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You said you were granted refugee status only 2 years ago but also acquired citizenship now? That timeline is a bit odd. Did you get Canadian citizenship or a second foreign citizenship? If you have Canadian citizenship and a Canadian passport, then there is typically no problem. There is...

For anyone who might be interested, there is now an online renewal application for Canadian passports. Even if you aren't eligible because you might be just applying for citizenship or your first passport, maybe you have a family member or friend it could help...

Check with an immigration lawyer but since this is provincial probation, I would say no. The Citizenship Act says, When you look at the Interpretation Act definition of "enactment", it is defined as an Act or a regulation, which in turn are defined as only acts of the federal Parliament and...

No, there is no choice and never was. Unless some office still has a few of the old books and the old printers, no one is going to get the old ones anymore. Also, the old was is/was not more durable; its thicker cover just made it was less likely to bend due to humidity (no big deal, you can...

It's been well over a year. At this point, the old stock should be depleted. But there is never any guarantee and the likely reason we still kept seeing the old design for so long was that the old printers were a lot slower than the new ones and could each only print a few dozen passports a day.

There is no Passport Act at the moment in Canada. Passports are issued under the royal prerogative through the Canadian Passport Order. This order can easily be amended by the Governor-in-Council on the request of a Minister. While it does say that a passport cannot be issued to someone who is...

There is really nothing preventing them from processing a passport ahead of time and only printing and handing it out if the applicant becomes a citizen. The actual printing only takes a few minutes and each passport printer can do hundreds of passports a day. It should be possible to hand out...

What is odd is that the letter arrived by registered mail the very next day. The only way it could be in response to the interview is if they sent it out before Canada Post's daily cut-off time and you are in the same city as the office. Registered mail usually slows down a mail item because of...

You'll have to ask in the spousal sponsorship forum.

But you said it does ask you for proof of status of family member when you say yes to the relevant question. Answer yes to that question because that's exactly what you are doing and upload everything related to the relationship (marriage certificate, Canadian passport of spouse, correpondence...

This thread belongs to the forum for citizenship applications, not spousal sponsorship or visitor applications. You should post in either of the latter two but I can tell you that you have to answer all questions truthfully and attach all documents requested. I am not sure why you are confused...

Source: https://www.canada.ca/en/immigration-refugees-citizenship/services/application/application-forms-guides/guide-0001-application-citizenship-certificate-adults-minors-proof-citizenship-section-3.html Include the birth certificate and any other documents that might be available, even if...

That is very odd but should be easy enough to fix. Even if it's not, it would be clear to any citizenship officer, if they pull the report at all, that there is something wrong with CBSA records if a number of successive exits with no corresponding entries appear on there. The only possible...

It's not actually a replacement CoPR. Replacements are only provided for temporary resident documents that are still valid. It's a Verification of Status document that contains nearly the same information as a CoPR. For a Canadian citizen, it will also say that the person is no longer a...

History, the term "Indian" did apply to and include the Inuit, and is synonymous with the term "aboriginal peoples" according to the Supreme Court of Canada: Daniels v. Canada (Indian Affairs and Northern Development), 2016 SCC 12 (CanLII), [2016] 1 SCR 99 "Status Indian" under the Indian Act...