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    Automated Decision-Making -- "Advanced Analytics" -- and AI, yeah that AI, so maybe some GOTCHA

    An Update Summary Of Sorts: There have been ongoing queries in the forum wondering about, even being confused by what some see as discrepancies in reported dates that PR card applications are "in process," particularly reports that call centre agents are reporting that IRCC is not yet...
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    PR CARD RENEWAL SUBMITTED OCTOBER 2025

    Your application appears to have met (and almost certainly did meet) the criteria for automated processing. In contrast, it appears (and is highly likely) the application made by TinyHumanCA did not meet the criteria for automated processing. Main difference is that for applications that do...
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    PR CARD RENEWAL SUBMITTED OCTOBER 2025

    . IRCC's information about how PR card applications are processed could be more informative, but it appears the call centre agent clearly said they are not yet processing applications made after October 14, and you applied October 21. No reason to be confused: your application has not been...
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    Living arrangement

    . If keeping your PR status is a priority . . . Main thing, obvious thing: talk to your lawyer; if you do not have a lawyer, get one. Given your query, in particular, which suggests you are not well informed about what factors are relevant, let alone important, in making your case to the...
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    No updates in my Citizenship application

    . What should I do? No rocket science or expertise in Canadian immigration necessary: -- follow IRCC instructions and guidance (see website) -- -- note, it appears you have not been doing this, given your repeated calls requesting updates despite IRCC guidance explicitly stating that IRCC...
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    Do I need to mention a few unemployment days between jobs? (citizenship application)

    . This is up to you and your best judgment. Personally I would not specify short periods between jobs as a period of unemployment, but use my best judgment (based on the particular circumstances) to report the end date and the next day as start date for the next job. But I should note I did...
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    Living with Canadian Citizen abroad - Definition of accompanying

    This is mostly a partial repeat of observations I made in response to same query by posted by @TMELL in the forum for immigrating to Canada from the U.S. As noted there (and now here), I plan to offer further observations explaining why the risk for @TMELL is low, in the the topic...
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    counting days o/s Canada while accompanying Canadian spouse, towards residency obligation

    There are administrative law decisions (IAD decisions, Diouf and progeny in particular; no Fed Court decisions however) supporting your observation, and a real risk (though likely a small risk in the OP's situation) of officers and other decision makers applying that version of what constitutes...
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    Applying PR Card renewal for dependents not meeting RO

    Some further clarifying observations: The reference to "the officer who would follow-up" by the officer who prepared the 44(1) Report was, of course, a reference to the officer who would be acting in the role of a Minister's Delegate. That officer, the one acting as a MD, is the one who decides...
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    Applying PR Card renewal for dependents not meeting RO

    . Caution Re Your Situation: If there had been a favourable decision allowing H&C relief for the breach of RO you would have been issued a status card valid for five years. So the fact that you have been issued a status card valid for just one year means it is very likely that YOUR status...
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    Residency obligations for PR renewal

    First, some repetition to keep what's important forefront . . . Summary (for others, and what matters): For a PR who meets the RO based on days actually present in Canada, no need to wrestle with claims the instructions about what supporting documents need to be submitted are confusing: A...
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    Unemployed - Zero income NOA for residency proof

    I hope that bifurcating the discussion claiming the instructions for PR card applicants are confusing is not intended to make things more confusing. (See https://www.canadavisa.com/canada-immigration-discussion-board/threads/residency-obligations-for-pr-renewal.872973/page-2 for other comments...
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    Residency obligations for PR renewal

    .. .. No, that is not a plain reading of that instruction . . . and to be clear, even if the obvious typo is corrected (I assume you did not actually mean "should show that you should show . . . ") Overall: instructions should be read with a focus on understanding what they mean, not to...
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    Residency obligations for PR renewal

    There is little if any need for clarification. These particular instructions, in the Guide for a PR card application, in the appendix in particular, are not confusing, notwithstanding some confusing answers given in the forum. (Which is not to ignore other IRCC information and instructions that...
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    Apply early before 5 month trip, or wait till after return?

    . I overlooked the full import of this. As @canuck78 observes: A new PR card does not restart the clock. So, even with a new PR card, if she has been outside Canada more than 1095 days within the previous five years, that will put her at risk of being subject to inadmissibility proceedings...
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