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    Is immigration totally open in these covid times?

    I wanted to know if immigration is open on all accounts and applications are being processed? If immigration is paused at the moment, is there any date specified when Canada will start accepting the immigrants again?
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    Starting over Citizenship application with old fees

    My wife's citizenship application was returned due to missing information and since 90 days have passed, I am starting over. However, I didn't request for a refund and I plan to use the same receipt. I was wondering whether I need to tick the box that she applied for citizenship before and...
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    Applying for Citizenship from Outside Canada

    I applied for my wife's Canadian citizenship before leaving Canada. The application was returned due to some missing parts. It is mentioned that the date of signature on the original application will still be used for physical presence calculation, but it has been over 90 days now. Now, we are...
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    Incomplete information

    My citizenship application was returned because of incomplete information. Basically I did not enter Employment history thinking that being a homemaker it was not required. My bad. Anyways, the attached letter mentions that: The date of signature on the original application will still be used...
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    Include vacation in Eligilibity period

    For question 10, I have not included vacations as I am a homemaker and I was outside Canada for more than 180 days in one instance. However, I filed my taxes as a PR and so did my husband who accompanied me. However, for question 11, do I need to include myself as a homemaker and enter our...
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    Elongated Citizenship due to absence

    I am sorry about the typo. i actually went in December 2011 and came back march 2013, so 15 months absence. My pre-PR time is before the last four years. Does it still count? Do I only need to do 2 years considering I was living in Canada for approximately 3 years before I became a resident...
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    Elongated Citizenship due to absence

    I would have been eligible for Citizenship in April 2013, however, I left four months earlier in December 2012 as I was getting married and I wanted to spend the first years of my marriage with my spouse. Once I came back to Canada with my spouse after 15 months of absence in March 2013, my...
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    Sponsoring as Self Employed. What docs to include

    I am sponsoring my mother-in-law to come for the birth of our first child. I am self-employed and have $10,000+ in the bank. Will that be enough? And how far back should the bank statement be? Secondly, what documents do I need to include? I have my last year notice of assessment. And can...
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    Full-time income from foreign country

    I live in Canada, but I am working for an overseas company. They pay me in a foreign bank, which I then transfer to my Canadian bank account when needed. Annual income may amount to around $30,000/annually. I have on average around $8,000 self employment income from Canada as well annually...
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    OHIP Eligibility if planning to leave Ontario

    I have been a PR since 5 years, but my wife landed on March 1st and got her OHIP on 1st June, 2013. She is pregnant and we wanted to go to Pakistan for at least 3 months before returning. I called the OHIP helpline to make sure that she will still be eligible as per the requirements of 153 days...