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    Applying for visit visa after PR card has expired

    Hello, My family became permanent residents in 2005, but for personal reasons my parents were not able to make the move whereas my sister and I did (we are now citizens). My parents would like to apply for visit visas to visit us this summer. Their PR cards have expired, and naturally they...
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    File transferred to wrong office?

    Hello, When I applied for citizenship I was living in Ottawa but moved to Kingston a few months later. I updated my mailing address with CIC and was even sent a letter to my Kingston address during the process. However, when time came for my file to be transferred it was sent to the Ottawa...
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    Making travel plans while application in process

    I will soon need to made travel plans for the summer and am really worried I could be called to write the citizenship test shortly after departing. If I call the call centre before leaving, would they honor a request to not call me for the test till I'm back?
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    Are changes in the sponsor's conditions still relevant?

    I am wondering the following. When I applied to sponsor my wife I had just left a good job to attend graduate school. I was approved without any problems in 3 weeks so now it is just a matter of my wife's application being processed (which takes forever since it is in Islamabad). I am almost...
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    Any advantage to being a Canadian federal government employee?

    I am wondering if there is anything that gives employees of the Canadian government an advantage when sponsoring a foreign spouse. Logically one would think if you are doing important public service they would make it easier for your spouse to be with you (and VO's may look upon this favorably)...
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    Ottawa Timeline

    I am wondering if people have any experience with processing time at the Ottawa office. My file was transferred to Ottawa in December 2010. I know the time it takes to be called for a test can vary, but I would like to get an approximate idea and make summer travel plans accordingly.
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    Pilot Project for Foreign Spouses

    I am wondering if anyone (senior members, perhaps) could shed some light on this. http://www.cic.gc.ca/english/work/project.asp The concept is pretty simple. If you are a Canadian citizen or PR returning to Canada to work in Ontario (in certain professions), your wife can obtain an open work...