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I had a few quick questions about border crossings for any "essential workers"/daily commuters here who must be up-to-date with the current rules/restrictions. Please consider answering each of the below questions separately for clarity, if possible. 1. My wife is a Canadian PR and a U.S...

Me and my U.S. citizen spouse got Canadian PR under Foreign Skilled Worker category. If my spouse lost her Canadian PR due to not meeting R.O. I had following qestions about this scenario: 1. Can I responsor her for Canadian PR? 2. Can she visit me as a U.S. citizen tourist OR would CBSA stop...

If one has met the residency requirements for PR renewal (say for e.g. they have 850 residency days), and since then they have taken up a U.S. job, have an apartment lease in the U.S., a U.S. driver's license. However, this person also maintains a residence in Canada (joint lease with spouse who...

Posting this as a new question. Please consider answering each question by their number: 1. I was wondering if you know if for citizenship application, is it possible to get RQ before interview or even before AOR? OR RQ always happens at/after the interview? 2. Are the citizenship test and...

I recently received my entry/exit report from CBSA and it only contains my entries in to Canada. If CBSA doesnt record exits, then how do they know when I left Canada? I ask because I have seen multiple posts on this site where people who have not met/were very close to their RO trying to come...

Hi - my spouse and I are both Canadian PR. I have plenty of days over the minimum PRO for PR renewal. My spouse, is close to completing their PRO. However, they just got a U.S. job offer that lets them work remotely from Canada. I am curious if the U.S. employer considers my spouse a U.S...

I am a Indian citizen and a Canadian PR. My wife is a U.S. citizen and a Canadian Permanent Resident. We both became Canadian PRs in 2018. I want to highlight the below before asking my question: 1) My wife has already spend around 10 months outside of Canada since becoming a PR in 2018, and is...

My spouse (U.S. citizen) & I (Indian citizen) received our Canadian PRs a year ago. We lived in Canada for 2 years on work visa before becoming Canadian PR. However Since receiving the PR my spouse stayed ~8 months in the U.S. since they sponsored me for an U.S. green card. My U.S. green card...

I live in Ontario. My spouse & I signed a joined lease with an apartment building (owned by a firm headquartered in another city). The original lease period was 1 year. At the completion of 1 year lease, I approached the manager and asked to renew the lease. I was told there is no need since if...

My spouse (U.S. citizen) & I (Indian citizen) received our Canadian PRs a year ago. However Since receiving the PR my spouse stayed ~8 months in the U.S. since they sponsored me for an U.S. green card. My U.S. green card was approved but we decided not to move to the U.S. and preferred to stay...

Hi Folks, I am an Indian citizen married to a U.S. citizen. We both arrived in Canada in 2015, attended graduate school, got PGWP and later both of us got our Canadian PRs. We landed in May 2018. My wife went back to U.S. a month after that for ~7 months from June 2018 - Jan 2019, as we had...

Does anyone here know how often one is required to travel to the job in US on a minimum to keep the commuter green card status? I have a full time job offer in US asking me to travel up to 40% to the US. Do I qualify for a commuter green card?

As title says - I activated my US green card after becoming Canadian PR. I activated my US green card after I already was a Canadian PR for 1 year. I gave up the US green card 4 months after activating it. 1. Will this affect my Canadian PR renewal? 2. Will this affect my Canadian citizenship...

I am a Canadian PR. My acquaintace who lives in India has a bachelors degree Bsc with 49.7%. Given his educational background what Canadian schools/colleges does he have a chance of getting in to? Any reasonable business/science 2 year graduate program are acceptable. I'd like to hear about...

I am Canadian Permanent Resident and I have an approved US green card that I have not activated yet. I am wondering what would be the effect of activating my US green card and surrendering it later in case I choose to stay in Canada. I expect to meet the residency requirements for PR renewal and...

I am a Canadian PR and was recently granted an IR1 visa (which converts to green card once you use it to enter the US). However, I do not think I will use it to enter US and get my US green card, as I want to live in Canada. My questions are: 1. Does the fact that I have an US immigrant visa...

Does anyone know if applying for a U.S. green card during your first year after landing as a Canadian PR would have any affect on renewing the PR in future, given one meets the R.O., if the outcome of the green card application is the following: 1. Approved but never moved to U.S. or moved to...

My wife and I have lived together in Canada as graduate students from August 2015 to August 2017. Up on graduating we got PGWPs and started working. We got our PRs and landed in May 2018. However, my wife had to move back to U.S. in June 2018 (after a month and a half of living in Canada as a...

I am curious if a U.S. greencard refusal (non-criminal reasons) for a Canadian PR individual would have any affect on their Canadian citizenship application when they meet all the residency obligation?

After getting Canadian PR, my spouse and I decided to pursue a U.S. green card due to Canadian currency taking a dip and the tariff fight. My spouse has to move ahead of me to the U.S. to start a job. Since, the U.S. green card is not guaranteed, we would like to keep out PR status. I will be...