Recent content by illiterate_professor

Enough people have already answered your question here, so I'm not going to say anything that hasn't been said already. Though I'll say I'm Exhibit A for this. I crossed the US-Canada border, with an expired PR card, expressly for the purpose of taking oath of citizenship. Of course, I met my...

I was able to. To read more, go to https://www.canadavisa.com/canada-immigration-discussion-board/threads/from-oath-to-passport-in-72-hours-the-culmination-of-an-arduous-journey-of-almost-2-years.752919/

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I emailed them once, and it took them about a week to respond, but besides that I did not contact them. To be fair to me, there isn't a way to contact them - you can't get to a human on their number if you're calling from outside Canada. I tried numerous ways, including using my Google voice...

Folks, more exciting news for you at https://www.canada.ca/en/immigration-refugees-citizenship/news/2022/01/modernizing-canadas-immigration-system-to-support-economic-recovery-and-improve-client-experience.html And for folks on this thread, this might of most interest :)

I don't believe JT is going to call for snap elections anytime soon given the current state of affairs in the capital, and Jagmeet/NDP would rather have a Liberal minority govt. than a Conservative minority govt. (if that's even a possibility). Besides, it will take the Conservative govt. at...

Nope, they don't. I don't think they even care if there's an address on your ID (because PR card doesn't). As long as its a valid ID with your name, DOB, etc. they don't care. You're overthinking it! I know you're trying to be as cautious and prepared as posibble, but don't sweat it too much...

Yes, in Europe on a work permit + visa. On my return immigration, I used my Canadian passport + the residency doc they issued me here, and they were okay with it. Once I got here, I didn't sweat too much abou it since I had to renew my permit in January. When it was time to renew, I followed the...

My PR card expired in mid-October, and I don't think you can apply for a PRTD unless your PR card has expired. So assuming the earliest application date of mid-to-late October, given PRTD timeline (I believe its 4-8 months, maybe longer), I still won't have it. And obviously once I received the...

LOL or maybe I made them an offer they couldn't refuse :) Seriously though, I was intent on throwing everything, including the kitchen sink, at them so that they won't have a reason to ask me to come back the next day (which would have been a Saturday).

They accept expired PR cards as well for ID purposes. IIRC I used the PR card + BC MSP card (which I don't use or need now but its still a legit ID doc). I had a bunch of IDs on standby though e.g. Nexus card, foreign passport, foreign drivers license, and if push came to shove, I was going to...

Neither was I. I knew of urgent processing for the certificate (not to be confused with urgent processing of the application), but for some reason I assumed (or maybe someone here shared) that they'd overnight it via Canada Post Express. So that was sort of a pleasant surprise, and gave me a lot...

Thank you! To answer your question - I don't believe moving to another country while the citizenship application was in progress affected my application in any way (of course, I have no way to be 100% sure, but my timeline more or less tracked with 50th percentile of Jan. 2020 applicants that I...

Good luck! Hope you either already received it, or about to receive it soon.

True! I thought I'd just give it my best shot, and if it still does not go through in time, I will apply from the Canadian Embassy in Europe.