Recent content by Seym

Don't worry about documenting your status. Just list it in the relevant section and move on, no LOE, no additional docs. If you don't have the exact day your status started 20+ years ago, an approximation will do. Also, IRCC will not need the passport stamps of when you were a kid (and for most...

@Shazia0405 email. Just like the AOR or the test invitation.

@Aghilas : 1) it literally asks for the whole 5 years inside or outside Canada. What makes you think you can skip the first 2 years while the question is very explicit? 2) list all 5 years, with no for both required to file and filed for the ones spent outside the country.

The answer to that is, well, as long as it takes. A lot of people get stuck there for a year, 2 years or more (CF 2023 applicants threads!), with no real way of knowing whether yours will get completed tomorrow or in 18 months. So patience I guess...

Not necessarily. Fingerprints are for criminality checks, but background checks also includes security checks. Criminality can be completed while security is in process... Depends on the application.

But that's what I said, there's nothing to study! 4 or 4.5 out of 9 is a "limited" knowledge of English. Anyone who got a degree after studying in that language (and obviously didn't buy or cheat their way to said degree!) will easily get a significantly higher mark with no preparation...

It's not applicable if you go with the foreign diploma proof, but If your wife studied in English in university, there is no "studying" required here really. The IELTS scores needed for citizenship, 4 in speaking and 4.5 in listening if I remember correctly is pretty much a formality. Also, for...

That's not what I said. Had you returned after PR and spent 183 days there in the past years, you would have needed it, but you didn't according to your first message. Although that seems to contradict your most recent message where you speak of needing being in may to be under 183 instead of...

You should believe what you see in official websites. No random forum member is a better source than litteraly going to ielts.org and seeing the pricing yourself, and you already did.

The past 4 years immediately prior to signing your application. So, April 7 2021. Also, it doesn't really matter given the above answer, but just FYI : were you in your home country while waiting for PR, or did you return to it after you got PR? In the first case, you wouldn't need a PCC even if...

1) yeah sure, as long as you maintain your PR, you can leave. 2) you can also apply for the passport from the country where you live. That, or provide an address in Canada if you apply before heading to the airport.

1) why make it simple when you can make it complicated eh? Digital pic is the way to go. 2) if I remember well, there's a section where you enter the photo studio info, that will do the trick. 3) If they don't ask for something, they don't want it for the application to be considered complete...

Well, there's a thread of people complaining, so you're not alone. https://www.canadavisa.com/canada-immigration-discussion-board/threads/citizenship-tracker-is-down.869596/#post-11039923

The only way to know for sure would be an ATIP request for IRCC or CSIS, asking for the SS stats in the past x years : number of security checks made for citizenship applications, duration, number of those that were potentially sped up due to a lawyer getting involved... I doubt this would be...

You should get your e-certificate within a few days at most. IRCC will explain the procedure, so wait for that. That will leave a couple weeks for your passport application. More than enough for an expedited process, for which you usually need to provide a proof yes.