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I am a PR from the US, working on Citizenship application. The police report from the FBI is the hold up: I had fingerprints taken in Canada and submitted to the FBI by mail (application to FBI itself was done online). The FBI says for this case (electronic application with fingerprints sent by...

FIlling out my appl for citizenship. What's better, Paper or Electronic? Opinions please. Thx!

I'm a recent PR, from the US, and today I was happy and astonished to receive my PR card in postal mail. My "landing" was on August 28 at a small land crossing at Alberta/North Dakota. The agent at the border indicated, I believe, 30-45 days for the card. But reading various forums, seeing news...

I posted this in a more general forum without much interest. I'm reposting here. Question: upon receipt of the CoPR letter can there be a trip made to Canada without going through the "landing" process? We don't want to "land" at this time. I recently received the CoPR letter (confirmation of...

Question: upon receipt of the CoPR letter can there be a trip made to Canada without going through the "landing" process? We don't want to "land" at this time. I recently received the CoPR letter (confirmation of approval for PR) based on spousal sponsorship. Spouse and I live in the USA. The...

I just noticed an email from 3 weeks ago that I overlooked and I can't verify why I got it, I wonder if it is a phishing email or if it is unrelated to my PR (spouse) application. The email purports to be from: SMART R5 IRCC <no-reply@cic.gc.ca> Headers and routing "seem" to be...

Question on the Document Checklist (IMM 5533). Under requirements for the Sponsor (who is my wife, a Canadian citizen) it asks if the sponsor is a Canadian citizen living outside Canada. In our case the answer is "Yes". My wife emigrated to the USA some years ago for us to be together (USA). In...

Must the police report (from FBI in the US) be in a sealed envelope from the FBI? "Channelers" for the FBI seem to all provide only a downloadable pdf document from the FBI. Even the FBI seems to be pushing users towards the electronic mode. Will printing this off be valid for the Canadian...