abroad accompanying the PR's Canadian citizen spouse. There are now reasons to emphasize this caution more than it has been in the past. CAVEAT: While NOT certain, my...

Some keeping-current observations: Most PR Residency Obligation appeals are resolved at the IAD and few lead to Federal Court review. A couple relatively recent Federal Court decisions offer some insight regarding two issues which often arise in the forum: -- whether circumstances compelling...

Misrepresentation in an old abandoned PR card renewal application: There is a recent Federal Court decision in a case about misrepresentation made in a PR card application, made in 2008, where that application was deemed abandoned after the PR failed to provide a requested residency...

There are multiple threads in the forum focused on "RQ" or the "Residence Questionnaire." Including a recent thread which has been totally disrupted . . . . am hoping to consolidate relevant information toward advancing our collective understanding of these procedures, rather intrusive and...

Privy Council notices indicate, as has been reported by the Canadian Council for Refugees and CBC, today, that the federal government is finally, officially eliminating conditional permanent residence for sponsored spouses and partners. The Registration number is SOR/2017-0056 and the indicated...

As of August 29, 2016, IRCC began limiting urgent processing of PR card applications. But "new criteria" was not publicized nor explained until IRCC issued, just last week, Operational Bulletin 627 – October 20, 2016 see http://www.cic.gc.ca/english/resources/manuals/bulletins/2016/ob627.asp...

Leniency period for Canada's new Electronic Travel Authorization extended until November 9 http://news.gc.ca/web/article-en.do?nid=1127219&tp=1&_ga=1.131790793.755588733.1444817166 "To give travellers and airlines more time to prepare for changes when flying to or transiting through Canada...

Many of the cases involving the loss of PR status due to a breach of the PR Residency Obligation, which reach the Federal Court, including H&C cases, tend to be anomalies, some more than others. But even the anomalies reveal the range of possibilities. I do not mean to offer false hope when I...

The deadline for mandatory eTA for Foreign Nationals with visa-exempt passports has, apparently, been extended six months. (IRCC site apparently down at the moment, so could not confirm there). http://www.cbc.ca/news/politics/canada-electronic-travel-authorization-1.3476225 Caution: PRs are...

Bill C-6 to Amend Citizenship Act; New 3 / 5 rule and campaign promises kept, and understanding what changes are proposed: There have been several topics about what changes the Liberal government should make to the Citizenship Act, mostly focused on rolling back or outright repealing some...

I do not have time to fully digest the Ovalle mandamus decision recently decided by Justice Russell, but for anyone who is a refugee PR this is a very significant case. A lot of the issues related to CIC's relatively recent purge of refugees considered to no longer be in need of protection...

Coming into Force Orders: Implementation of SCCA references with links: There are already numerous topics regarding the effective date for key provisions in the SCCA governing the requirements for a grant of citizenship, main focus on the revisions to section 5(1) of the Citizenship Act, now...

Proof of Residency if Case Destined for a CJ Hearing: [Note: The question addressed here arose in another topic but an answer there would be a tangent well astray of the subject in that topic (regarding CIT 0520 requests). Moreover, on one hand this is a subject which actually affects only a...