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Surrender /relinquish Indian passport/ citizenship. Takes only a week and $250/ passport. Easy money for them. Get the eTV visa (valid for 2 months) I believe... It should be all done well before Aug. Grace period 3 yrs is all hogwash, true only on paper as is the visa for life shit!

Wow! So u thought it was so easy. U need to surrender to get visa, even the eTV needs to be approved before u fly ( it's not really a visa on arrival, it only means preapproved visa is stamped or stuck on to the passport upon arrival to select airports in India). If u want to fly without having...

It took us just 6 calendar days. This was 2015 Christmas time.

Most likely just about everyone prepares for about 5 days, the last couple of days intensely... just make sure to keep taking the online tests over and over again to give you the confidence. You should be OK.

Yes, a letter might be good. Needn't be addressed to anybody. Just stating that the medium of instruction. It would be also good to get an ICAS/ WES certification of the degree for Canadian equivalence. It's a straight forward thing to get and might be useful...

OK yes, of course, the parents status is not affected just by having a child...but I guess the OP's doubt was if every case a child born in Canada is automatically Canadian? In his case yes, but not so if as I have said earlier... More clear now, I hope.

Not quite true. Diplomats enjoying special status under FMIOA when they have children in Canada are Citizens if the foreign country, not automatic Canadians. Not the case of the OP, though. Children of PR born in Canada are Citizens by birth.

No, CLB assessment is not acceptable, but the ESL classes taken to get achieve the level of CLB 4 is acceptable. Although, with a higher CLB score u wouldn't have been offered the free classes... So IELTS/ celpip or a higher Ed degree in English/ French

10 days are plenty. Just read the booklet several times. Take the online tests to know how they ask questions. Return to the booklet read at least a couple of times on the day/ aday before. U can be sure of at least 5 questions that u have never seen in the online test sites. But make sure...

Haven't done it yet... planning and asked the BLS, so yes, u need to paste the pic on the application even if u uploaded the digital image. Original Canadian Passport (returned after High Commission Officers see it, not sure what they need to see it for...) All Cancelled Indian Passport(s) one...

Firstname Lastname. When they ask as in your Id, it just means all the words and letter must match, not the order. In the passport it is always Firstname Lastname

We got our first passports, family of 4, naturalized. Applied in person, normal processing. Got the passports in 6 calendar days. They did not call the guarantors/ references. Our guarantors were themselves naturalized Citizens. I believe that for all express passport requests they make...

wait for the 3rd week for Ottawa oath dates...

First around Jun 1, (June 16 in process) Second was sometime early-mid Nov (mid Nov got the DM and the oath date) So I think it somehow helped the processing, but who knows...

No, seriously, I believe ATIP sometimes helps nudge or move a file. My experience, 1st ATIP ordered and file went into process Next ATIP ordered: post test when no DM for well over a month, and then I get the eCAS updated with DM and an Oath date... It could be just a coincidence..., but it...

They take a month to respond. So yes keep firing the requests for ATIP every month until you get any progress. It's already slow for you so why not keep trying. Also keep writing to the MP or MP'sand keep making case specific queries. Good luck

For us it was sent by Canada Post express in 6 calendar days of turning in the appln in person at pp office.

I haven't begun the process yet. But if I were you, I would send photocopies of all passports. Not sure if they consider even a family appln.

The US citizenship renunciation makes sense because you choose to do so probably to avoid the stupid double taxation... but India doesn't recognize dual citizenship and the Indian Citizenship is automatically devoid the moment we took the oath of Canadian Citizenship. So for practical purpose...

The Indian Passport surrender fee is $240+!!! Does it also apply for kids?! No mention of that in the BLS or the Indian Consulate. Any idea?! Can't believe it will be a $1000 for family just to surrender the already invalid Indian Passport!!!