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I just got my conditional approval today. May 2023 applicant. Onto interview scheduling :D

Hey folks, my wife and I applied for Nexus in May 2023. She just got a conditional approval couple of days back. Meanwhile I'm still waiting to get it. My question is should we schedule an interview for my wife or is it ok to wait for my conditional approval to come through? Especially given...

My timeline: Application type: Walk-in Location: BLS Toronto Applied - 19/05/2023 BLS Status - Under Processing at Consulate - 23/05/2023 Acknowledgement from OCI site - 26/05/2023 Originals returned - 09/06/2023 Document printed - 23/06/2023 Dispatched and received at Consulate - 24/06/2023...

For me it was roughly a week from when the status on BLS portal said "Processing at CGI" to when I was able to track the application on OCI website. Hope it helps!

I applied for OCI today at BLS Toronto. I had an appointment. Waited for about an hour inside. Once at the counter, first problem was photo. They wanted date stamped behind it even though there is no mention of such a thing anywhere. I told them I submitted the same photo for surrender...

I’m not sure as I by no means have that much experience with all things BLS or OCI so I’ll let others chime in here. But my guess is that given how an*l BLS is about everything else, this won’t work.

Purolator messed up and routed my package to Ottawa. :( I live literally 20 minutes drive from BLS Toronto and they couldn't manage to deliver it on time. I've been calling them and fighting with them since yesterday. Hopefully they haven't lost it and I get it by Monday.

Thank you so much! Got myself an appointment. Now I don't have to worry about standing in a queue.

My surrender certificate was generated and purolator is scheduled to deliver it tomorrow 05/12. I applied on 05/02 at BLS Toronto. Pretty fast. Just a note, the status on the passport seva website never changed after "Surrender certificate is printed". I directly got a notification from BLS 2...

LOL yeah its not like we can sue them for saying one thing on the phone and doing something different. For what its worth, I got my pictures taken at Staples and BLS didn't give me any trouble for it. I did see a few folks getting theirs taken onsite. You might want to lead with "I don't want...

As long as you haven't used your Indian passport since getting your Canadian passport you're good. You have up to 3 years to surrender passport.

I went to BLS Toronto yesterday for submitting my SC application. I reached a couple of minutes before 8 am. There were 18-19 people in front of me. I was out by 9:15 ish. My theory is that its not too crowded right now due to a break in Canadian passport issuance cause of the PSAC strike. But I...

I went to submit my application at the Toronto BLS center today (couldn't make it to Brampton). I was a walk-in, reached a few minutes before 8 am. There were about 20 people before me. Got in around 8:30 and was out by around 9:15. Everything went very smoothly. The BLS agent didn't even ask...

I hadn’t checked the website before I went. But I just did and it says that my passport has been printed and will be ready to pick up on the given date. Don’t know when the update happened though.

I decided to make a trip to the passport office today since I hadn't received any communication from them and I live close by. To my pleasant surprise, my passport was printed and ready so I picked it up. :)

Visas granted for tourism, pursuing education, or for temporary worker status (e.g. H1-B) are classified as non-immigrant visas. Having any of them for a country does not count as holding immigration status for that country. Immigration status is held for a country if you hold a green card...

Its an employer event/conference. Not attending doesn't impact my employment in anyway.

Good luck! I haven't bought any tickets but I'm super bummed that I won't be able to see a whole bunch of my coworkers in person.

I tried the passport application tracker today since its been over 5 business days since I applied (link: https://etatpasseport-passportstatus.service.canada.ca/en/landing). Its showing application in progress. I called the number listed on it (1‑800‑567‑6868) and the agent confirmed that they...

Unfortunately you cannot apply for a passport while the strike is still ongoing unless its an emergency. Link: https://www.canada.ca/en/immigration-refugees-citizenship/services/canadian-passports.html