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    Canadian Passport - Mail-In Application Timelines

    I applied on 17-May and they gave me a mailing date of June 3 - roughly 15 days later and told me i can expect the passport to reach my by June 10. Did they tell you to expect passport mailed out after 10 business days?
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    India Passport surrender in India

    Is there a way to check if surrender certificate service is available at a specific RPO? I tried filling up a surrender application and then went to schedule appointment, but got the message that "this service is not availble, choose another RPO" - but no option to select a different RPO!
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    India eVisa experience, timeline

    Where exactly did you look? If you are a national of any following countries, you are eligible for eVisa. Afghanistan Albania Andorra Angola Anguilla Antigua & Barbuda Argentina Armenia Aruba Australia Austria Azerbaijan Bahamas Barbados Belarus Belgium Belize Benin Bolivia Bosnia &...
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    Canadian Passport in person timeline

    What I have seen on the forums is that they update it to Printing/Dispatched for mail after they are done. You would be better off in calling them in mornings to get the exact status
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    Certified translation of birth certificate as proof of parentage for child's passport application

    I got a translator from the STIBC.org directory and they provided me with the Hindi to English translation for the birth certficate as a digitally signed document. Cost was $50. Lets see if the Passport office accepts it or sends me for another loop
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    NEXUS application

    How do you request ATIP notes for the Nexus appliacation?
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    December 2023 - Citizenship Applications

    Am back on this forum! :) Went to Passport Canada office to apply for kids passport. The officer accepted the application but put a pending document request. I had a notarized translation of my kids birth certificate from India which was not acceptable. He asked me to find a certified...
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    Certified translation of birth certificate as proof of parentage for child's passport application

    Went to Passport Canada office to apply for kids passport. The officer accepted the application but put a pending document request. I had a notarized translation of my kids birth certificate from India which was not acceptable. He asked me to find a certified translator on STIBC.org and get a...
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    December 2023 - Citizenship Applications

    Seems like they are processing individual files. For me, my <14yo kids e-certificate came one day after oath, but rest of family who sent signed forms are still waiting.
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    Passport guarantor and references - how often are they contacted for regular non-urgent applications

    Just got my oath done and will be applying for passport next week. I am planning on doing a walk-in, non-urgent application as I have travel to US in end June so I think I have enough time. My guarantor will be traveling within the next month and I was worried if they might miss the call from...
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    Do I need Exit permit even though I have India entry visa (X1) with multiple entry while exiting India?

    Am planning to go to India on Canadian passport with e-visa for India. I was also planning to surrender the passport in India. Would I need an exit visa while coming to Canada?
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    Canadian Passport in person timeline

    Anybody recently been to Vancouver Sinclair or Richmond passport offices? What is the wait time like? Richmond one is showing 1 hour 15 min for this morning and same with the Vancouver ones.
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    December 2023 - Citizenship Applications

    And I got my GCMS notes also today, the ones I had asked for a month back! :)
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    December 2023 - Citizenship Applications

    Completed the oath ceremony today. Wish everyone all the best and I think IRCC is moving fast now to clear the backlog so the waith should not be that long (even though it is frustrating!). Now on to the passport application:)
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    December 2023 - Citizenship Applications

    Minors applications are updated only at the oath stage. For my kids there were no update on BG, LPP etc. Once the oath date was finalized, the tracker got updated for them.
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    December 2023 - Citizenship Applications

    For those who attended the online ceremony, any issues? Anything to be mindful about? Do they check kids birth certificates?
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    E visa for India

    This document checklist is for Entry visa, not e-visa! Those are two different visas.
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    December 2023 - Citizenship Applications

    usually once a day around 7am pacific tieme
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    Fingerprint delayed and final Notice

    Most likely that IRCC mailing office received them but they haven't processed them yet.
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    December 2023 - Citizenship Applications

    Like I posted above, panicking doesn't help! If you missed something, you need to wait till IRCC get back to you. The whole process is random, just go with the flow.