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    No final decision and passport request letter after receiving Correspondence letter on May 12th

    I'm worried whether or not there's a reason to worry.
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    Final Decision May 2026 - No email or tracker down

    It's not that uncommon for there to be a delay. You coudl call IRCC if you wish. Make sure to check your emails and spam inboxes.
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    In-Person Citizenship Interview: Should I Translate Old Passports from Before the 5-Year Eligibility Period?

    This was our experience as well. Of course we can't know if the officer actually spent time looking at stuff before, but I did not get that impression. And in our case there was a certain importance about a few of the stamps - because CBSA info missed one exit and two of the stamps showed when...
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    In-Person Citizenship Interview: Should I Translate Old Passports from Before the 5-Year Eligibility Period?

    We did not have an in-person interview but did provide copies of all passports with stamps for an online interview. We did not do translations of stamps. Now important note: we did not have ANY visas with extended details that were not in English or French. It was just stamps. the vast, vast...
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    Application for Canadian Citizenship - A Comprehensive Guide

    If it is required for your specific circumstances, you should not submit it without.
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    December 2024 - Citizenship Applications

    Go ahead and renew your PR card. Spouse did it, got the new card by mail in less than 60 days. Pretty quick for those with no issues and in-country (and if you applied for citizenship recently, your residency obligation should be good too). It's fairly easy and not that time consuming...
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    March 2025 - Citizenship Applications

    Security: [blank] likely means that has been redacted (whited out) by whoever provided this. You may seen an activity / sub-activity with a large blank area (roughly half a page) - or more likley activity without a sub-activity - which seems to mean a whole block has been whited out as well.
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    Should I apply for Citizenship, PP expiring in 5 months

    Really doesn't matter either way. Personally I'd prioritze getting the citizenship app in. But up to you.
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    Clarification on "update your application" in recent communication

    Just do what they ask. No special steps. Don't know what the other is on about there - doesn't seem to apply to your case at any rate.
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    Application for Canadian Citizenship - A Comprehensive Guide

    I do not think anyone cares remotely enough about one day difference in this context, as long as they are addresses within the same country. One could argue either approach, I would simply choose one of those and stick to that.
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    Clarification on "update your application" in recent communication

    Yes. It's approved (subject to nothing important having changed). If one of those things were to have changed and you did not inform as required, that would be misrepresentation, and there could be consequences later - that's the logic. (He'll be asked to reiterate/swear these things by...
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    Received PPR for Child’s PR, but Travel to Canada is Scheduled – What Should We Do?

    You could delay departure until he gets the passport back, or do the final procedures in Canada. Decide.
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    How to fill 1 day being in flight for address history?

    Days that you were not in Canada (before the passport stamping) are days outside of Canada. It's overthinking to believe you must account separately for the time in between. Just put your departure date from home country as July 14.
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    Do I must meet 730 days stay in Canada requirement when applying for PR card renewal in my first 5 years?

    Replied in other thread.
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    PR Card Renewal Before Completing 730 Days: Can I Apply Within 9-Month Renewal Window?

    The way to look at the PR card renewal is not 'have I accumulated 730 days in Canada yet', but whether you are in compliance with the residency obligation. This is calculated as: total number of days OUTSIDE Canada in the last five years (but discard all days before becoming a PR). If that...
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    Paid and submitted old fees

    In the past they've eventually come back and asked to pay the insufficient amounts. It's possible they've returned some but don't recall that, and of course if it's a recent increase in fees, they're very unlikely to do that. One note, if it's only the RPRF, it's been a thing for ages that...
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    Applied to sponsor my family through Ottawa, Ontario but I always travel internationally from Montreal

    I mean, really should add here that Montreal is a major transfer airport for international travellers both inward and outbound (less than Toronto, sure, but still important). I've no idea how much CBSA/DOT track on an individual level how many 'exits' from/entries into Canada via airline...
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    Applied to sponsor my family through Ottawa, Ontario but I always travel internationally from Montreal

    Wouldn't worry about it, much of the federal govt flies out of montreal, too, and vast swathes of eastern ontario as well.
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    Bill C-3 citizenship question

    I think you are missing the point. iIn your case (and all cases now in past*, if I understand correctly), someone who is a citizen when they have a child can pass on citizenship (i.e. if your grandmother was a citizen when your father was born) - and this is regardless of whether they became a...
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    Security check for more than years. PR card about to expire

    Spouse did this, took about 45 days for the PR card (basically the expected timeline at the time). Got stopped at secondary entering Canada a couple times between when the new card was 'approved' (mailed) and received - no problem, they were just checking because two valid PR cards in existence...