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    Complex file review - Citizenship Interview

    This is more for those who offer informational help here . . . There is no doubt that Canadian immigration officials generally approach enforcement of the PR Residency Obligation with leniency and flexibility, much more than IRCC citizenship officers and Citizenship Judges approach assessing...
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    PR Residency Obligation: COPR June 2024, PR Card Jan 2025

    . There is no shortage of forum participants who similarly did what many call a "soft-landing" when they became a PR. There are scores and scores of their queries and responses here. I am not among them, but I have been following RO compliance and enforcement, including actual cases as well as...
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    IRPA 28(2)(a)(ii) Calculation: Soft Landing Only + Co-habitation with Citizen Spouse Prior to Divorce

    . There are cases in which IRCC requested additional information from sponsors to show they had plans to relocate to Canada, going back more than five years, more than a decade. These are illustrated by the relatively unusual, but occasional anecdotal reports attendant queries in this forum...
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    Complex file review - Citizenship Interview

    . Generally being required to participate in an interview does not, not in itself, signal there is a serious issue. Remember, until Covid ALL adult applicants were interviewed. Generally, those who are interviewed just need to be prepared to present originals of all documents submitted and...
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    IRPA 28(2)(a)(ii) Calculation: Soft Landing Only + Co-habitation with Citizen Spouse Prior to Divorce

    . Your observation might not be based on conflating different processes, but it is nonetheless confusing in regards to which processing you are discussing or how your observation applies to @Robert278462 (the OP). It is not clear what "situation" you are referring to here. In particular, so...
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    IRPA 28(2)(a)(ii) Calculation: Soft Landing Only + Co-habitation with Citizen Spouse Prior to Divorce

    . For professional guidance, pay a lawyer to review your particular situation in detail. (Free consultations are worth little if any more than what is paid for them.) I am not a Canadian lawyer. I am no immigration expert. Otherwise . . . what is confidently known includes . . . recognizing...
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    Appears that the IRCC literally screwed up

    . But @appwarez mostly refers to factual events and evidence. That's not opinion. You can indeed share your opinions, for what they are worth. Many here, me included, are far more interested in information not opinion. Only a fool would think it did. For others: How would an individual...
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    Refugee status cessation and PRs applying for citizenship

    Update of Cessation Cases I have already mentioned the long awaited Slepcsik decision, which was actually issued last year, in November. Slepcsik v. Canada, 2025 FC 1840, https://canlii.ca/t/kgkv2 As I previously noted, Justice Gleason rejects the constitutional challenges, which is undoubtedly...
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    Refugee status cessation and PRs applying for citizenship

    For clarification . . . some tangential observations . . . I'll suggest that "playing with fire" understates the risk if preserving status in Canada is a priority. It is worth cautioning that for a PR-refugee who travels to their home country, even if there was no hint of a problem when they...
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    Appears that the IRCC literally screwed up

    What a load of crap; beyond the typical bias, seething in stupid BS with obvious malice . . . deliberately distributing disinformation . . . not the least of which is presenting this as about persons applying for citizenship when it has nothing, nothing at all to do with applying for...
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    Got reported 44(1)

    While I largely concur in many of the observations in @armoured's first response, the main one is to "stay and ride it out" . . . that is, IF settling, working, and living in Canada permanently is indeed your priority. This is echoed by @canuck78 . . . and by @scylla . . . and is something I...
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    Canadian PR Entry Concerns: Crossing Canada border with Family from Detroit USA without meeting Residency Obligation

    . Apart from how you choose to proceed in regards to the status of your child, who unlike you is not a Canadian (does not have status as a Canadian PR or as a Canadian citizen), it should be OK (probably preferrable) to wait-and-see what happens next before taking any action. That is, as long...
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    Canadian PR Entry Concerns: Crossing Canada border with Family from Detroit USA without meeting Residency Obligation

    Not relevant. Italy's situation, and its immigration objectives, and its immigration challenges, as a nation that is a member of the European Union and unlike Canada not just in terms of climate, size, or population density (Italy having a population density around 24 times Canada's), and even...
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    Canadian PR Entry Concerns: Crossing Canada border with Family from Detroit USA without meeting Residency Obligation

    Some observations: I generally steer wide of discussing what should be Canadian immigration policy, law, or rules. With some exceptions*** and distinguishing what practices should be employed, since what the practice should be depends on what will effect/implement the policies, laws, and rules...
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    PR Card Successfully Renewed for Sponsored Parents - H&C Grounds / Not meeting RO

    This has been referenced and discussed multiple times in this thread. So, yes, whether applying online or using the interactive PDF application form, the applicant must declare whether they are in Canada or not, and they can only proceed with making a PR card application if the [IN-Canada] box...
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