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    Online Oath Ceremony or in-person

    My father (79) gave his interview today (June 11) and does not require a Citizenship test or language proficiency. He wants to go to BC to visit my brother but we are not sure when the oath ceremony will take place. For online, he can do it in BC and will be much easier for him. In-person he...
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    Will renewing a PR Card matter if residency requirement is not met afterwards?

    Thank you for the detailed response. For the who followed who for RO days... my mother and father left together in 2021 when both were PR residents only. In the meantime, my mother got a citizenship oath ceremony and she came to Canada to get her citizenship and then went back to the same house...
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    Will renewing a PR Card matter if residency requirement is not met afterwards?

    My father has been staying outside of Canada and is nearing the 730 days in the past five years. He plans to go to Canada to renew his PR Card. Once the PR Card is renewed will the residency requirement of 730 days still be in effect if he goes outside Canada? If the PR card is valid, will he...
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    How Long is the Citizenship Ceremony?

    I will be taking my mother to the citizenship ceremony and it can take up to an hour to Scarborough. On the notice it says that it may take upto 1 hour and 30 minutes for the ceremony. As the time to appear for citizenship ceremony is 12:30 EST, is it correct to assume that we will be done and...
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    Changing address after receiving ceremony invite

    My mother decided to visit Vancouver since I was planning to travel and her ceremony invite was online. It got delayed due to federal strike and now I got to know by talking to an agent that she will be receiving a new ceremony invite for last week of May in Scarborough as her address was in...
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    Citizenship Final Notice and outside Canada

    That was a mistake on our part that we saw the first invitation late, because I specially created an email account for my mother and didn't sign in much often. I signed up as a representative and gave my email address and I did receive the AOR, so I assumed that I will be getting all...
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    Citizenship Final Notice and outside Canada

    Can't enter through US since the visa expired and not in ESTA either. In fact, I am willing pay north of $2000 to get her a transit visa to attend the Zoom ceremony through the airport, but now they shifted to in-person ceremony to make sure that she can't get in. I am at wits end right now.
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    Citizenship Final Notice and outside Canada

    I just received another email where I had mentioned that my second and final notice both have the same date and I just a reply "Yes, it is the same date". And if you don't make it, your file will be moved to Abandoned Review. First, I am not sure why both 2nd and final notice have the same date...
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    Citizenship Final Notice and outside Canada

    I received the 2nd notice for late April Zoom oath ceremony. However, my mother's PR card was expired so I told Citizenship Canada that I have applied for a PRTD but it may not come on time and the ceremony date will need to be pushed. I got a reply that a final notice will be sent and if mother...
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    PR card expired outside Canada and Oath Ceremony in 30 days

    My mother's PR card expired while she is outside Canada and now her Citizenship Zoom Oath Ceremony is in a month. Will she need to get a travel permit or can the invitation to Oath ceremony be used to get back into Canada. Or is there any other way? She will also probably travel to Vancouver...
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    Apply Citizenship from outside Canada

    What did you write in the date of return in physical calculator? Like, right now, I need to add the date when parent returned to Canada to complete the physical calculator. However, they are out of the country right now. So even though they won't be returning today, do I just enter date of...
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    Apply Citizenship from outside Canada

    did you submit online or mailed the paper application from outside Canada?
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    Apply Citizenship from outside Canada

    My parents filled out the online application form after they became eligible, however, due to one pending document we had to wait till now to submit the application. However, after finishing their residency requirement they travelled abroad on December 2nd. And now since I have been trying to...
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    Submit Citizenship Application without Police Certificate

    Yes, I will be providing the police certificate. I just wanted to know that should I wait for the police certificate before applying since that will waste 1-2 months?
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    Submit Citizenship Application without Police Certificate

    I have inquired for my police certificate from Pakistan, but it will take a month or two for me to receive it. I would like to submit my application for Citizenship online in the meantime and will be traveling to Pakistan and will get the police certificate. Is it fine to submit the...
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    Do I need another PCR test in Transit stop?

    I am planning to fly from Pakistan end of August and had an option to fly through New York City. If I buy separately from different airlines for KHI > NYC and NYC > YYZ will I need to get another PCR test in NYC even if my 72 hour period from the test used for departing from KHI is not expired?
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    Receiving Gift from Abroad

    My mother-in-law wants to send us a $50,000 gift amount to help us in downpayment of a house from Pakistan. She can only send USD as a wire payment, but for that she needs to open a Pakistani USD bank account which she can't open due to some tax laws. Western Unioning $50,000 will have a lot of...
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    Is immigration totally open in these covid times?

    and is it correct to assume that application approvals won't suddenly rush in the summer? When can we expect a normal influx of immigrants?
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    Is immigration totally open in these covid times?

    so families are still doing landings? I thought that only citizens and permanent residents are allowed and technically people who are yet to do landing are not permanent residents...