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Your primary residential address must be in Canada when you submit your application and until we make a decision on your application. What exactly is meant by that? What counts as a principal residential address in IRCC's book? Can you not leave Canada at all until a decision is made? That...

Per https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/saskatoon/family-reunification-program-backlogs-1.7091355 there are some 76000 applications pending. Also this year they will nominate 32000 folks this year per...

Another year has gone by. Once again you are disheartened. You work hard. Have been in Canada for a while. Pay into the tax base. Yet you are not rewarded a chance to sponsor your parents and/or grandparents. Yes, not everyone can be sponsored - but the lottery system is RIDICULOUS. If you are...

Fellow Canadians/to-be-Canadians, My 16 year struggle comes to an end! I came as a 14 year old and finally as a 30 year old I became a citizen last week and today got my passport. My tale is obviously not the norm. 16 years is an eternity. However, it is well worth the life you get to live in...

A question for those who are post the test/oath stage: Does IRCC only send emails for communication? E.g. I got my AOR via email but will the test invite be sent by email as well?

I spoke with a CIC agent after getting through of an hour of wait. I was not sure why in the checklist it says to share the bio pages but in the guide it seems to imply to send the full passport copies. Eventually the agent said that indeed the photocopies of the passports should be sent AND...

"photocopies of all valid and expired passports or travel documents you had in the past 5 years" http://www.cic.gc.ca/english/information/applications/guides/CIT0002ETOC.asp#Step3 The checklist says Biographical pages - the guide says photocopies of ALL valid and expired passports. Who...

I was wondering how people are organizing their documents? Are you providing some sort of separators between the documents so that their easily navigatable or are you just lumping them all together? Cheers

Hey all, so excited to be starting this thread for Vancouver applicants qualifying under 10/11 rules.

I was wondering if its possible to change the citizenship processing office? Situation: Person X lives in Vancouver where the processing is slower compared to other offices. Person X wants the processing office to be different in particular because they dont care where its processed as long...

Hey all, I am elligible to apply for citizenship in Sept of this year. However, I have gotten a great business school offer abroad which coincidentally also being in Sept. I can mail in my application - BUT the intend to reside clause might come back and haunt me. The business school...

For PR card renewal applications - do they get processed at the Immigration office close to where you live (a.k.a. in similar fashion as citizenship applications) OR do they get processed at a central office? I ask because there appears to be weird discrepancies in the duration it takes some...

Hey all, - I applied for PR Renewal in early Nov. Got AOR - Dec 1st. - Application has been in process since. No secondary renewal notification yet Mid December: I called and they said the application has been approved and sent for production. Today: I called them and the said the...

Hey all, - I applied for PR Renewal in early Nov. Got AOR - Dec 1st. - Application has been in process since. No secondary renewal notification yet Mid December: I called and they said the application has been approved and sent for production. Today: I called them and the said the...

Hey all, I was about to send in my documents for PR renewal however was wondering if someone could suggest if I should include something else. Here is what I have so far: 1) Cover letter 2) All application forms + photos 3) Tax retruns for 5 years 4) T4 slips for 5 years 5) Tenancy agreements...

I thought I'd post this for people stuck in a similiar position as me. The CBSA take 30 days to give your travel history and I didnt have that much time, so I went to the US I-94 website and obtained my travel records. Most of my travel is to the US and back so this was perfect :) Just punch...

How long is it taking these days to get the PR Card renewed? Second, I have more absecences than spaces provided in the renewal form - should I print the same sheet again and list the additional absecnes there OR should I create my own sheet and list absecnes there? Thanks!!

Hey, I am a little confused with the fee that I need to send. As I understand I should currently send $550 and later immigration will ask for $490 if all goes well. Is this correct? Can I not submit both processing and right to PR fee (i.e. 550+490) in one go in one bank draft? Many thanks Pk

Hey, I am typing up my Canadian Experience class forms, however, I notice in some places I dont have enough space to properly type and fill out the boxes. Is it OK to write in those places? Or does immigration want the documents to be in one format ONLY...i.e. either typed or either in black...

Hey, I shall be applying for immigration under CEC shortly. I have been living in Canada since the age of 15 and at no point have I lived outside of Canada for longer than 6 months. I know I dont require a PCC from any other country, but do I need to get PCC from Canada i.e. the RCMP background...