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  1. mpitillo

    Dual-citizen applying for Canadian Citizenship

    Hello, I have dual citizenship: British and Brazilian. Would that be a problem when I apply for my Canadian Citizenship? Am I able to keep all [3] nationalities? I have checked the rules of Brazil and England regarding that, but can't find information for Canada. Thank you for your time!
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    PR Renewal - "Incomplete Application"

    Hello everyone, I have completed my online request to renewal my PR in May 5th 2023. Today, while just checking the portal to see if there were any updates, I noticed that there's a message saying" Incomplete Application", under the Return Reason column. However, I can't click in any button to...
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    Exchange Student Re-entering Canada after short trip to USA

    Hello, I'm looking for a bit of advice. We have an exchange student from Denmark, who arrived on the 20th of December in Montreal/Quebec, after a long delay to get all documents ready. We'd like to do a trip to the USA in March, and bring him with us. However, his situation was a bit unique...
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    Moving from UK to Canada but unsure on how to bring money

    Hello everyone, My partner and I are soon moving from UK to Montreal, Quebec (Canada) in the next couple of months. We have a relatively large amount of money (£) saved across both our UK Bank Accounts (Barclays and Santander). We would like to bring this money with us, but we are having a...
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    Can I legally work in QC with a SW1 (Federal) status?

    Hello everyone, My partner and I got our Canadian PR approved back in October 2018, under the SW1 (Federal) status. When we first applied, we had the intention to live and work in Vancouver, British Columbia. We are currently still residing in the UK, but planning to move to Canada in the next...
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    Can I hold two Permanent Residency status at the same time?

    Hello everyone, Before I post my question I would like to give a little bit of context... I am Brazilian, residing in England and currently with a UK Work Visa (expiring in this coming October), and recently got my Canadian PR Card. My plan is to officially move to Canada between December 2019...
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    Opening a Canadian Bank Account from UK

    Hey all, I was wondering if anyone here had gone through a similar situation and can help me. My partner and I would like to transfer a relatively big amount of money from our UK Bank Account (Barclays), to a new account in Canada. Ideally, we want to find out the best way to make this...
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    Soft Landing in a city other than the one from the application

    Hey all, My partner and I have until December to activate our PR, by entering Canada. On our application, we chose Vancouver as the city where we will live at. This hasn't changed, but because we are not planning to move to Canada any time before February, we decided to travel to New York City...
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    COPR - Do I need to submit my physical passport?

    Hey all, My partner (British) and I (Brazilian) have just received a letter, asking us to provide the final passport details in the next 30 days, before receiving our COPR. My main question is: I am Brazilian. Do I need to submit my physical passport? I have held a Canadian Work Visa back in...
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    How to pay for RPRF

    Hey all, I have received today a letter from CIC requesting that both me and my partner pay the RPRF (Right of Permanent Residency Fee) as soon as possible, and upload the receipt to our CIC profile. When I go to the profile, I can find the space to attach this receipt, but I really can't find...
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    Getting in touch with CIC

    Hey all, My partner and I have sent our e-APR back in December 19, 2017. Since then, there was a moment that CIC has requested my partner to provide his Fingerprints. He sent it over to Canada, got it checked and uploaded it to our profile. Since then, we have never heard from CIC again...
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    CIC message me requesting Travel History Form IMM5562E

    Hey there, My partner and I are in the "waiting process" to see if our PR's will be approved. Yesterday we got a message from CIC requesting that we provide a Travel History Info Form (IMM5562E), so we can show more details about our Travel History. I initially found this weird, since we have...
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    [Medical] Results were bad and doctors have accidentally submitted it to CIC

    Hey there, Two and a half weeks ago, my partner and I went for the medical exams for EE. A few days after, we have contacted them just to double check if everything went well and if our medicals have been forwarded to CIC. They confirmed both paperwork and said that everything was alright. With...
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    Proof of Funds: Will this format be accepted?

    Hi there, I have been struggling to get my Proof of Funds letter from Barclays (United Kingdom), that would follow exactly the requirements from CIC. At the end of the day, after trying in a number of branches, I got one that specifies everything as requested. The only problem I have is that...
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    [UK] Length of time for which a certificate is valid

    Hi there, In July I have already gone through the UK Police Certificate for immigration purposes (ACRO), and have received the certificate on the 14 of July 2017. I am now almost at the end of the process to finish submitting the documents for our EE profile. I am estimating that my partner...
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    [Brazilians] Translating police certificates and BA Diploma

    Hey all, I am Brazilian and I have to translate both my brazilian police certificate and my B.A. Diploma, from Portuguese to English. From the CIC website one of the requirements is that these translations should also include an affidavit from the person who completed it. I was wondering from...
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    Two different "Days left to submit" dates

    Hey all, My partner and I are chasing all the remaining documents we need, so we can add to our ITA application. My question is in regards to amount of time that we have left to submit everything. At the moment, depending on the CIC page we are at, we see two different number of dates: On the...
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    Employment Records / Letter of Reference and Explanation Letter

    Hey all, My partner and I just got our personalized checklist, and we both have worked for companies where we have held multiple positions. Because of this, our current checklist includes multiple "Employment Records (required)" attachment options for these positions. My question is: because...
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    Previously relinquished CEC PR and now re-applying via EE

    Hey all, This question might be a shot in the dark, but I was wondering if else here has gone through a similar situation and could share some expertise with me. My partner and I were used to have a Canadian PR, via CEC 1 (Canadian Experience Class), since 2014. Almost half year after getting...
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    Getting a Police Certificate - Brazil

    Hey all, I will need to provide my Police Certificates from Brazil, to be able to apply for EE. From CIC's website it says that all I need is the "Certidão de Antecedentes Criminais issued by the Brazilian Federal Police". I was wondering if by getting and providing the online version of the...