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I was an international student for 4 years but became out-of-status while living in Canada for 214 days before getting my PR. I still have more than 365 full days (730 half-days) credit to count towards my physical presence in Canada prior to becoming a PR (with 1100 full days in total) so the...

Hello everyone, I am sure there a lot of folks like me who are preparing to submit their citizenship application in June. With that being said, I did some readings and decided to open this thread a bit ahead of time so we can start exchanging information and support each other throughout this...

Hello everyone, This will be my first post/thread/question in this group so let me give you some background info before I ask the question. I came to Canada as an international student and applied for a PR through my husband on Sep 12, 2018 and became a PR on June 6, 2019. However, my...

A small contribution back to the forum/community and as some people may find it useful, especially if you are new into the process.., here are all the abbreviations and their meanings that I came across during our spousal sponsorship application process: CIC/IRCC: Citizenship and Immigration...

Hello everyone, My wife has a child from her previous marriage. The child is in his father's custody; however, we added him to our Inland Spousal Sponsorship application as a non-accompanying dependant for the purpose of potentially bringing him in about 4 to 6 years... To make a long story...

Hello everyone, I am a Canadian citizen sponsoring my wife for a Permanent Residency under the Inland Spousal Sponsorship category. We sent our application along with an Open Work Permit application in September - two months prior to the expiration date of my wife's Study Permit and Visa. We...

Hello everyone, We are September 2018 Inland Spousal Applicants from Vancouver, BC. Our application along with OWP, PCC and Schedule A was received by Mississauga, ON office on September 12. We got our AOR 29 days later on Oct 11 and successfully linked our application to MyCIC. However, we...

Hello everyone, I just learnt that the PA needs to sign on Schedule A by hand next to the electronic signature, which I can't remember if we did or not. Our inland application was delivered on Sep 12, 2018, and we still haven't received our AOR yet so there is a chance that we did not sign on...

Hello everyone, My wife had been working and paying EI premiums up until her Work Permit expired just before we submitted our Spousal Sponsorship Application + Open Work Permit. While we are waiting for her OWP, can she apply for EI? We should have called EI and inquire about it but just...