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In the Claimant's Guide one of the conditions to be able to apply for refugee status is to be "unable .... to get the protection of your home country." I remember that I read somewhere that the Canadian authorities decide that certain countries have just local problems (and thus people from...

I have received my certificate for the legal name change and now I need to apply for a new passport. In order to get a passport, I need a new citizenship certificate (I got Canadian citizenship several years ago). The instruction for this situation is not quite clear. Here they say "send us...

Hi, Among those who are in Quebec - how long it took to get to full-time MIDI French courses? Do they regularly register people for the closes starting date or there is a waitlist? And how long it takes in practice to receive their answer (I know that theoretically it is 20 days after they...

The guide on sponsorship 5289 states that If your spouse or common-law partner leaves Canada while the application is being processed: there is no guarantee that they’ll be allowed to re-enter Canada. This is especially true if they need a visitor visa. I'm sponsoring my spouse (who holds a...

For our inland sponsoring case the security check is going on for like 5 month now. I believe that this is the only thing that is left, as we received AIP couple of month ago. We could wait more but there is a need for the principal applicant to visit the home country asap. So I have several...

We're at the and of the inland sponsorship process. 12 month has passed and we have passed all the stages before the final letter to land. Now the situation. The principal applicant (who is in Canada on the bridging OWP and hold a valid multiple-entry visa) has to come to the home country for a...

As I understand, when a spouse is sponsored inland, the appointment to land comes from the local office, so there is no need to go out of Canada and then re-enter. Am I correct? If yes, I have some questions. In which moment the immigration visa is put in the passport? Or there is no this visa...

Hi guys, I'm putting together the information on applying for a Temporary Resident Visa for Canada. You can check it out here https://canadasimple.com/travel/ I need your feedback on how to make the database more understandable and straightforward. Please, share what would you like to see on...

When two common-law partners aplly for a TRV together, do they have to fill and enclose two IMM5409 STATUTORY DECLARATION OF COMMON-LAW UNION or just one?

I will be traveling out of country in summer, so I want to notify IRCC so that they do not schedule my oath for the time of my absence. What is a proper way of doing this?

Got my application for spouse OWP returned due to insufficient fees. I enclosed the payment of 155 CAD, just checked once again - the fee is still the same http://www.cic.gc.ca/english/information/fees/fees.asp#sponsorship Why they returned our application then? She's a visitor in Canada if it...