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My family and I enjoyed the oath ceremony, and we celebrated with a festive lunch after it was done, while singing O Canada. Our kids loved it when the judge said she was herself an immigrant... in her words "Indian by heritage, British by birth, and Canadian by choice!" But just make the...

I don't know honestly, agree this is confusing. Recently helped my mom in India renew her passport, and it was an extremely clear and straightforward process (managed by TCS). In Canada, we are unfortunately stuck with BLS' incompetence. Presumably one of these PDFs is old, and the other one is...

Thanks very much, Vik. Couple of other minor questions for Vik, or anybody else who has completed the process. Does bank draft amount exclude courier pickup + drop off charges, since that seems to be a separate online card payment. So draft would be for a single total amount of $129.40...

Thanks for the reply. That was my plan too, but it seems BLS comes back sometimes and asks for additional documents, hoping to avoid that headache. With in-person application, at least there's some assurance that my submission is complete. Also it will likely by another 5-6 weeks before I get my...

Few questions on appointment booking for surrender (ideally BLS Toronto, second preference BLS Brampton). 1. When booking a surrender appointment, should I book one appointment for the entire family, or 4 separate appointments for each family member? 2. Can I submit all 4 surrender applications...

They are no longer doing surrender and OCI together in Toronto. It's a 2-stage process, to remind us to celebrate once this is all done. Also note they seem to have updated the document checklists recently, so check the latest information on BLS website, or call them. For example, the OCI...

Seems like the payment method used to be draft, but now they are transitioning / have transitioned to online card payment. At least there is an option to pay online - when I tried the pickup and drop off service here, the checkout page asked for me to pay by card...

Hello Vik, plan to do citizenship surrender for me and my family through courier. Assume the only original that needs to be sent is our Indian passports? For the courier did you choose the combined pick-up and drop-off option here? https://blsindia-canada.com/postalbls/ BLS is charging $200...

As I understood it, the original document requirement is only for proof of citizenship, not proof of parentage. Proof of citizenship can be either the citizenship certificate, or birth certificate issued by the Canadian province the child was born in, and whichever of these two docs you pick, it...

Do family members who are scheduled for the same oath ceremony need to join the Zoom on separate devices (using individual zoom links), or can everybody be on the same device? We are a couple with two children, so 4 people total taking the oath.

@justanotherguy28 and @A_S greatly appreciate your responses, excellent information, you've given me a lot to think about. It's clear my situation is not straightforward. I'm going to research this further over the December break, and perhaps engage an attorney. And yes, I am from the mother of...

If a green card application in the future is on your mind, could an L-1 be a better approach than TN? L-1 permits dual intent, while TN is a non-immigrant visa class. On the surface, L-1 may be a straight forward solution if you'd be moving with your employer to a US office.

Thanks again for your reply. I've used about 3 out of the life time total 6 years for H-1B. I understand your point about employers preferring TN unless a future green card application makes H-1B preferable. For me getting a job will be a slow process, but if a prospective employer does indeed...

Thank you. I have some familiarity with H-1B having worked in the US a long time back. Your comparison to TN is really helpful.

This is news to me, thanks for pointing it out.

Similar to the poster below, I'm looking for some guidance / resources on pros and cons of TN vs H-1B for Canadian citizens. Realize this section of the forum is for people in the process of getting Canadian citizenship.

Thanks for starting this thread. Does anybody have suggestions on which Passport Canada / Service Canada to go to, for walk-ins in Toronto/GTA?

Hi Raj, hope you are well. IRCC Scarborough scheduled me for virtual oath on Dec 9th, along with wife and minor children. I'm wondering if there's a realistic chance of getting our Canadian passports in hand before Christmas, to enable travel to the US (by road to Michigan / Illinois). These...

Does speed of citizenship certificate after oath depend on the office? I'm with Scarborough

I was asked for hard copies too, and got DM in about 10 days, and oath invitation after a further 1 week. While I've been critical of IRCC as well, it seems fair to say Scarborough is working harder than other offices like Montreal and Calgary.