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    CERB Question

    Hi, I landed in early March, had a few job interviews lined up which have all been called off due to COVID-19. I am now stuck here, dont have a job, but have to put food on the table, pay rent and other expenses. What are my options? I am not sure why my category of new immigrants have been...
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    Query about Home Support Worker - HMN

    Hi, I have further update. I have just received a letter requesting medicals. My husband and myself had submitted up-front medicals at the time of our application one year ago. I do understand that medical results last 12 months, but what I dont understand is that they have asked for medicals...
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    Query about Home Support Worker - HMN

    Just an update on this. I just received a letter from the Canadian High Commission of my home country asking for documents for my husband (who is a dependent in this application). Documents required are Birth Certificate, Marriage Certificate, Policy Clearance, etc. We had submitted all these...
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    Query about Home Support Worker - HMN

    Hi, my title is home support worker and yes its under High Medical Needs program (not the new pilot). When I applied the ETA was 6 months, now it has gone down to 4 months. I have contacted them by phone and through web form and have got the same reply. My husband is back home, he takes some...
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    Query about Home Support Worker - HMN

    Hi, After 2 years of work, I applied under the above on Feb 26th 2019. At that time on the IRCC website the ETA was approx 6 months. Initially, I received the AOR and other responses quite quickly, after I submitted all the required docs including biometrics for my husband in April 2019...
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    Estimated Completion Date has changed !! - is this a bug?

    Hi, My wife completed 2 years of work and applied for PR (under Caring for People with High Medical Needs) on Feb 26th. She received the initial eligibility letter and some extra docs were required which were all submitted including medicals and biometric for the spouse, etc. There is nothing...
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    Estimated Completion Date has changed !! - is this a bug?

    Hi Scylla, Thanks for pointing that out. I will post it in the right place. GC123
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    Estimated Completion Date has changed !! - is this a bug?

    Hi, My wife completed 2 years of work and applied for PR on Feb 26th. She received the initial eligibility letter and some extra docs were required which were all submitted including medicals and biometric for the spouse, etc. There is nothing pending on our side. The status bar read Estimated...
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    Question on Biometrics

    Hi, My wife has applied for our PR after completing 2 years of work. I have received a letter asking me to provide biometrics within 30 days. I am currently in Canada and the letter says if you are in Canada you have to leave the country to give your biometrics. I am not exactly sure what does...
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    Application sent to CPC Edmonton

    Hi, My wife applied for PR under HMN program. She used xpresspost and paid to get a signature, this was about 2 weeks ago. Tracking status says the package was delivered but no signature was taken, even the name of the person who received the package is not there. When she called Canada Post...
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    What is the best shipment method to CPC Edmonton

    Hi, Can I ship my application for PR to CPC Edmonton using a courier service? I am reading too many horror stories about xpresspost. Would appreciate any input on this GC123
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    Residency Requirements

    I think I found the answer here: https://www.canada.ca/en/immigration-refugees-citizenship/corporate/publications-manuals/operational-bulletins-manuals/canadian-citizenship/grant/residence/calculate-physical-presence.html It says: Absences will be calculated only for days where an applicant...
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    Residency Requirements

    I am aware that I messed up. I am now looking for a way out of it. What is the rule for the day of departure ? is it supposed to be calculated as day in Canada or out of Canada? For example if I depart Canada today Jan 25th 2019, should I put today's date or tmr's date?
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    Residency Requirements

    Yes she has, but when I am starting to look at the totals properly, I see some difference between what the form calculates as the number of days between 2 dates and what excel does. Just as an example: Take these 2 dates: 2013-07-05 and 2013-09-11 1) The form calculates this as 67 days 2) If...
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    Residency Requirements

    Hi, Thanks for answer. She has been in Canada since March 2018 except for a 1 week trip to US in that period. Ok, I will try to see a lawyer on this. Thanks Gulam
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    Residency Requirements

    Hi, My mother (88 years old) has been a permanent resident since 2012, however she has been going up and down to our home country and back during this period. By mistake, without accurately calculating the number of days she has been present in Canada, we went ahead and applied for renewal of...
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    Date and place of your last entry to Canada

    Hi, I am a little confused about the above question in the PR application form. I am a home support worker and have been working here for over 2 years. In this period, I have gone on vacation for about a week to US. In this case my last date of entry into Canada should be the 1st time I...
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    Upfront Medical

    Hi, My wife is a care giver and has completed 2 years of work. She wants to apply for PR, however we have a question on the upfront medical exam. The document checklist has upfront medical exam as a required document to be submitted, however the instructions for the same application says "Do...
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    Background Info - Application for PR

    Hi, I have been here as a care giver for 2 years and planning to apply for PR soon. In the background information, under - have you ever been denied entry into Canada or any other country.... I am not sure how to answer this question, my situation is as follows: I had applied for US visa and...
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    Medical Requirements

    Hi, My wife is soon completing 2 years of full time work (NOC 4412) and can apply for PR. However we are confused about the medical requirements - I have seen 2 different versions on canada.ca website, one says: Wait for instructions once you have submitted your application. We’ll send you...