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    How to maintain Canadian status

    Hello Everyone, I am currently grappling with a situation that requires careful planning and am hoping for insights and advice. By June 2024, I will have completed three years of physical presence in Canada which will make me eligible to apply for Canadian citizenship. My wife, however, will...
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    Discussion forum for USA travel/visits

    This is a very clean and efficient platform to discuss visit/travel/immigration to Canada. Is there a similar platform for USA as well?
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    Guidance needed on B2 visa

    Hi Guys, I soft landed in Canada in Feb 2021, was offered by a Canadian employer in Mar 2021 (when I was in India), then moved to Canada in June 2021 and have been working here in Toronto from Day 1. It's been 4 months here. My wife who soft-landed with me in Feb is going to come here in...
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    USA B2 Visa

    Has anyone applied USA B2 Visa from Toronto recently? How early are we getting the interview dates?
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    Supervisa after three months of host immigrating

    Guys I immigrated to Canada in early June 2021. I read at some places that one needs an NOA or T4 to showcase income proof. As I recently came, am I ineligible to sponsor supervisa? On the official page, it says they accept employment letters too. My annual income is around 200K and I have 40K...
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    Eight brothers and sisters

    My 70-year old father has eight brothers and sisters ranging from 60 to 77 in age. The visitor visa application form lets us put at most 7 brothers / sisters. How do I put the eighth one?
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    Requesting a one-letter answer

    In 2013, an IT company had filed my H1B petition which was denied for reasons specific to the employment contract (nothing about me).... In the PR application, there are two questions : 1) been refused refugee status, or an immigrant or permanent resident visa or visitor or temporary resident...
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    Imperfect truth or perfect lie

    Guys, General question on address history : In 2010, I stayed for two months in US across two places- 1. Service apartment for a month - I have the society address, but not the actual apartment number. My friend in US who stayed with me back then (same company) shared society address, but not...
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    A day in the air

    I boarded from Seattle, US on 22 Sep 2014 and landed in India on 24 Sep 2014. This is consistent with the immigration stamps too. In the address history, where do I allocate 23 Sep 2014? There is no option of "Air Space". I read that there should be no gaps in address history.
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    Major BUG (wrong CRS) on CIC website (needs to be fixed immediately)

    On the page which displays previous results - https://www.canada.ca/en/immigration-refugees-citizenship/services/immigrate-canada/express-entry/submit-profile/rounds-invitations/results-previous.html - the CRS cut-off for 6 Mar draw is mentioned as 457 instead of 454.
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    Expiry of Proof of funds letter

    Guys, How recent the proof of funds letter needs to be? Can it be 2-3 months older than the eApr submission date? I got my proof of funds from HDFC Bank on 13 Feb. However, I may get ITA in early April. Could I use the 13 Feb letter as proof of funds? Cheers!
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    Old FD became New FD

    Hi All, I had a fixed deposit of INR 10 lakh deposited on 18 Feb 2018. It matured couple of days ago and the entire amount got reinvested again. Now when I take the advice / receipt for the same account number, it shows start date of Feb 2019 instead of Feb 2018. If I submit this as proof of...
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    Is weekend considered a gap?

    Hi Experts, I had put "4 to 5" years of experience towards FSW eligibility in the begining while creating Express Entry profile. However, this was across three jobs - one of which was more than two years. Anyhow, each time I left, it was Friday and I joined the next organization on the next...
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    1112 vs 0111

    Hi Friends, I am slightly confused between two NOC codes (1112 and 0111) for my current employment. I work in an investment bank and lead a risk management team of around 15 employees. 1112 is for financial analysts and 0111 is for financial managers. Also, I was a software developer earlier...
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    Questions on FD-258

    Hi Everyone! I reside in India and trying my luck at Express Entry. As I have stayed in US for couple of years for my higher studies, I am required to provide Police Clearance Certificate from USA as part of my Express Entry application. I filled-in FD-258 form as much as I could. However, I am...