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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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    PR Card Successfully Renewed for Sponsored Parents - H&C Grounds / Not meeting RO

    A legitimate success story or . . . There is a lot we do not know about how all this went down, and there are significant incongruities in the OP's reporting, including some evasiveness and indications of misrepresentation. This includes what the OP reports here, where there are no significant...
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    Refugee status cessation and PRs applying for citizenship

    Catching up . . . As I have acknowledged, I have been lax following new cessation cases. There have been numerous cessation and cessation-related decisions within the last six months or so which have not been mentioned here in the forum. I will get to citing and linking several of them, with...
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    Refugee status cessation and PRs applying for citizenship

    . Reference and link are appreciated. As one might expect from cessation cases in recent years, there is little news in Yilmaz v. Canada (Citizenship and Immigration), 2026 FC 625, which is here: https://canlii.ca/t/kkzpx In this regard it is much like other decisions during the last few...
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    Leaving Canada for extended period of time after applying for Citizenship

    . Given the relatively short timeline since applying, it would be premature to say there is much, if any delay at this stage. That said, it is likely the applicant will not be able to take the oath until they are physically IN Canada, and some local offices will only schedule the oath after...
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    Way forward after Subsection 44(1) Report

    Best source of advice would be a qualified immigration lawyer. (Reminder: it's tough to get what you pay for from lawyers, so it's a no-brainer what a free consultation is worth, which is about what you paid for. Still, once tangled in inadmissibility proceedings, best to lawyer-up, or at the...
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    Non-Routine Citizenship Applications (2024–2025) – Timelines

    "Non-routine" has long been a description of applications subject to any inquiry or processing that is outside the standard processing of a citizenship application. It is not a status or a category of applications, even though many use the term that way, as something of a label. IRCC says that...
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    2023 Citizenship Applications

    . Some Clarifications: There is a big difference in whether a delay is due to unverified language ability, continuing assessment of prohibitions (which includes criminality and security background clearance involving referrals to either CBSA/NSSD or CSIS for investigation), or investigation...
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