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I think it's a great analysis as usual but you didn't weigh in the fact that cons are coming and they love to make life miserable of citizenship applicants.

That might change tho when conservatives rule the country with absolute majority. They might bring in 2012 system where anyone who didn't had a regular job would get RQ'ed. @dpenabill wrote a massive post on it I think. But considering that there are so many PRs in Canada now, a lot of people...

True. The only reason I participated in this discussion is because I'm in the same position as this guy. Came from Turkey, drove Uber to save money to go to school again. Does it help if you have no left the country after landing? I heard nowadays IRCC can verify through CBSA your entries and exits.

Because IRCC gives hard time to people who are self-employed as OP mentioned. I've read those threads too. But I don't know if the same level of scrutiny is applied to subcontractors. All these delivery folks with Amazon and Temu, they're all subcontracting.

I'm an Uber driver and this is my concern as well. Will see how it goes with the cons coming into power. But I guess it's not a crime to work as a subcontractor in Canada. Especially with delivery work, that's more common to be a subcontractor than not. Maybe consultants who are doing other sort...

Not at all. I didn't even know about it until it all happened. I do my work honestly, file taxes, etc. I got no record whatsoever.

Okay. Let's hope so. :O

I did not know that my roommate was involved in illegal activities. Police came to our house and arrested him for contrabands. The officer took my details down as well and told me that I have nothing to worry about. I'm working full-time, I am clean, filed my taxes, and I never got involved in...

Many non skilled workers in Canada actually have degrees, and in my case, I also am bilingual (English/French). I wasn't able to find a job in my field of study in Canada and did Uber for almost 2.5 years straight. Now that I've saved up enough money, I am planning to go back to school to...

I am not worried about myself because I am near my path to citizenship but I was wondering nonetheless. I'm thinking about sponsoring my GF in the future and her passport is from a very weak country. Will we have to wait for four years after her PR so she can finally get a Canadian passport? I'm...

I knew a born Canadian with a valid passport and asked him to become my guarantor, to my surprise he refused. So the only option is using 4 references and putting two of them in my home country. I have no choice.

I'd say so yeah. I would be considered very rude otherwise to put someone down as a ref and they getting a call randomly. I'm also thinking about putting my landlady. But it's not just one, it's 4 (3 with guarantors)

Not always that easy. They ask for your height, how you know them, and a bunch of other stuff too. One of the black guys I met briefly told me that their reference was asked if their friend was Italian lolol. 99% of the agents might be good but the 1% are just straight up trolling and giggling...

This is like becoming a therapy session, I like it. You're right, I do need better friends. But how can you expect a simpleton Uber driver to have a large social gathering. The most fun we have is sipping our double double in an empty parking lot while listening to our foreign music. But I will...

Fantastic daddy. Looking forward to start a new course next year after saving enough money. But the pesky references thing is annoying as hell. But other than that it's all shawarma and poutine. :)

The question isn't "knowing" people. The question is will they chicken out. You have no idea how many of your "friends" will immediately freak out and say no to become your reference.

It's so dumb man. They got our PR card, they got our eye pictures, our fingerprints and we have to beg to some jerk off to "verify the identity". Like what is this bs. Maybe there are "other" unethical means to get references but most law abiding immigrants don't want to do that. This is...

Damn, didn't know that was a possibility. So you can list out references in your home country as well? Will the Canadian passport office call them or the Canadian consulate? I can easily give 4 references back home of people who know me since I was a baby lol. It's tough in Canada though.

Have you seen the waitlist to get a family doctor? ;)

Don't be so judgemental man, it's not that easy. I've been driving Uber since PR to save money for education and it's hard to get people to vouch for you. Most born Canadians don't know the process very well. But guarantor and three reference is still tough for someone who's not working in a...