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hey everyone! super scared to try the bls brampton walk-in option (gotta start at 3am in the freeze apparently). so im curious, has anyone tried visiting the consulate directly and begging for a visa?

so, i looked it up and there's a whole official process for "surrendering" the indian passport. apparently its a crime to hold on to it once i get a new citizenship. i'll be going through the surrender soon. while looking into it though, i realized there's things like OCI, POI etc. i wanted to...

hey guys, so the appointment person (for urgent passport) said i will need the long form birth certificate for my baby's passport app. i dont have the long form (the long white paper), but i do have the coloured certificate with parent names/places of birth. does this cert suffice (since it...

hey guys, other than the time it takes to process and the cost, is there anything else that separates the two? i.e does the regular passport give you a 10 year valid passport vs urgent passport would only give 5 or something like that?

hey guys, so my sister is an adult, but dependent (due to cognitive health limitations, mild autism) on my parents and lives with my parents in india. we were preparing for them to apply for visitor visa before covid. now we're resuming and as they were about to apply in india, their VFS...

hey guys, so i have my oath on feb 14th and apparently they will ask me to cut my PR card during the ceremony. thing is, im traveling on march 19 and will need my card. otherwise i have to wait for citizenship certificate to arrive in the mail (which i see could take up to 2 weeks), and then...

hey guys, when I look at the cic website for status of citizenship, it says I have to take the oath on feb 17th. then it says follow instructions we sent on how to attend, but i haven't received anything... physical mail or email. although most of their communication was done through email. so...

In the application, Q#14 asks if I've held travel documents. I have visited a few countries in the last 5 years that have given me travel/tourist visas by way of stamp or sticker. Do these count as "travel documents" and should I state them? I ask because these countries are listed in physical...

Hey guys, I sponsored for my wife and we put in her sponsorship and also applied for her work permit. I was told that in less than 4 months after filing for sponsorship, she may receive her work permit. So, we filed on Jun 5, got Acknowledgment of Receipt on Jul 31. So hopefully we get her...

In the document checklist of PR renewal, it is quite clear on what I need to add (especially secondary ID). But then when I read the instruction guide, it has no mention of a secondary ID. Should I follow the checklist, or the guide? Oh, and in the guide it also mentions something about scanning...

Hey guys, Sorry for the confusing title, but check this out: I'm applying for PR Card Renewal. Been in Canada for almost 3 years (2 years 11 months) and so I was filling out the form and saw this and that has be perplexed as to how to proceed: I mean, my address history shows that I've been...

Hi My girlfriend applied to extend her stay as a visitor here in Canada because she gave birth in May. She is back to normal now, and in her application it stated that she would like to stay here during these first few months with me (daddy) and also be here for the Christmas holidays. We...

Hi guys, Here are some dates: Landed: October 14, 2009. Left Canada: October 22, 2010. Returned to Canada: September 25, 2013. PR Card expired: October 31, 2013. I didn't renew the card since I returned because then I wouldn't have met the residency obligations. However, on October 22, 2015...

Hello, I have a question. Before June 1, the CIC website said it was mandatory to show 6 months bank statements. After June 1, the website now says 4 months bank statements and the word 'mandatory' has been removed. With that in mind, my situation is I will be getting an educational loan from...

Hi, Due to these new study visa changes that came into effect on June 1, 2014... my question is do we need to still provide 6 months bank statements or just a letter from the bank showing your balance? Please help Thanks, Mark

Hello, My girlfriend has a multiple re-entry visa. When she arrived the first time on invitation from her aunt, she stayed for 6 months in Toronto. Before the status expiration, she went back. It's been two months, and she wants to visit again before end of May to look at schools. My...

Hello, My girlfriend arrived in Toronto from another country on Visitor Visa (On multiple re-entry till 2018) Her permit expires on March 25. When she applied for the Visitor visa, she stated civil status as single and did not declare me as her common-law partner because I was living with her...