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    Application for Canadian Citizenship - A Comprehensive Guide

    If it's any comfort, they /might/ do the AOR process more quickly since it's been partially checked and the sending-it-back part can take longer. But yes: it starts over. Completeness matters.
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    Application for Canadian Citizenship - A Comprehensive Guide

    If they sent it back, it starts over.
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    December 2024 - Citizenship Applications

    Unfortunately esp about the de-linking. But on the first point: while I don't know of any detailed explanation of the policy for 'urgent processing', they do make clear such cases are 'exceptional.' I think in practice this means for jobs that legally require Canadian citizenship, and this is...
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    December 2024 - Citizenship Applications

    Even if they could do something, I wouldn't expect them to change status to urgent based on a job with no connection to Canada.
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    PR (Permanent Resident) applied from Quebec in April 2023 as a Refugee (Protected Person) and now it’s 2026

    Congrats and thank you for providing your experience, there's a dearth of follow-up where people share the process they went through.
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    Soft landing in Canada on Saturday - Advice needed on BSF186/BSF186a/Other things

    I don't think it was me, or at least I didn't do anything like that (or if I did make a recommendation like that must have been if someone had a question very specific in nature). Gold can be a special issue, and so can antiques or very old art or expensive jewellry (sometimes more about the...
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    Soft landing in Canada on Saturday - Advice needed on BSF186/BSF186a/Other things

    You should NOT apply for your health card at this time. You do it when you arrive to remain permanently. (I believe Ontario rules are that you're not supposed to leave for even more than 30 days or something in the first year or half year, and I think it's basically the same for other...
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    December 2024 - Citizenship Applications

    Is the job in Canada or with a Canadian government entity?
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    Application for Canadian Citizenship - A Comprehensive Guide

    See here: https://www.canada.ca/en/immigration-refugees-citizenship/services/canadian-citizenship/act-changes/rules-2025.html Which is rather sparse on information but tells you how to apply...
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    Workaround for Guarantor and references for Canadian Passport

    I think the answer is that it can delay it (there have been sporadic reports of it here) but there are not enough consistent reports to say for sure. My intuition is that for those who became citizens recently (i.e. by grant/naturalization) it probably isn't a significant issue - or at least...
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    Canadian Passport Processing

    It depends what service you applied for and whether pick-up or mail. For recent passport applications (last couple of years roughly, since the post-covid surge and delays were worked out) they've been pretty good. But I personally have only used the in-person apply and in-person pick-up service...
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    Workaround for Guarantor and references for Canadian Passport

    You're overthinking it IMO. Mail within Canada is typically less than five days. If your guarantor is reasonably responsive, that means - realistically - two weeks. Up to you of course.
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    Soon to get Copr, can't leave dad alone, unable to decide

    While I agree with this - a warning: one of the biggest issues we see here that come up with those who do soft landings like this, consistently, is that they wait until, say, 2.5/3 years before moving to Canada, and then - life interferes. They can't come before third anniversary, they have a...
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    Soon to get Copr, can't leave dad alone, unable to decide

    It is a huge problem for many families, and in many cases it is simply not realistic - financially as well as all the other issues - to arrange for the parents to move to Canada (or at least for more than visits). Particularly if there are health issues (which is the case for many at that age...
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    Atterrissage à Montréal alors que ma ville de destination déclarée est Ottawa – Y a-t-il un risque avec les agents d’immigration ?

    Aucun problème, s'ils vous posent des questions, expliquez simplement que vous allez ensuite à Ottawa. Une adresse à Ottawa pour l'envoi de la carte du résident permanent sera utile. En fait Montréal est le deuxième aéroport international d'Ottawa - tout à fait normal d'y arriver et de suivre...
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    Citizenship Backlog Surge 2026

    I mean, I don't know. Possibly. But the increase in timelines has been gradual, not all at once (although fairly rapid). What I can sort-of say is that the overall numbers (total outstanding before the large drop each month, and the outstanding after this 'lumpy' removal each month) both seem...
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    PR CARD RENEWAL SUBMITTED March 2026

    It's well documented here on the site that the query option is NOT supported and gives incorrect info. And yet people keep trying it.
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    Non-Routine Citizenship Applications (2024–2025) – Timelines

    Since your employment-related request is to be employed outside of Canada by a non-Canadian company, I should think any request for urgent treatment would not be granted. YMMV.
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    Citizenship Backlog Surge 2026

    I think this is a data clean-up issue or some other 'phantom' / technical thing going on that I cannot fully explain. But I'm quite confident it's a phantom in that it does NOT represent a huge surge in applications. How can I tell? I've been tracking the total numbers of apps 'ahead' per the...
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    Spousal sponsorship

    Then I presume you are planning to just visit Canada at some point before the PR is approved? Not that it's an issue. (If asked at border about the spousal app, just be clear it's only a visit)