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    Canadian Citizenship + H1B Grace Period.

    Yes it works ! You need to exit the US border within 60 days of grace period , but once you have a Canadian passport you can stay in US for 180 days without the need for any visa. You can come back to US soil with a Canadian passport. You can live and find a job which will file a H1B transfer or...
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    unemployment Benefits

    If you created a LLC and registered under the State or Federal and ran a payroll to pay yourself , as a Company you will need to fire yourself, inform & do the necessary paperwork with CRA. Only then as an employee you will be eligible based on your income and monthly EI payments. I also...
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    NEXUS application

    Thank you !
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    NEXUS application

    Well I guess you can. With the Covid and closures even the officers seems to be confused. When I was entering US at YYZ, had requested the US immigration officer to connect to someone who could update my Canadian passport and other specific details. Once it was updated I was told that I can...
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    NEXUS application

    They should provide a new one and I believe walk-in should be fine as it used to be before covid. I tried it online to change it to a Canadian Passport and they charged me for a new card with conditional approval. I am going to wait till it opens up at the airport and just be careful using the...
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    OCI process

    You use the global entry lane in US and it also comes with TSA pre if one has a Canadian passport. within Canada , there is an expedited entry for any domestic or international travel and designated kiosk/lane for international travel return.
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    Police report where I live currently has a "job description" field, I put "Liberal profession" instead of "unemployed", can this cause problems ?

    I second with johnjkjk. There is no harm in saying that you are unemployed on your citizenship application and you can mention "Seeking better opportunities" or anything under the notes section. No one is going to ding you for that. On the Contrary if you mention employed and if an officer wants...
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    OCI process

    They are dum dum , here its blank in both documents unless you had a previous Canadian Passport, the call center probably was confused on which line. https://www.blsindia-canada.com/toronto-jurisdiction/pdf/OCI-Form-Filling-Instructions.pdf...
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    OCI process

    you will find a Purolator tracking number tomorrow under BLS tracking and it will be your original Passport For OCI give it few more days and you will see the acknowledgement.
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    OCI process

    they didnot charge me for that , probably they changed their model of earning :)
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    OCI process

    what is "text update " ? SMS charges are based on service providers.
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    OCI process

    ohh I had the same issue last month and worked, use the same combination with different passport number for instance using Canadian or India PP number in the field or shorten your Name. The big guy(gatekeeper) at the BLS hardly cares what it is and uses for the purpose of letting you in and...
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    OCI process

    Try a different combination of email and the new phone number or the previous number used, it might work.
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    Life after Citizenship

    1) Once you have taken your citizenship oath you are in for life mate . There will be no restriction and neither will be ever as long as you hold and not renounce it. 2) Check the residency requirement and unless they make a change she should be good with days, since her citizenship is in...
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    OCI process

    I had the same issue and asked Canadian Passport office to change it back to the old name. They gave me a new one with the old city name as it matched with my other travel documents and COPR. The Indian consulate likes to keep things open-ended, they never used the new city name when I renewed...
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    OCI process

    here read this and I think abbas had posted some time back https://www.blsindia-canada.com/toronto-jurisdiction/pdf/OCI-Sample-form-with-common-errors.pdf I found this one somewhere on BLS which has detailed instructions on what to fill...
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    Citizenship to TN visa

    Dude it his up to his decision on where he intends to live his life ! Who knows he might earn some USD and invest in Canada and we are not here to judge. Also It seems you have no idea about US immigration. My answer was very specific to his country of birth as he has long waiting period for...
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    Citizenship to TN visa

    I thought you are staying in Canada after oath :):) **Just a friendly advice of being extremely careful when you deal with any thing with USCIS and it is not Canada Immigration**** E2 is an investor visa in case you wanna start a company in US but you cannot work for another employer or provide...
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    OCI application process for Indian Canadians - avoid common pitfalls

    yes, print and complete any time before submitting to OCI. You will notice when you start filling it in with all the details !you can create multiple applications in case you you missed any.
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    OCI application process for Indian Canadians - avoid common pitfalls

    :) did you try filling up the application form ? Under your place of birth on your Indian Passport there is no placeholder for "state" and you have it printed as City, State. What he is trying to say is that donot use the same City,State on that field when you fill in the OCI application as...