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  1. Rasha

    IRCC stopped assigning immigration applications to inactive officers' IDs after CBC report

    Very frustrating to see this, as one of many who have been waiting with a dormant account since 2023...
  2. Rasha

    Tracker site appears to be down for Citizenship Application Status

    Hi all, I am getting a notice that the site is not available at this time [when trying to check my status]. I think that the site may be affected by the MS outage.
  3. Rasha

    US Day Trips for Citizenship Application

    Hi all, I've travelled to the US often for groceries or gas fill ups, and haven't tracked all of these visits. As I am completing our applications for citizenship, I see we need to list them all? Can anyone advise how best I can get a copy of all of these trips? OR what should I put in our...
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    Continued CBSA harassment despite H&C approval and PR Card renewed

    So we obtained our renewed PR cards and have been in Canada for 1396 days. Well within our RO. Made a US trip to gas up and returned within 2 hours, only to be met with threats of removal order for RO issues!!!??? We just received our PR Cards and even asked if we have any restrictions- we were...
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    PR Card Pickup - Has anyone needing to pickup card in person received appointment?

    Curious to know if anyone has received as appointment letter to come in and pickup their PR Card in person yet? If so, when and what city are you in??
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    Physical Presence Calculator Question

    To preface, I've been a resident since 1997 - I am *finally* applying for Citizenship!! In completing the application, I am reviewing the physical presence calculator, and have a question: In recording the absences from Canada, I have a departure that began before the eligibility period and...
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    Received Email meant for someone else from Immigration

    Has this happened to anyone else, where you get email from IRCC that is meant for another person? Their privacy was breached and I know this person's name, their UCI# and other information. I alerted them to this, and their response is to disregard it!??? I'm an auditor, and my company has a...
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    File for PR renewal with H&C or just visa exempt status to go home?

    Hello Everyone, I am a US Cit, with PR status from previous marriage, been in Canada for 23 years ! and never applied for Cit [I know!]. I remarried and that person is now a PR as well. I have three Canadian Children (21,19 and 3). I never left the country as frequently, until my US family...
  9. Rasha

    Happy Eid to those who celebrate

    Eid Mubarak [Eid Al-Adha] to those who celebrate :)
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    DREAMS DO COME TRUE!!! Have FAITH.

    In a few hours, my husband is stepping on a plane to come to Canada as a Canadian Permanent Resident. It is so fitting on this special day, that he will arrive in Canada when we start to celebrate Eid-Al fitr!! This Ramadan holiday has been very emotional - within one month I lost my mom to her...
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    Welcome to our new poster - IO/MD

    In addition to our more senior and trusted posters, I just read a few posts from someone calling themselves an Immigration Officer/MD ! If the title is infact true (valid), welcome to our board and we look forward to your contributions!!!! P.S. I hope your PM's don't overflow ;).
  12. Rasha

    wooooooooooooooooo hooooooooooooooooooooooooooo WE ARE DONE!!!!!!!!!

    First of all, I want to thank everyone who has ever assisted or commented or helped anyone on this site in any way. Thanks to God this website and others like it exist!!!!!! Ramandan Mubarak Finally I will be the first to say to my own husband: WELCOME TO CANADA !!!!!!! We were approved in...
  13. Rasha

    guess what

    ........moved post to Egypt thread :-)
  14. Rasha

    PMM - what was bill C-50 really all about?

    I heard that there was a recent immigration bill that was legislated but that it did nothing to really address the immigration burdens we are seeing, specifically with respect to the family class. From what I have read, the bill is/will increase immigration numbers for the labor market, at the...
  15. Rasha

    Experiences with the Cairo Office

    Looking to speak with individuals who have had any experience with applying for permanent residence through the Cairo, Egypt office, either through Family Class Sponsorship or otherwise. What were your experiences and comments? thanks, Salam Rasha
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    Why is there such approval and processing variance between Visa Offices

    Dear Boncuk was posting about this on another site, and it does give a good topic for discussion: Why are some visa offices so quick to process and approve individuals, while others are quite lengthy and painful? Last time I checked, the applications are the same, the requirements are the same...
  17. Rasha

    The SEARCH tool is your friend!!

    newbie posters should really consider using it. It will gain them a lot of useful information and save unanswered posts.
  18. Rasha

    E-CAS down for a while today

    As noted from the CIC website [E-Cas]: **Please note that the Client Application Status and Change of Address service will be unavailable Monday, April 20, 2009, from 2:00:00 PM EDT to 2:30:00 PM EDT, so that CIC can maintain the system.
  19. Rasha

    Dual Intent

    I was thinking on this subject and was speaking with someone in Immigration [off book] about this topic a while back. Hopefully PMM can also share some experience with this... but a recent conversation I had with someone online made me want to add something for everyone to consider. The reason...