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My wife has Canadian citizenship. When we married she came to the US. Eventually I retired and we decided to move to Canada, her parents and siblings/families are all here. Spousal PR is the easiest to obtain. If grandfather is married to a citizen then he's in for sure. But he can be sponsored...

Further info: At my (virtual) oath ceremony there were 132 people (a few families with multiple members) from 34 countries. I was in central Alberta and my IRCC office was in Calgary (where the invitation originated) but the presiding judge was in Winnipeg. No idea where the other 131 people...

1 - I applied for citizenship in October, 2024. So, post-covid. The virtual oath ceremonies were introduced during the initial pandemic. I guess they worked very well for the IRCC because they are now the primary format, in-person ceremonies are not scheduled as often. I was offered the...

I also am 65+, became a PR at 69 (spousal) and have just been granted citizenship. I also was exempt from taking the test, I forgot that I was also exempt from the language requirement. I was never called for an interview. The only interaction I ever had with IRCC was through the portal. This...

I am US by birth and came to Canada as a PR after I retired (yes, indeed). I am now a Canadian citizen. I have no intention of returning to the US at this point in my life. The politics in the US make me quite ill, it's become like Idiocracy, the movie, in part. Even so, I do not plan to...

Type: Online application Location: Red Deer Physical Presence Days: 1119 Application: Single Application sent: October 7, 2024

FBI report is all done. For any who may be doing this in the future, here is my timeline: Monday, September 23. Had ink fingerprints taken on FBI form by a Canadian firm (note: the digital scans of my fingerprints as done in the US was so much simpler and easier than the inked). Monday...

I am a PR from the US, working on Citizenship application. The police report from the FBI is the hold up: I had fingerprints taken in Canada and submitted to the FBI by mail (application to FBI itself was done online). The FBI says for this case (electronic application with fingerprints sent by...

Thanks for the info! I found some discussions (even in this forum from last year) about the issue. For now I have selected the electronic, though my application is not submitted yet.

FIlling out my appl for citizenship. What's better, Paper or Electronic? Opinions please. Thx!

Just to clarify my own post: (1) I wanted to know "who to avoid". And (2) I was mentioning that I, myself, am looking at using AMJ Campbell. They are Canada-based but also have an office in my US residence state (Florida). Have not contracted with them due to first getting established in...

I needed only my US state DL to get an Alberta DL recently. But to get auto insurance I had to provide DL "abstract" ...I had never heard of those before

For what it's worth, I "exported" and "imported" my own car without using a broker. You have "export" the car from the US, stopping at the US side of the border to do so, then "import" the car into Canada, stopping on the Canadian side to do so. Then you need the RIV inspection, the insurance...

Yes. Plz. Who to avoid? I am thinking of AMJ Campbell. Not cheap but it's a Canadian company with US presence. Atlas movers affiliate.

That's Great you folks got yours so quickly as well. The prospect of waiting for the first PR card is pretty bad. Probably worse (for me) than waiting for COPR. Yes, Pearson is vastly different from the little outpost I entered through in Coutts, AB. lol