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    Not following through on a medical request after an application is approved

    This is a followup to my other post from the weekend, but a slightly different question. To summarize the other situation, my mother in law has a multiple entry visa (not a super visa) and has been her since mid August 2017. Six months expires mid February 2018 and we wanted to extend her for...
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    Visitor Visa extension; Approval received day after request for medical? Please help clarify!

    My mother in law received a multiple entry visitor visa (not a super visa) in August 2017 (expires in about 5 years on the same date her passport expires) and she flew to stay with us and at the time we figured it would be the full 6 months allowed per visit. A few weeks ago we decided to apply...
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    Visiting visa - what is considered working?

    My mother in law arrived in Canada recently on a multiple entry visitor visa with the plan to stay for the maximum six months or close to it. The purpose of the trip is to visit us and decide if she wants us to sponsor her one day under the pgp program. She is somewhat bored some days as my...
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    Accuracy of CIC Citizenship Ceremony website?

    My wife received notification of her upcoming Oath date via ECAS last week. It stated that a letter was sent and also stated the date and said the oath would be at 4pm. Her letter arrived the same day and also stated 4pm. However, on the CIC website listing the citizenship ceremonies in...
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    Social Insurance Number change?

    Once an individual becomes a citizen, do they receive a new social insurance number or does it stay the same as the one they have had since landing? I forget if she would have received a new one after becoming a permanent resident? Thanks,
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    Dual Citizenship with the Philippines

    My wife is currently awaiting her oath date after passing her exam. One of the things we are now discussing is whether or not to maintain dual citizenship. Both countries allow dual citizenship. The main reasons we would want to keep her Filipino citizenship is because: - It allows me to travel...
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    No longer "in process" in Ecas

    Timeline: Delivered July 3 In progress Sept 5 Received AoR and Discover Canada book September 1 My wifes application for citizenship became "In Progress" as of September 5, 2014. From this point forward, we were able to access ECAS. In October we received a letter wanting to confirm the name...
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    Name issue RQ?

    My wifes application has been in progress (shows on Ecas) since early September. We were very careful about ensuring we would not have an issue so as to avoid an RQ. My wife is from the Philippines. In the Philippines, when you get married, they just automatically drop your middle name, and take...
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    Wrong name on AoR, Other general questions

    My wife sent in her application early July and just yesterday received the AoR and Discover Canada book. The only odd thing was that the letter was sent to my name (I was born here in Canada). The only reason I can think of is that when we made the payment, it specifically states that you have...
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    Clarification on date to sign

    My wife has been in Canada since 2009. She became a PR on June 28, 2012. She has not left Canada since arriving in 2009. Her Pre-PR time more then fully makes up the maximum 365 days (730 half days). Based on the CIC calculator, the first day she is eligible to apply for citizenship is Friday...