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Well those goalposts moved fast!

I feel that it's a lot of info to ask of someone - it's basically his entire passport identity page. All I'd need to get is his SIN and I'd be ready to steal his identity. If you don't think it's an invasion of my friend's privacy to ask for that stuff then I don't think I can convince you...

I was deeply embarrassed when I realized how much info I needed to have from my guarantor. Ironically though, it was easier for me to find a guarantor for my family's Canadian passports than it was for me to get my son a British passport. I left the UK as a minor, and my son (born overseas) had...

Just for what it's worth, the OP would be in a legal quagmire if he traveled to China as you suggested. China does not permit dual citizenship, and the loss of Chinese nationality is automatic upon acquisition of foreign citizenship. Article 9...

I got one of these, as did several other people I met on the day I went to apply for my passport (Surrey, same as Funloving, interestingly enough). NONE of us had email confirmations, because it's not the centralized office making the appointments, it's the local office making the calls. Because...

Except my application was tied up with a child's application and I had my oath last month. The real problems are that the process has no accountability behind it, the various offices are not necessarily following the same standard procedures, there's no load balancing between offices, and the...

The tracker for an accompanied minor doesn't change till the oath is scheduled. Once the oath is done, everything in the tracker switches to complete.

My certificate finally arrived today. Judging by the sharpie marks on the envelope it caused confusion due to the label "do not bend" - which boggles the mind as my wife's and son's were delivered rolled up into my community mailbox just fine. Today, the mail carrier instead of delivering to my...

Only a few countries care about this. Many countries (Canada, US, EU) don't even bother giving you an exit stamp.

If I were in your shoes I'd postpone my flight and take the oath. Let your parents send you the certificate if it doesn't get lost by Canada Post and then get a passport while outside the country. You should be able to fill out all the paperwork and get your photos done that week and have your...

On the upside, if this delay does continue then pretty soon I'm going to be able to give the forum feedback on what happens if you try to re-enter Canada from the US as a Canadian citizen with no citizenship certificate and no passport. I'm sure the result will be extremely informative and...

It's so frustrating. Canada Post misplacing one of the three was exactly what I was afraid of - and I predicted it might happen to my wife and my friend... Still no sign of it today. Worst part is that I asked the officer prior to taking the oath if I could just go and pick the certificates up...

It's hard to believe how stupid and inefficient this entire process is, and yet right at the final step, they manage to exceed expectations once again. Today, I received two out of three of my family's citizenship certificates. And yet I'm not the least bit surprised.

Not every site seems to allow in-person pickup. I was told I couldn't go get mine in-person (Vancouver)

Searching elsewhere on the forums showed that some have used a Citizenship Certificate to return at the land border. Searching on the government websites shows this should be acceptable. (As long as it's issued and delivered by Canada Post in time)...

I was just coming here to ask the same question. The link above is not applicable because it's all about entry by air. I have a land trip planned to the US and I expect to have citizenship well before I can possibly have a passport in hand.

"Standard" processing family applicant here. My wife and I did our tests back in September and as of the end of October Ecas is showing our applications as Decision Made. No sign yet of the oath ceremony. Yesterday, my wife's father ended up in the hospital. Really, my wife needs to go back to...

Social insurance numbers become dormant when unused for a number of years. You'll have to go in person to a Service Canada center to reactivate it if you want to work - and I'm pretty sure when I did it four years ago I needed my PR card...

Apologies for the severe threadomancy, but for the sake of completing the story here, and belatedly thanking the people involved, I eventually just applied as an FSW, and waited for the visa office to tell me that I needed to get rid of the existing PR status by filling in a PRTD and having it...

Mine and my wife's background verifications are showing as completed since February. My son's is still "in progress". He's 8 years old, has spent half his life in Canada... what on earth could they be checking?