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I recently received my surrender certificate and thought I’d share my experience because I could not find a decent post about the process. There is a painfully long OCI thread which is more noise than substance. Hopefully, this helps folks who are just getting started. Surrender certificate...

Hi! Did you end up mailing in your application? I want to do the same but I can't send in my original Canadian pp. TIA

I got my canadian pp back in May and I've been lazy in surrendering the Indian citz and getting an OCI - tbh, I don't really want to pay the price for surrendering it lol Could someone please share their experience regarding: Surrendering process by courier - I am in Ontario and need to send...

Same. July test and nothing after that.

How do you guys find out which office is processing your app? My citizenship test activity status was updated on Jul 26, 2021 and crickets after that...

I wasn't aiming for your agreement. You have a right and privilege to hold your beliefs ;) Majority of the applicants for citizenship are a straightforward cases who moved here on PR, traveled maybe a couple of times, and filed the citizenship application literally the day they met the...

Oi mate! Pointing out deficiencies in a process is not being "entitled". The way the applications for citizenship and PR renewals are being processed is blatantly inefficient. Yes, there are many layers of security, but 90% of that can be automated because they are all departments of the...

Pretty much the same experience. It's getting tougher. Plus, with the country supporting more free loaders the taxes are only going to go up.

Yeah, it's not sustainable. With the number of invites going up and harboring of refugees, the govt needs to improve its processes and increase the headcount. If there was an option of waiting 10 years for Canada or 10 years for USA, I can guarantee no one will pick Canada. Canada is the first...

Pretty soon Canada immigration is also going to become like US ...wait for 10 years

Do you know what AOR means?

For those who are asking about how the IRCC is picking applications to process It's a typical government office; inefficient. They need people who can help to automate their processes and reduce the lag time. If you think about it, 90% of the applications for PR renewal should simply be...

No issues at all. After the card is expired, you can travel by land in your own car. Air travel will be a hassle. You can leave but you will need travel docs to return

I sent mine in on May 10. My PR card expired on Sept 1. No AOR yet and the usual reply to webform about Afg processing. I guess we just need to wait.

I was in the same situation. After looking everywhere, I searched my browser history and luckily found the link that I had used to check when I sent the mail.Might work for you too. I had not kept my tracking number coz I didn't think I would need it. The IRCC is taking it's sweet ass time though.

Soft landing should be fine. Just make sure that you have your VIN listed on your B4 at the time of landing to indicate that your car will be exported at a later date. If you have it listed and export it after 2 years, you have nothing to worry about.

You are absolutely right

A&A goes by their script. They don't want to advise people about CABP's prescribed rules. They also want to maximize their benefit, so ideally they want to sell you services for both the US side and Canada side. I only used them for the US side. All they do is send over the paperwork to US CBP...

I did not pay any tax because I was moving residences from US to Canada. Your vehicle comes tax free, as long as you have owned the car for 6 months(or maybe 1 year - not sure). The only caveat is that you cannot sell the car for a year.