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Either you heard it wrong or call centre agents are saying whatever to make people happy :D

Hmm... I thought you just need to translate the ones in the eligibility period, but you have a good point: the officer wouldn't know the ones that you didn't translate are out of the eligibility period, if they are not in English or French. I think I also used Docbase. They may not be the...

Without AoR they don't know who you are, so it's useless to contact them. After receive AoR if you leave for a month, you have to let them know.

You need to contact them ASAP. If anything, just to let them know you got the letter way late due to postal delivery issues (something you can't control). Otherwise you risk them thinking you have abandoned your application.

Were you in your home country between Feb 2015 and Nov 2015? If yes, that's over 183 days in the last 4 years so you'll need a police report.

Yeah read the whole book twice and do a couple dozen mock tests. That should guarantee a pass. There's an audio version of the book that you can listen while at work, on a bus etc.

You don't have to wait 5 years after landing as PR to apply for citizenship. Per current rules 3 years is enough if you live continuously in Canada. I don't think minors have to satisfy the residency requirement but your son will be 22 in 3 years so I don't know if he'll qualify as a minor or not.

I heard you need that to get old age pension. It's best to replace it if lost, or correct it if there's an error on it.

Yeah residency obligation and serious criminality are the two major ways (maybe the only ways?) that you can lose your permanent residency. That obviously assumes you obtained PR legally and won't renounce it.

This thread is very old from 2014. The original poster is probably long gone now. I'm wondering in your application what proof did you include for your wife's English proficiency?

I'd like to know if anyone has committed a crime right after a citizenship ceremony. Like, "Woohoo!! I AM FREE!" *Steal the judge's wallet and run

The main thing is once you're a citizen, you don't have to deal with CIC/IRCC any more! :cool:

No issue. Just apply as single applicant (but tell them you're married in the application form). The officer might ask you why your wife is not applying in the interview. Just tell them what you said in your post.

You still have that L1 option, if your citizenship processing is over 12 months? I find it hard to believe any employer would wait that long, but I guess they might just find you worth it ;)

If you're applying for a job in the Canadian military or RCMP, which requires citizenship, that might qualify. I heard someone on this forum applying for a RCMP job got urgent processing approved in a few months.

Yeah I remember that, too. But I didn't read the thing in detail so I don't remember if it specifically said "indictable offense" or just "offense". There seems to a major difference between the two when it comes to citizenship eligibility.

Copied this from CIC website: it looks like you have to inform them if you are charged with an indictable offense, even if you are not convicted yet. You said the police did charge you, but was it an indictable offense? If it was a summary offense, which is $5000 fine/6 months jail or less, then...

There's no extra reading needed. Just read the book a few times and do some online mock tests. That was more than enough for me.

Wait, so they literally put three X's down as your given name? Sorry to laugh at this but I find it pretty funny :D Why can't they just leave it blank..

It doesn't have anything to do with him not been anywhere. It's because his name is the same or similar to someone they found with a criminal record. So they need the fingerprints to confirm that person is not him.