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    How long can visitor stay? 6 months per calendar year? Or 6 months from first date of entry?

    Hi all! I got a visitor visa for my mom last year. She arrived June 2021, and stayed 2 months, leaving in August 2021. She came back to Canada in December 2021. I know visitors can stay for 6 months in one year, but was wondering when the 6 months restart? Does it restart in January 2022 (aka...
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    Chances of mother getting visitor visa in summer 2021 if apply now?

    Hi all! I am a Canadian PR and would like for my mom to visit next summer 2021 (with the hope that by then things would be more open). I just checked the processing time for her application (she's in Cameroon), and it says it would take roughly 7 months to process her application. So for her to...
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    Incomplete passport submitted with PR application

    Thanks for your response! How does one raise a CSE (what is a CSE?)
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    Incomplete passport submitted with PR application

    Hi all, I have a problem. I just reviewed the passport I had scanned and uploaded when submitting my PR application, and I just realized that I skipped 2 pages during the scan. I submitted the application 7 days ago. Is there anyway for me to submit an updated scan, so my application doesn't...
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    Incomplete passport submitted with PR application

    Hi all, I have a problem. I just reviewed the passport I had scanned and uploaded when submitting my PR application, and I just realized that I skipped 2 pages during the scan. I submitted the application 7 days ago. Is there anyway for me to submit an updated scan, so my application doesn't...
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    Express Entry applicants from Cameroon, connect here!

    Hello hello, one year late :) I just got my ITA so my experience is brand new! any advancement on your side @njoh12345 ?
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    Can where you apply affect the outcome of your PR application?

    Hi everyone! I am a Cameroonian citizen, with an ITA via Express Entry. I'm wondering if my PR application will be more successful if I apply in Spain or back in my home country Cameroon... The thing is, I have had negative visa applications in Cameroon before (applying for a studies visa at...
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    POF: Are bank statements from the last six months sufficient proof?

    Thanks for this information! I will reach out to the bank and hopefully they will provide the required letter and mail it to me...
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    How to input address in PR application for African countries with no street addresses

    Thanks for the feedback, Hamgha. In my case, we don't even have main street names lol. I will rewrite as such. Also, this is just my permanent address. i have a proper mailing address in case they want to mail me anything
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    How to input address in PR application for African countries with no street addresses

    Hello all! Currently completing my PR application, and having some trouble putting in the addresses of my home city. I'm from Cameroon, and we don't usually have street names/addresses. So what I did is put the neighborhood I come from as the street name, and 0000 as the street number. Is this...
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    POF: Are bank statements from the last six months sufficient proof?

    Hello all! I am currently completing my PR application and was wondering: are copies of my bank statements from the last six months sufficient proof of funds? I live abroad from where my bank is located, and so cannot walk in and ask them to give me a letter directly. However, I do have online...
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    Validity of Background Checks

    Thanks for the feedback! I guess I'll have to start on the FBI BGC as soon as possible then... It is definitely going to take more than 90 days to get the BCG and I already have my ITA... could it be possible for me to submit the BGC after the 90 days if I provide them with proof that I did...
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    Validity of Background Checks

    Hello everyone! I am currently completing my PR application, and I have a question concerning the validity of Police background checks: I had conducted an FBI Background Check for the US back in 2013, and a Police background check for Ecuador back in 2014. In the case of the USA, I have been...
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    Express Entry Step by step instructions.

    Hi everyone! new here...I want to apply for EE and have almost everything done - the language tests, the NOC, everything. However, I am currently getting my degree evaluated. It's taking a bit of time, and I was wondering if I could go ahead and create my profile without the evaluation, then add...
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    Master degree in progress... Apply for EE now or wait for degree?

    Thank you everyone for your responses! Purplesnow and Asnivad were especially helpful and realistic. I think those language tests will definitely be the clinchers. I will go ahead and prep to take them next month; if I get good enough scores, I will apply this year, otherwise, I will hold off on...
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    Master degree in progress... Apply for EE now or wait for degree?

    Thanks for the quick response! I did the free Assessment from the Canada visa attorneys (I'm not sure how valid those are), and got a CRS of 465, and was told good CRS points started at 450. Not sure if it was a marketing ploy on their part, but they did urge that I apply ASAP in order to...
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    Master degree in progress... Apply for EE now or wait for degree?

    Hello all! I am currently in sort of a dilemma. I have a Bachelors from the US + 3 years of work experience, and am currently working on getting my Masters - I graduate in September 2016. My dilemma is; should I submit my application now (I still need to take the IELTS, TEF and get my ECA...