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His US passport had a little over a year left, but once we realized we were getting close to the end of the process I got him to renew it early. I then sent a copy of the new passport to CIC for our file, so that everything would match when he lands in the Spring. We won't need to worry about...

That's the more legal way to do it, really. While he could stay up to 6 months as a visitor, he has no legal right to stay in Canada longer than that. Getting married, and then leaving and filing from the US is perfectly fine. If he ends up with a particularly thorough CBP officer, they may...

He's American, I'm a dual citizen (have been in the US since 2004), our 9 yr old daughter is a dual citizen, we have been together over a decade so we had plenty of relationship "proof" to send. TBH most of our photos that I sent in his application were drunken selfies, because we live in New...

My husband was approved this month. We aren't planning to actually move until the summer, but we are going to do a "soft landing" in mid-April to get the ball rolling. Activate his PR status, get him a Social Insurance Number (plus change my name on mine, and get one for our daughter), open a...

Our daughter was born in the US, but entitled to Canadian citizenship because I'm a Canadian citizen (dual Canadian-US, actually). The timeline in my signature is my husband's Canadian permanent resident application that was recently approved so that we can all move to Canada over the summer...

We applied for my daughter's Canadian citizenship card (now they give a citizenship certificate instead of the old card) and then used that to apply for her Canadian passport. Mailed via FedEx or UPS from the US, since we live in the US.

Received COPR today - took about 24h to send from Ottawa to New Orleans.

COPR received! Hoping that the rest of you receive good news before the holidays as well.

Hubby's GCKey was updated this morning with: Final decision Your application was approved. Just waiting on UPS to activate the return shipment tracking! That was fast.

Typically they email the sponsor with a letter saying they meet they eligibility requirements and are able to sponsor the applicant.

"Final decision Your application was approved." Woohoo! There is light at the end of the tunnel, everyone. Just waiting on his COPR to arrive... soft landing scheduled for April 2019.

Not sure... they received my husband's passport copy/photos/etc on Monday. I check the tracking # for the prepaid UPS return envelope daily.

We submitted ours 10-12 months before our anticipated move date, based on the advertised average of 12 months at the time. While I obviously can't guarantee that everyone will be the same, they let us get by with a detailed plan of how we intend to move our lives to Canada, step by step, along...

No, we are both living in the United States, moving to Canada sometime over the summer. Unfortunately I'm not sure about the specific BG check process for each country... even within the United States, it looks like some cases are processed in Mississauga and some end up at the Los Angeles VO.

It will vary depending on how long it takes them to review the additional documents & process the background check. Each case is different. Ours took almost a month after sending the requested additional documents before my husband received the PPR email and status was updated to Decision Made...

Thanks. I think Quebec, while adding about a few hours to the overall trip, is going to be necessary. Really, what's a 27 hour drive compared to a 22 hour drive anyway. Plus it's the more scenic route, going through (or around) NYC.

Bringing our 4-legged children along with us when we move in the summer seems relatively straightforward... vaccination records seem to be the only requirement, and obviously we have those on hand. However, one is an overgrown lap dog, who happens to be an American Staffordshire Terrier and...

I went through this, so hopefully I'm answering this correctly. You do have the option to upload directly into GCKey, by clicking on view submitted application & uploading the appropriate docs where they are listed. If you had gone that route, it probably would have switched to "replacement...

We actually went through a 3rd party vendor that I found here in the New Orleans area (on the link above, there's a section on "FBI Channelers"). They digitally scanned his fingerprints and then emailed us the results/certificate same day. We printed it out and sent the FBI report with our...

These are the instructions we had to follow for my husband to get his FBI Clearance when we sent in his application... I would guess it's the same process, but I'm not 100% sure...