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Hi, currently applying for Citizenship. I received an email for my fingerprint and to bring these documents, including the CoPR. I'm confused because to get a PR card I need to send the CoPR. QUESTION: I have a document inside CiC website titled Information Letter in it I have a document that...

I got an email with the following request: "After reviewing the biographical information on your application form, there are questions in your case with regard to sections 21 and/or 22 of the Citizenship Act, explained further on the second page of this letter." Googling it seems to be...

Hi I'm about 42y old. I have basically reset my life and moved to Canada. Short story, used all of my money/assets to study (a new field for me) in Canada and now currently working full time for ~3y, making 55k/y to 75k/y, before tax, over the span of those years. I do not yet have my own home...

Hi, it has been 2 years or so since I got my PR and with the inclusion of 1 year into physical presence calculator from my time as a Worker, I have the required days. In the online application, I was asked about my aliases, which I put in. I also have a different birth name (we don't have last...

Hi, to get the Ontario Photocard there is a requirement to verify signature. Problem is none of my documents have signature, local passport, student visa, etc.. Even a Canadian passport I don't think has signatures. Signature being phased out for digital signatures in my home country. I did go...

Hi, so over the years I have had many aliases due to using fathers last name. It’s all submitted to CIC accordingly when applying for PR (CEC). Right now on PR card: First Name: John Doe(Name on birth cert) Last: Smith (fathers name) So one of my aliases has Doe as middle name. I forgot what...

Hi, a bit of confusion of what to do. Following is an example(not real) but my name is very European, that's why my name comes off as strange: Birth name: John Walker (this is all the First name, we do not have Last names) Father's name: Matthew Bush Name on passport during youth, travelling...

Hi, I received my PR (CEC) June last year. I got a letter along side CoPR (AFAIK) saying that I can apply for citizenship after ~3 years. Then I read that I could use the time spent in Canada as Student and Worker into that 3 years. I understand that 1 day as PR is 0.5 day as Student/Worker...

Hi, So I became PR on June 2020, I already went through the tax process of the previous year. When trying to login after receiving a new SIN I was told to call CRA, they then told me to create a new CRA account. I went to the same process of waiting for the mail for my access code and now it...

Hey, since becoming PR there's a lot less question about my stay in Canada, at least for the next 5 years when I have to renew. My previous tax return, I filled the bare minimum, temporary worker stuff not planning to stay in Canada forever, so getting the most of my pay. I think there were...

Hi, Quick story, came to Canada with Dad when I was 15yo, we don't have last names and it was required back then so added Dads name for my last name. Some people from my home country have their name double as first and last name, mainly because their Dads name is also their name...yea...but...

Hi, I recent received PR and already have my PR card and new SIN. What should I do next in terms of updating my paper work? I will: 1. Update my OHIP to change status to PR. 2. Update my banks of my new SIN. 3. For some reason, I cannot access my CRA online account anymore? Maybe it's down...

Hi, Went to Service Ontario location, they told me to go to a Full-Service location such as the one inside City Hall in Ottawa to change my status from Worker to PR. City Hall is closed. What can I do? Thanks!

Hi, in my home country we do not have last names at birth. That also reflects in what we call a National Identity Card (NIC). Example: Passport(current)/PR card: Mary Louis(given names), Dreyfus(last/family name) Birth Cert/NIC: Mary Louis no last/family name The first time I travelled abroad...

Hi my passport is expiring. There's a local embassy that is open still but the problem is from what I'm reading that they have implemented more strict guidelines for passports since I last renewed in Canada in 2016. The problem is my name in passport and the name in my birth certificate is...

Hi, I took my PR/Passport photo late January, submitted my PR application late February and received my CoPR status on June 2nd. The CoPR expiry is in early January 2021. Because of covid and my health card expired on March (can't renew on implied status, now I'm on private insurance), I am...

I just got a call from Windsor telling me I was approved. I was told that I can get a new SIN (and renewed health card which expired months ago) online but the COPR letter said to go to a service Canada. Anyone know the website for both getting new SIN and getting Health Card renewed? I...

Hi, Hi, I'm in implied status and want to know what stage I'm at in my PR application so that my BOWP application will start the process (already submitted before work permits expired). Can anyone give me pointers on what to look for in the notes to understand if the BOWP application has...

Hi, Ontario driver here. I did Google and it's not criminal going over 30kmh. Is this right ? On my to take biometric I ran a bit late, it's no excuse and I will be more careful... What do you think this will do to my application? It's currently doing my background check since yesterday. Of...

Submitted EE application on Feb 27th. Submitted BOWP on March 3rd. Today, March 4, in the morning got letter to get my biometric done for the BOWP, with application number Wxxx Today, just now, tonight, got another letter to get my biometric done for EE, with application number Exxxx Help...